USB Microphones

[Flik]

Not sure if this is sort of old news, but I thought I'd bring it up as I think its quite cool. Not tried it yet. Has anyone here?

http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1810&brandID=2

Sorry again if this has already been braught up - shudda probably googled it first.

[airborne50caliber]

Wow --> never seen those before... but I'm skeptic.

[moaner]

heh.


its a nice idea, but strikes me as a bit silly.

[allthegoodnamesweregone]

i could see it being handy...

[airborne50caliber]

I could see it being a pain in the ***.. what about decent pre-amping that a condenser deserves?

[allthegoodnamesweregone]

hmmm it says the power is supplied via usb?

[airborne50caliber]

hmmm it says the power is supplied via usb?

Of course. I mean a pre-amp for good tone. You'd want a decent preamp to be able to make use of the good frequency response and sensitivity of a condenser.

[allthegoodnamesweregone]

yes i suppose you would... now a usb pre amp...that would be so sweet... in fact just make everything usb and fire wire...*drools over usb mouse and usb keyboard

[airborne50caliber]

I actually like vacuum tubes.. now don't feed me **** about usb tubes heh?

[allthegoodnamesweregone]

i have an idea !!usb tubes??

nah i know what u mean ... but yeah why couldnt it be connected via usb eg data/power (or even just data )and have annolouge circitry?

[airborne50caliber]

i have an idea !!usb tubes??

nah i know what u mean ... but yeah why couldnt it be connected via usb eg data/power (or even just data )and have annolouge circitry?

because there would be loss - too many stages of conversion. It's better to keep it analogue until possible.

[allthegoodnamesweregone]

hmmm but isnt digital cleaner than anolouge any way...

[airborne50caliber]

hmmm but isnt digital cleaner than anolouge any way...

Yes. But do we want that? have you ever asked yourself why all the big studios still record to open-reel analogue tape instead of to a hard-drive?

[allthegoodnamesweregone]

do they ? i thought it wass all digital.. it alos depends on the style... rock grunge fine but dance you want that clenliness...

[Moseph]

sounds like a way to increase cost in a product.

At some point, you need to do an A/D conversion. Even bad converters can cost a lot of money.

I'd rather wait and see how this pans out rather than buy into something that might be a gimmick.

[airborne50caliber]

I'd rather go through a nice analogue 414 and into an avalon vacuum tube preamp to tape. Then I'll do all the disgusting a/d conversion :p

[allthegoodnamesweregone]

i reely do like digi though...

[airborne50caliber]

great.