Best Laptop Microphone - any suggestions ?

[Noel_Griffiths]

Up to now I have been doing my voice overs onto Captivate v4 using a USB headset with microphone.

Despite spending a serious amount of money on a Sennheiser headset, the quality is just not good enough, especially after I have edited some of the slides a few times.

Someone has suggested the problem is more likely the USB connection between headset and laptop and I would be bettter of with a standalone microphone connected to my Laptop via the usual jackplug.

Does anyone use such a microphone and if so, could they recommend their make/model?

Noel

Staffordshire

England

[Lilybiri]

Hello Noel,

I do use a USB-microphon and am rather satisfied with the quality, but only recorded with CP5. You can plug a headset right into the mic for monitoring. It is the Shure PG42, and aimed at recording voices. If  you want to listen to a recording, I used it for the video tutorial on Conditional Actions. Please do not pay attention to my accent, I'm not used to speak in English:

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Lilybiri

[Noel_Griffiths]

Thanks Lilybiri,

I think your accent is fantastic....could listen to you all day!

I will check out the Shure PG42.

Thanks again,

Noel

[ishan_anders]

Hi Noel,

I use this: http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=2010

It's called "Go Mic"

It's small, cheap (around 50,- € in Germany) and really good. No noise, crystal sound, direct monitoring,  small.

Best

Ishan

[Noel_Griffiths]

Thanks Ishan,

I will check it out.

Noel