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Lindy XLR microphone to USB cable
The Lindy USB XLR Microphone cable may not have the EQ or pre-amp of my mixer, but it’s ideal for quick projects that only require a single mic, such as podcasts and screencasts.
Setup is laughably simple. Plug a microphone in one end (I used a Behringer Ultravoice XM8500) and plug the other end into a spare USB socket on the computer. Both Windows XP and Windows 7 on my test computers installed the drivers automatically and the microphone was ready to use. It should work with Macs as well.
The one limitation is that it cannot provide the phantom power (48v) required by some condenser microphones, though at this price it’s not an issue.
The sound quality was very good with little background noise.
The cable is 5 metres long and only costs £20, which should leave money left over to spend on a good microphone.
How many v. can it provide, and is the audio interface build in?
posted-by clement | August 28, 2010 9:32 PM
Volume has been fine when I've been using it. It's often a problem with mics but this had plenty of signal with a Behringer XM8500.
Any yes, the audio interface is built into the cable. It's a C-Media chip and the quality has been fine.
posted-by Tim Smith | August 31, 2010 11:43 AM