Hello all!
New to the forum and would like to know if the Behringer or Samson would be much better than the Snowball iCE which is what i currently own, I’m a podcaster that frequently makes videos using microphones to record voice overs!
I see. The Snowball iCE is the stripped-down version of a Snowball. Only one capsule, no pattern switching, etc.
Both the Behringer and the Samson had very nice microphones in the non-U version. The minute you go to the USB versions, you get all the USB problems: six foot maximum cable run, lower than normal vocal volume, no preamp controls, a possibility of data interference and very difficult multi-microphone connections.
Is that where you were eventually going with this? Multi-microphone?
You can’t just jam both microphones into the computer. Audacity will only conveniently record from one without a lot of driver fuss.
While I suspect the Behringer is probably the better microphone, the Samson has a headphone connection and that can be very handy for overdubbing. The G-Track was the one I used when I wrote the early overdubbing tutorial.
http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/samsonGTrackConnections.jpg
I liked that one and I was sorry to give it back to its owner.
We have been noticing a plague of mosquitoes. Many USB microphone systems have a “frying mosquitoes” noise behind the voice and it’s rough to get rid of it in post production. If you have a microphone you like and it’s quiet and well-behaved, I’d stick with it. Your next stop is skip the USB and all of its problems and go straight to a small mixer and regular microphones.
What’s your podcast address?
Koz
I do have a sound clip of the mosquito sound. Hear it in the background? Some microphones do this and some don’t.
http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/FryingMosquitoes3.wav
Koz