oyeloclaro
New member
wassup yall, i need some opinions here.
i've been doing a lot of research. you see, i need a mic to record vocals at home quite soon, and also for podcasting. so i asked a friend who's a music student and she gave me advise, like this:
- "dont use a dynamic mic for home recordng"
- "you want, you can get a cheap condenser mic"
- "and get one that is usb"
but she also told me this
- "you better hope your com can take the usb mic cuz if the soundcard doesnt supply enuf power to the mic, a surge may occur and the mic is dead"
i've done research and i know that usually mics need phantom power from an audio interface but usb mics dont need an audio interface
i found out that sim lim sells audio technica AT2020 and CAD U37, but i'm more interested in samson co1u from swee lee because the reviews on youtube seem good.
ok anyway, my friend isnt very knowledgeable about hardware, but she said that last statement, so my main question is this:
"will the mic really die if my laptop soundcard doesnt supply enuf power?"
my laptop is quite... X_X
(it's not the high end type...)
and since i need to record quite urgently i dont intend to get a new laptop... and i dont have enuf money to spend on an audio interface.
phew that was a long post. what say yall?
i've been doing a lot of research. you see, i need a mic to record vocals at home quite soon, and also for podcasting. so i asked a friend who's a music student and she gave me advise, like this:
- "dont use a dynamic mic for home recordng"
- "you want, you can get a cheap condenser mic"
- "and get one that is usb"
but she also told me this
- "you better hope your com can take the usb mic cuz if the soundcard doesnt supply enuf power to the mic, a surge may occur and the mic is dead"
i've done research and i know that usually mics need phantom power from an audio interface but usb mics dont need an audio interface
i found out that sim lim sells audio technica AT2020 and CAD U37, but i'm more interested in samson co1u from swee lee because the reviews on youtube seem good.
ok anyway, my friend isnt very knowledgeable about hardware, but she said that last statement, so my main question is this:
"will the mic really die if my laptop soundcard doesnt supply enuf power?"
my laptop is quite... X_X
(it's not the high end type...)
and since i need to record quite urgently i dont intend to get a new laptop... and i dont have enuf money to spend on an audio interface.
phew that was a long post. what say yall?