Our company's new PC laptops have a consumer grade soundcard that we cannot use for our voice recording (too much noise and distortion). I'll have to order USB audio interfaces for each designers laptop, there's 9 of us. Any recommendations for a good product? Ideal if can fit into laptop cases.
Hi, Dawn: After thought about just getting a pre-amp and decent condenser mic. Sure, a little more expensive, but far better quality. Maybe just something to consider if you find yourself doing a fair amount of recording (and enjoying it.).
Thanks for the options. We have a Samsung USB Condenser mic in our audio studio - love it. What I'm trying to do is give our designers options for taking their laptops and recording at home or in a conference room. They use headset microphones for those situations so although I love the idea of the MicPort Pro I need 3.5 mm TRS plug in connectors. Thoughts??
Dawn - I have a couple AudioBox interfaces I use for all my recordings. I'm happy with them and have the older and newer models--both work great. Older models go for around $100 while the current model is $200.
It's about the size of a portable cdrom drive making it small enough to travel. It has enough power to drive most mics without a pre-amp.
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You can't go wrong with the MicPort Pro by Centrance. For about $99, it's slick, easy, and works like a champ.
MicPort Pro
It not only fits in a laptop case...it'll fit in your pocket.
Best of luck!
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OK...make that $150...they've gone up in price in the last couple of years...
Sorry 'bout that...still GREAT bang for the buck.
Hi, Dawn: After thought about just getting a pre-amp and decent condenser mic. Sure, a little more expensive, but far better quality. Maybe just something to consider if you find yourself doing a fair amount of recording (and enjoying it.).
Thanks for the options. We have a Samsung USB Condenser mic in our audio studio - love it. What I'm trying to do is give our designers options for taking their laptops and recording at home or in a conference room. They use headset microphones for those situations so although I love the idea of the MicPort Pro I need 3.5 mm TRS plug in connectors. Thoughts??
I think that's probably the best option for that case.
Dawn - I have a couple AudioBox interfaces I use for all my recordings. I'm happy with them and have the older and newer models--both work great. Older models go for around $100 while the current model is $200.
It's about the size of a portable cdrom drive making it small enough to travel. It has enough power to drive most mics without a pre-amp.
Dawn, we get great results from the Samson usb go-mic, ideal for working at home or with a laptop http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/microphones/usb-microphones/gomic/
its very portable and gives a good sound outside a studio. - $40 on Amazon, well worth it.
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