There are only three that I have heard are really worth using ever. One of them is a Neuman that is way out of any typical home recordists budget. Even then, you are limiting yourself from the start.
A better 'sticky', would be the ones that already exist here, that say you should buy an interface, and mic's that will work in the future. USB mics can be fine for simple voice over stuff, but they limit a user to the one mic. No chance of upgrade or choice of another mic in the future. Better off getting a $60 interface, and having the option of thousands of mics.
Not just my opinion; it is just the truth.....
HEY is this a good interface to get?There are only three that I have heard are really worth using ever. One of them is a Neuman that is way out of any typical home recordists budget. Even then, you are limiting yourself from the start.
A better 'sticky', would be the ones that already exist here, that say you should buy an interface, and mic's that will work in the future. USB mics can be fine for simple voice over stuff, but they limit a user to the one mic. No chance of upgrade or choice of another mic in the future. Better off getting a $60 interface, and having the option of thousands of mics.
Not just my opinion; it is just the truth.....
its sounds pretty difficult bro the way you put it i'm a newbie when it comes to real micsI have purchased two of them. One for myself years ago, and one recently for my boy. Only one XLR input/preamp, and no phantom power, so you are limited to dynamic mics. The gain is clean, but not much of it, so not great for quiet sources like acoustic guitar. That being said, it is still good for vocals or mic'ing electric guitar amps with dynamic mics. It also has 2 line inputs, so preamp upgrade is possible. The outputs for monitoring are RCA, so not balanced, but that is not necessarily necessary for basic recording.
It comes with Cubase LE5 (possibly LE6 now), which is pretty useable as far as limited edition DAW's go.
Not really man, the Alpha will work fine for a startup device. It is only $60. The interface is the easy part. It is learning how to use a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) that will take time to learn.
No, the absolute worst option you could go with, is a XLR to USB adapter.
thanks for your help and yea i'm getting a better understanding of these xlr mics and i chose the mxl 770 for its price and durability and i'm going to use it just for vocals, rap vocals to be specificYeah, you need phantom power to use a condenser mic like the MXL 770. I have never heard anything good about that particular mic by the way.
You would be best to save and get something more worthy. Your interface is the first step. You will have a better idea of what you need, after you get some basic experience, and figure out what it is you really want to do.
A basic interface (like the Alpha) and a dynamic mic, will give you more options than a USB mic, or XLR to USB cable.
Go ahead and get a XLR to USB cable. Learning by poor purchase is an expensive way, but at least you will know why. Or possibly, it will be good enough for your purposes. I don't even know what your purpose/goals are anyway.
Actually, that should have been asked first.
What is it that you plan to record?