Harvey Gerst
New member
At around $80, the Samson C01u might be a consideration for people looking for a USB mic, but it's hard to know if it's right from listening to those complete tracks - without any other mics to compare it to. Is that a raw track, without any compression, reverb, or eq? What other mics have you used?Just thought i would add my own two-penneth, having asked for advice recently on a usb mic for sopranos and asked my youtube friends what they use (it was just for posting lap-top-studio songs on internet). I eventually went for the Samson C01u as it was in my budget. Compare to what i was using, Have to say I'm not disappointed! Once you have fiddled around a bit with levels and defaults on Windows7 I don't think i get a bad sound at all.(Used Mixcraft for the recording). I thought i would post a link to a couple of songs i have done with this mic for all those thinking about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUoQVdGODu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3DXsm7vu7o
It's a common problem here; many people assume that because a particular mic works great for them, it will also work great for everybody. That isn't always true. For example, Guitar Junkie said:
but here's a track using only the TLM103 for ALL the vocals and acoustic instruments:I have to say the track I liked the least was the TLM103
My point is that any mic may work just fine for a particular song or singer, if it's reasonably free from very ragged response - and you spend some time with mic placement and eq. But, it's important to really understand what you're hearing. Having several mics to compare, and being able to isolate each element, is important to finding a suitable mic for a particular situation.