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Don't get me wrong, it looks like it could withstand plenty of use, it's just not very sturdy plastic. You can use pretty much anything to capture the audio, it doesn't come with or require it's own program.
Definite buy. I have to say, I was blown away by the quality this flimsy little thing produced when I played back a recording.
And finally, for the quality. I would normally rate this 4 stars, but I was just so surprised by the sound quality that I had to give it 5.
As I said in the title, this thing is pretty flimsy. As for set up and use, set up is simple and use is pretty simple as long as you're familiar with video-making, audio-recording, and that type of stuff.
The only down side is that you do kinda need to keep your face close to the thing, and it does pick up some background noise (but it's nothing Audacity can't easily edit out).
This product worked just as good as they said it would and you just cannot beat it for the price.
The price was excellant, and the seller got it to me very fast. This mic is a very good mic for what I use it for. I bought it from Amazon.com, and their service was as usual, Outstanding.
With my audio hardware I have an advanced setting that allows you to tick a box for a +20db voice boost. I purchased the 6 LED web cam/mic combo for under $20 (shipping included,) and I went from having plain text on my social networking page to my own uploaded videos of myself. I am using this with a 10-foot 3.5mm extension cord that plugs into my audio card's mic or line out jack, that I also use for my headphones late at night so it is difficult to determine if there is any signal loss due to the length of the cord. I also used the mic a couple of times in conjunction with my new $10 web cam and XP movie maker and upon playback of the video, I discovered that the voice portion of the video sounds just fine with no distortion. My experience with these things has shown that paying more does not always equal a better product.
I got the mic and people told me I definitely sounded better than with the makeshift headphone mic I was using before. I would recommend tinkering in your control panel's sound and voice recording settings to optimize the mic level. When I had this setting ticked I did receive feedback from the speakers like you might with a PA system when the mic was placed close to my speakers, so this week I have that box unticked, but that setting might be useful if you were recording from across the room to get extra boom out of it. Sometimes a name brand company or mail order catalogue will slap their name on the cheapest of cheap products then go ahead and mark it up for many times what it is actually worth, but for placing internet phone calls and making the occasional instructional video to post to the internet I am happy with the product and happy with the price. I got this mic because I needed a better mic for Yahoo phone in/out (internet phone calls,) and I was using a homemade mic consisting of a broken headphones where I was talking out of the left side of the phones which worked, but I was receiving many complaints that I sounded like I were talking through a pillow.
The mic seems to have decent pick up from over a foot away and I liked the swivel-base that allows you to move the mic around to the desired position or remove the mic and use it as a Bob Barker style karaoke mic for handheld use. I don't have a basis for comparison against a more expensive mic to tell you if there is a significant difference in sound quality but let me ask you this.If someone were selling the same mic for $100 would you automatically assume it's higher quality and opt for the more expensive mic due to the fact that you equate more money paid with a higher quality product.
Amazon needs to update the photo. I recommend this mic for general use, and feel Amazon's pricing is reasonable. Although I ordered the white CyberAcoustics Desktop Mic-48 shown in the photo, the Dynex DX-54 (with a CyberAcoustics logo) was sent to me. The mic performs well and sounded more pleasant than a slightly more expensive USB desktop boom mic.
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