USB Desktop Microphone
I’m not an audiophile, though I’m finding myself surrounded by an increasing number of media gadgets. On someone’s suggestion, I purchased a Samson C01U for general recording purposes – and it’s served me quite well to this point. Even so, Lew Hann tells me that its position on my desktop has not been optimal:
Chris…I am somewhat surprised that someone has not mentioned this earlier, but are you aware that the Samson CO1U mike you are using is a “side-address” microphone? The way it looks in the video, it is positioned so that you are talking into the TOP of it, rather than the SIDE. It should sit vertically, with the green USB light facing in your general direction. I think the already good audio will be even better in this position. Forgive me if I you already know about this and just want to use it differently. Regardless, I love the “show.”
I sit corrected. After repositioning the USB microphone accordingly, people in the chat room claimed to hear no difference. Guess this is a really good mic after all!
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Anonymous
June 21st, 2007
at 2:19am
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Bill Jackson
June 21st, 2007
at 6:17am
I find it hard to believe that you think a Samson CO1U microphone ($79.00 – B&H Photo) is a “good” mike. It is not a good mike. It is a POS. At the risk of repeating my yesterday’s post – Get a good lavaliere mike. Get it close to your mouth. Put some sound deadening on your walls. Speak from your diaphragm. Please! Your computer expertise and writing are top notch. The video presentations are difficult to sit through.
You may recall that some years ago I had a few suggestions about a video you made at your in-law’s farm. You tried my suggestions and I’m sure you noticed an improvement after you tweaked it. It’s difficult being the one to tell the king that he is naked. You’re not naked Chris, but your skivvies are showing.
nick
June 23rd, 2007
at 2:33pm
i just bought my Samson CO1U USB mic, and im already having trouble. I use the free computer recording program, Audacity, for all the recording (music) i do. On my old mic, everything was picked up with relative ease. With this new mic, i plug it in, just like the old one, and attempt to record. The problem im having is that almost no sound is being picked up. The microphone volume is all the way up on my computer, and on audacity as well. When i attempt to record something, it barely even shows up on the frequency bar thing. In order to even be heard, i needed to turn my amplifier all the way up and blast my guitar. Any ideas?