I see contradicting statements about this mic. Is this straight plug and play or not? I use sennheisers and a desk mic, and modmic is too expensive.
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I use it with a sure wirless so im not sure how it would work pluged directly into a sound boad bur it your board has phamptom power you should be fine.
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There is the Andrea USB mic, http://www.amazon.com/Andrea-Electronics-NC-185VM-USB-Hi-Fidelity/dp/B003VW41G8/ref=pd_cp_MI_0 - at only about $44, no adapter required, which is specifically recommended by Nuance, as well as some version of Plantronics, however, reportedly there is nothing that is equal to the accuracy obtained by this Sennheiser, so it is up to you to choose what is most important. Read the reviews on the Andrea, as they are good. For my tastes, and knowing how finicky voice-to-text is, I am going to spring for the Sennheiser ME 3-EW. There is a list of approved hardware for use with DNS on nuance.com. It took some clicking around to find it, sorry I don't have the link. But these two are on the list. There is also a site called emicrophones dot com where they have tested the best equipment for use with DNS, and they sell this Sennheiser with a longer cord. Here's wishing the best of success to you in your endeavors.
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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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I dont know about that, but I do know that it is a great little mic -I had to use two filters, though, since it is very sensitive. I use it directly on my macbook pro and my costumers cannot tell the difference from my professional AKG.
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The mic is MONO - only one capsule inside. The wiring is setup to plug into a camera's mic jack that appears to be "stereo" (or balanced) just like stereo headphones. The mic sends the same signal to both Left and Right channels in the camera. So what you get when using it is mono sound, recorded the same on both left and right channels without any adapters. If you want to record separate Left and Right channels (real stereo sound) you'll need a different mic... or buy two of these and adapters to mount them and adapters to plug them in but that's probably not worth it.
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crystal clear sound is a matter of opinion. I have used the device with line-in and recorded using audacity on Ubuntu linux. It sounds fine. Like all things, setup your sound mixers volumes appropriately. This is also my 'day drive' device using the MIC inputs for my VOIP headset. I have no compliants.
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It does come with an in-line mic. I would recommend combo-ing this with a ModMic for PC gaming. That way you have a dedicated mic of really decent quality and then a solid pair of headphones. Don't forget to do a burn in for these headphones with a mixed play list on about 75% volume. it helps to bring the mids and highs back in (keeps them from being muddy) and the Bass will still be solid.
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I wish I could help you. I'm using it for voice over one end is connected to the computer, the other side is connected to my mic.
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Ok, it is presumed that your mic is set up properly! If you need to reset the unit constantly, return the equipment. It seems you got a "lemon."
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You might have to get special drivers. What I would do is look online for the drivers for this mic, if the drivers are available for the mac you have than it is completely safe to use. If not than you would be taking a risk with the product.
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"The mic", I had to buy a USB Converter, but I got mine for $2.18. So its not to bad. I got mine at ----> HDE 7.1 Channel USB External Sound Card Audio Adapter. The mic isn't powered, so it needs a usb converter. Plus almost all computers have usb, not line-in.
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Hi .. this is a mono mic. made for desk or podium use in front of a speaker. It is a pro output XLR connector so will need a low (mic level) input or mixer to work. For the price can't be beat. We use their system of, I think 8 mics for roundtable conferences. They work great.
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You have what we call a 48v Phantom Power Mic Which means... Firat of all ots a great mic and second, you need serious power puahing the mic to it's potential and that can only be achieved with an 'Audio Interface.' The a sort of mic you have is to good and powerful to just be powered with a simple cable such as this. I ran into the same problem. I learnt the hard way as well.
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They work fine with the PS4, but there's no mic. I attached a ModMic and used an adapter to make it a fully functional gaming type headset. I've never used it with Skype, but the same comments about the mic apply (although you wouldn't need an adapter if you're skyping on a computer). You can get a cheap adapter on Amazon, but the ModMic isn't available on Amazon yet. There are also cheaper mic solutions on Amazon.
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It's a plug and play mic. Snap it in your phone or computer, ready to go. Be careful of the volume switch. Push it toward the smaller icon for full volume(slide it up). It will seem backward but that after much trial it works.
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Definitely not I use mine for Pro level gaming and it sits to the left of my monitors pointed toward me and when using it in directional mode it does a fantastic job of canceling out game noises allowing me to talk to my teammates without echo or any interference. That said I am a musician and this is also excellent for recording different instruments and mixing them in editing. one of the best mics I have used to date and I have spent everything from $60 to $500 on mics and to date none have been as good for mixed use scenarios, and still function far above the norm in each usage area.
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I don't understand Sony's thinking. Impotantly, this mic works great. But it is wired and enables use of a cell phone that connects to the radio via bluetooth. So it is part of a bluetooth system, but it a wired mic that you connects to a stereo, and when that stereo connects via bluetooth to your cell phone, this mic becomes part of a blue tooth system. I think this is typical configuration.