The microphone works, barely.If I bend over, and put my face right next to the microphone, then it will record at low volume. If I am more than 1 inch away, it's very quiet. And if I sit up, with the microphone pointing directly at me (the normal setup for a microphone like this), you can barely make out that someone is talking. Understanding the words is impossible.And this is with the input volume for this device turned up to maximum. (and I tried it on two different types of computers. Same on both).I've searched for work-arounds and fixes, but it appears that it's just poor quality control. Some of them just don't work, and mine is one of them.I guess this is what I get for buying a cheap microphone. Maybe I'll tryBlue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone. A little higher end, might actually work.