Behringer C1-U or Samson CO1U or Blue Snowball iCE

[Simplington]

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!

[kozikowski]

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/ ... ctions.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

[kozikowski]

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/Fr ... itoes3.wav

Koz