USB real estate is at a premium on my PC. Is there one of these that DON'T plug into USB? That is, it plugs into the regular mic port?
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I'll be frank. You do not want to use a mic that plugs into your PC or soundcard. Put your other USB devices on a a powered external hum and plug your mic into a free PC USB port. Even if you were to get a standard XLR mic you would still need a preamp that provided Phantom Power and a USB interface to connect it to your PC. some Preamps have interfaces built in.
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Just buy one of these and you are good to go! USB Female to AUX 3.5mm Male Jack Plug Audio Converter Adapter Data Charge Cable
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You could use a USB Expander/Hub, it is basically like a surge protector for USB Ports. You plug it into 1 USB port and then it gives you 4, so you gain 3 ports in total. There are other models, shop around Sabrent 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Individual Power Switches and LEDs (HB-UMLS)
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Installation is as easy as connection to USB, with a built in mic and use of PC speaker. To use your mic and headset is a function of your PC, when you plug in your headset the PC will redirect the sound to your headset, I would believe the mic will also be redirected, there is no info in the installation manual that addresses the use of mic and headset.
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Connecting this to pc is an activity. The microphone uses xlr professional connector. Using various adapters to change interface results in signal leakage and hum is picked up. Thus equipment will work with professional audio equipment and not very well with a pc. Very difficult to use because minimizing hum pick up is a major activity.
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If someone could help with a solution, would be awesome.. when i plug the mic on my H4N using the XLR cable, it gives a lot of noise for me too, but when i use it with USB on my pc, it's perfect.
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No, I use it for my Windows computer. It's just the same as a normal desktop microphone for a computer.
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This is not a USB microphone. You will need an interface to connect the microphone to your PC (check the Focusrite Scarlett Solo or Presonus line of interfaces) and you also need recording sotware (most interfaces include recording software), a XLR microphone cable.
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not only is this NOT USB, but you cannot use an adapter,,, unless it is going into an audio interface that accepts USB - AND - that USB port is able to supply phantom power. You can not just plug this mic into your computer and it expect it to work.
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I run Linux on my PC, so I can't address the Windows issue. And I don't think I even used the USB interface at all ... I just used the "line-level" output, and plugged that directly into my PC's sound card, and that worked perfectly.
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It's not a USB mic and therefore you need a standard mic cable. This you run into a preamp OR some device that WOULD spit out a USB signal on the other end. It may be cheaper to get some converter like that but if your sound card takes a mic cable, you're set. Most don't. Since you do have USB (I assume) i'd look for a converter device.
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This works with a xlr cable you need a usb.This mic uses power supplied thru cable...just a guess..no
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I believe the headphone jack is for the mic, and the USB is for the camera, is you have a separate mic, then you don't need to plug in the jack, a little note, this may not be the best webcam, just a heads up
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They make similar looking mics that are made to connevt directly to usb and come with built in table stands...look for one of those, this won't be what you're looking for.
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Hello, I would be glad if I got your question right ,, I'm using M.Adio as an external sound card, it comes with usb cable and cd .. I think if you want to use the mic directly to the laptop by special cable I dont have any idea about it, I apologize and I hope you find what you are looking for soon , greetings
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I bought two of them and they both came with a USB plug. However, be careful on how you use them. Initially, I wanted them for a PC and camera setup, but the newer PC cameras have a Mic built in. When I bought my camera that feature was not discussed in the description. If you are camera shy, then the Mic works pretty well with good pickup. It is not for use to pick up music.
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The wide range of pickup shouldn't interfere with VR software since anything speaking nearby is quite clear and the mic does a good job of separating background noise from foreground speech. Should work with XP, although I haven't tried it. Honestly I don't see any reason why it wouldn't since it just uses the Microsoft drivers, you don't have to install any software, just plug and play. The mic will pick up as long as the software is asking for it, so if your VR software is always running, then no it won't turn off. As long as it's plugged in and some kind of software that would use it is running, it's listening for you. However if no software is active nothing will happen. Standard for a USB microphone. The wide range of pickup shouldn't interfere with VR software since anything speaking nearby is quite clear and the mic does a good job of separating background noise from foreground speech. Should work with XP, although I haven't tried it. Honestly I don't see any reason why it wouldn't since it just uses the Microsoft drivers, you don't have to install any software, just plug and play. The mic will pick up as long as the software is asking for it, so if your VR software is always running, then no it won't turn off. As long as it's plugged in and some kind of... » Read More The wide range of pickup shouldn't interfere with VR software since anything speaking nearby is quite clear and the mic does a good job of separating background noise from foreground speech. Should work with XP, although I haven't tried it. Honestly I don't see any reason why it wouldn't since it just uses the Microsoft drivers, you don't have to install any software, just plug and play. The mic will pick up as long as the software is asking for it, so if your VR software is always running, then no it won't turn off. As long as it's plugged in and some kind of software that would use it is running, it's listening for you. However if no software is active nothing will happen. Standard for a USB microphone. « Show Less
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I would buy a splitter to split the 2 channel audio from the mic. Having all three in one plug could cause issues. That is what I do to get an audio connection to my computer.
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Nope. This cable only splits one audio out into two. Maybe it's possible to use this on a mic plug, but both plugs would only input audio. If your computer does not have separate Mic jack, then what you probably need is a USB Mic. Sorry :P