FIFINE USB Microphone, Plug &Play Home Studio USB Condenser Microphone for Skype, Recordings for YouTube, Google Voice Search, Games(Windows/Mac)-K668

I bought this USB microphone after I read about it in ComputerActive magazine. I am a physician and post-doctoral researcher in medical informatics working on developing innovative applications for patient education. The article in ComputerActive magazine was about creating podcasts and this microphone was recommended as a considerable improvement on the cheap microhone built into the laptop / desktop. I do have a high-end microphone with an XLR connection but that needs a dedicated amplifier to provide an audio feed into a PC's sound card. This USB microphone has a PnP driver so it's ready for use as soon as you plug it in. I used it with the freeware audio editor, Audacity. Speech recordings are very clear, of high quality and free from background noise so I can't wait to use it for my podcasts. The microphone comes with foam windshield and I found the audio iinput level easy to set on Audacity. The PC I used was running the tried and tested Windows XP which I still use a lot. You certainly can't go wrong buying this microphone. I am evening considering using it for wildlife sound recording with it connected to a netbook and with the mike mounted in a home-made parabolic reflector!

I've wanted a microphone for my computer for ages as I often record myself playing music or singing, and after using a dictaphone for years I wanted something a bit more suited to the job. For the price, this is a really nice microphone. It's nicely packaged, and inside the box you'll find the microphone, a screw-in tripod, a foam wind cover, and an instruction leaflet. It's a breeze to use - just plug it into a USB port on your computer, wait for it to be detected by your operating system (I tested it in Windows 10 but the leaflet tells me it works with Macs as well), and you're ready to go. There isn't a switch on the microphone, so as soon as you hit record in your recording application of choice (I used Audacity) it works. The microphone has a reassuring weightiness to it as well as it feels like it is made of metal rather than plastic. The only plasticky element is the tripod. This screws into a fold-down silver "neck" at the bottom of the microphone. The thread is plastic and the legs feel fairly flimsy, but they worked fine for me, and the microphone felt stable and didn't fall over. The only criticism I have is that when I recorded myself playing a ukulele the recording came out fairly quiet, despite my playing quite loudly and the recording level being set to maximum in Audacity, but I can always fiddle with this when I edit. Voice recording however was clear and loud. All in all, I'm really pleased with it. For the price, it's an absolute steal too.

I’ve just started to make a few digital audio recordings for various projects at work, including some guided meditations, and a bit of singing for pleasure. As I’ve only just started to do this, I didn’t want to spend loads of money on a mic that I might not use all that often. I’m suitably impressed, as it hooks up to my MacBook 2017 ed and Logic Pro software without any trouble. However I have to use a USB to USB-C adaptor for my MacBook, but that’s no real issue. The mic records clearly and crisply. It’s quite sensitive and does pick up background noise easily, but I’m very much an amateur, so that might be due to lack of experience on my part. The mic and stand feel like they are both very robust. I’d highly recommend this product.

Needed a microphone to record my classical guitar into Audacity. After reading online that an expensive condenser mic was the only option (plus phantom power unit), and that nothing else would do, I thought this mic would be terrible. However, I am very pleased with the mic. It feels sturdy and is larger than I expected. It arrived promptly in a decent box with good instructions and a foam muffle thing. The mic is not over sensitive and reproduces the sound very well from about a foot or so away from the guitar. I'm sure a mic ten times the price may sound better, but not ten times better. Overall the sound is very rounded and certainly not harsh. Perhaps it lacks a little depth, but a tweak with the EQ and a bit of reverb certainly brings it to life. Recommended and great value for poor musicians!

Summary: - EDIT: not as resilient as I first thought - Surprisingly high quality build - Good sound quality for the price - Extremely easy to install - Comes with a wind filter EDIT: A month or two after purchasing this, the microphone has started outputting a loud, constant buzz which gets louder when I touch it. This seems to be a fault with the microphone and not my pc, since the replacement mic works fine. I suspect that a fault has developed with the wire. It's suffered occasional small falls to the floor, but nothing that I would expect would break it. I'm going to leave my original review as it was, since I'm aware that this could purely be bad luck and it really was a decent microphone before this happened. I am however dropping two stars from it, and will suggest that the microphone is not as resilient as I first thought. I can't really fault this microphone, the price seems pretty fair for what you get. Build Quality: I was surprised by how professional this mic looks when it arrived. The body has some weight to it, making it feel sturdy, and the legs give a little resistance when adjusted, so they keep the microphone in place fairly well, especially on a flat surface. I've seen some reviews complaining about the legs but I don't see the issue, they've worked fine for me and I've been putting the microphone on the arm of my chair! The mic also comes with a wind filter cover, for any of you who might be planning on using it outside. Sound Quality: I tested this by placing it on a desk in front of me and speaking in a soft voice, below the volume I would normally hold a conversation. It picked up my voice quite clearly, and I couldn't hear any trace of static/noise. I use the mic mainly for watching netflix with my girlfriend over skype and she hasn't complained about being able to hear the show from my end, so it seems to do a good job of filtering out background noise. She's also been able to hear me from around 5-6 feet away if I raise my voice a little, although she said it was obvious that I'd moved away from the mic. To give some idea of quality, I could imagine an amateur YouTuber using this with no problems whatsoever. I doubt you'll find PewdiePie recording with one any time soon though! Installation: It really is plug and play. I've used the mic on both Windows and Linux and in both cases I had to do nothing more than plug it in. If you've found this review helpful then let me know with a thumbs up! Likewise, if you found it lacking then please go ahead and click the thumbs down.

A very fine microphone. I use it on windows 10 voice recognition. It performs very well in this role. It installed automatically and was recognised by the Speech setup process. Cortana understands everything I say clearly. The quality of recorded sound is also very good. It is sensitive enough to use as a desktop Mic at a comfortable distance. The build quality looks very good and the stand, which is criticised in some reviews, does not seem anything other than well made and sturdy, maybe the design has been improved.

The quality is very much good enough for Youtube voice recording. It is a substantial improvement on the built in mic. on both the C922 and the Brio camera. It is a mono mic. The foam wind muffler acts as a pop filter too. I highly recommend getting a mic arm - I use one of the articulated ones. This will cut down the noise from the desk. Try holding it the air when recording - there is a marked difference in the unwanted sound. Downside is that the body is two narrow to slip into a sprung mike support to deaden sound from the desktop. Having said that I get little noise from that. The mic. is sensitive and delivers plenty of sound to the recording. I listen on a fairly high end domestic Senheisser headset. This mic. sounds better than the built in Senhaiser mic.

Since the Rocksmith Acoustic update come out I have been looking for a mic to use with it but I could never find any reviews for mics that said they would work with Rocksmith. In the end I tried a songstar mic thinking been made to work with the PS3 it would be ok, but it wasn't. I have given up unit I saw this mic. I thought I would give it a try and I am glad I did. It works great on my PS3 and acoustic guitar and it picks up even the quietest notes. I then tried my electric guitar through my amp instead of using the real tone cable, so I can hear my playing better, and I worked with this too although I had to move the mic a lot further back from the amp as the mic is sensitive. I would recommend this mic