Can I record my XLR mic to my computer real-time through this? I do videos and podcasting; I need to be able to use the mic with Skype as well.
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yes, installs on computer as a hardware sound card via standard USB port. XLR inputs can be adjusted on computer or the Zoom's pre-amp. older computers may have some latency
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You need something that supplies the mic with Phantom Power and connects to your PC via USB. I would use something like a "MXL MICMATE PRO XLR To USB Preamp with gain". Then, you need a PC with a sound card that can handle the quality you require and an internet connection that can broadcast (upload) the amount of kbps you are wanting to send. Good Luck and happy recording!
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Candy, No. It doesn't connect directly to your computer. It uses a standard XLR type connector and requires a mixer. I would suggest this low cost USB mic: http://goo.gl/A52TfW I have two and I love them. They can use USB/direct to computer AND XLR direct to a mixer. Very high quality for the money.
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i have a created some recordings and have used the mic with some distance and let my normal voice, it sounds awesome! check the podcast i created with that microphone! http://traffic.libsyn.com/crmbuzz/CRMBuzz001.mp3
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Yes you can! I bought them and was pleasantly surprised to see that my laptop actually did recognize them as an inline mic, as most of the time it doesn't recognize headphones with inline mics as having a mic as well. Oddly enough, it DID NOT appear on the list of recording devices but they were definitely picking up sound as evidenced by my skype conversation partners. Your mileage with them may vary though!
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Yes, remember this is a stereo mic. Sound card that supports stereo mini jack will allow best recording I used with the turtle beach USB sound device with laptop. Clean recording . Good field sound pickup ,,, conference table application for meetings Skype , hang outs as long as participants aren't freeked out by size. Setting for cardioid and hyper cardioid is real change in recording. No phantom power Power switch activates internal aaa bat ... So yes with PC sry verbose reply.
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No you can't. This has a male XLR connector. Microphones have male XLR connectors. You need a cable with a female XLR. Remember that for XLR connectors the pins point where the sound is going.
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It depends on two things - 1: what kind of mics you have and 2: if you need all of the audio recorded into separate channels on the computer. If you have 6 mics that are XLR or need phantom power, then this will not suit your needs - this can only power 4 XLR mics. (If you have what are called dynamic mics with 1/4" plugs - or self powered condensor mics that can use 1/4" jacks - then you are fine). For the second part (about separate channels) it really depends what you want to be able to do. The USB part of this mixer records just two separate channels into the computer - the same as the left and right main output of the mixer. So if you were to use 6 mics you would have them all recorded, but all together. (Thus, if someone was too quiet, you could not just turn them up after the fact.) You can use the panning to get two completely separate tracks, but that's clearly not enough for what you're trying to do. If you want to record all 6 tracks independently you will need something more expensive. I hope this helps!
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ive experimented with running my mic through my pedal board for recording and it seemed to work fine however I prefer to use the reverb settings from the recording program. I cant see why it wouldnt work live but like the other guy said, you would need to use 1/4'' cable for your microphone.
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We plugged it into the microphone jack on our computer. Then, you need a program to use the microphone for recording. We used a free program called Audacity.
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You need a XLR to USB adapter, but I don't recommend using this mic for a computer.You are better off with a Blue Yeti mic: Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone - Silver
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You can plug directly into the preamp (using xlr cable). I plug the mic into an Event preamp, and the preamp into the recorder. Very simple.
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You should. Though I haven't tried it I don't see why you couldn't run one mic into the xlr input and run another into the 1/4. But make sure you use phantom power. Great question though. I'll have to try it out myself
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Can you please recommend me any recording software to use with this? I just don't know any! :-) Thanks!
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Hello Janay,The mic doesn't come with a recording software. Not sure what kind of sound card your computer comes with, however by you asking I think you may not have it built in.I use Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio V10, it is nice and simple enough to mix music with your voice recoding, it is worth the investment, I bought it from Amazon.You can also download a free software from Audacity.com and see which you like better. Sony does more for a reasonable price.Good luck and I hope this helps you.Samir Shamoun
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I've only used this with Skype. I just plugged it in and then went into the video settings in Skype and selected the camera. Worked fine.When I've used this for meetings, my team requested that I use a headset for audio instead of the camera, as the sound is much clearer that using the camera mic.
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The XLR is easy, it allows you to hook up two mics into one mic jack! The only thing that I didn't know is each mic will only record to either Left or Right audio tracks, not BOTH. It's an easy fix if you use advanced audio or video editing software like Adobe Premiere. I use this cable to hook up a studio microphone to my Canon T3i for recording interviews with talent.