Just to demonstrate this, I added a 3rd recording. USB mics tend to have a steady hiss in the background, which is easily reduced without doing much, if any, harm to the audio.
Speaking of noise reduction, most USB mics benefit greatly from the application of noise reduction or removal effects. Also, neither sample received any noise reduction treatment. Both recordings were normalized to the same average volume so that loudness would not be a factor. When comparing the two, listen not only for the noise, but for the overall quality of the sound. Here is that recording: Setup 2 Recordingįor the demo of configuration 2, I used a large diaphragm condenser mic - a Rode NT2-A, plugged into a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface, which was plugged into my computer via USB.
Pay particular attention to the hissy background noise in the USB mic recording.
Use headphones to get the full effect of the difference between these two recordings. To demonstrate a recording using setup #1 recording, I used a Samson Q2U USB microphone plugged directly into one of my my Windows 7 computer's USB ports.
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