• Looking for a high quality microphone with good noise canceling for $60 or less. Any suggestions?
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See title. I have a fair bit of background noise, louder than a library or studio but quieter than most living rooms. $60 is my hard limit, and I'm not willing to go above that unless it's a huge mistake not to. Most types of microphones will work, as long as I don't have to pick up and hold anything.
What do you expect to record with it?
I don't think you'll be able to find a high quality mic with noise removal for less than $100. I have a Blue Snowball mic (went for ~$120 and has some great quality) and use Audacity to filter the noise. The forum's flagdog isn't working so I don't even know where you live (Market differences for different places). If you find a mic that has decent sound quality, but doesn't have noise removal, try using audacity. Record nothing but background noise (~5-7 seconds for good measure) with a microphone, then use that as a noise profile in Audacity's Noise Removal feature. Once you have that set as a noise profile, apply the noise removal to your recording. Play with the settings a bit to get the right amount of noise reduction without distorting what you were trying to record.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;47807776]What do you expect to record with it?[/QUOTE] It'll mainly be for voice, and also some solo guitar. [QUOTE=Daemon White;47807832]-snip-[/QUOTE] That's fine, I just need it to record mostly in one angle (cardoid?). I'm in the U.S. I'd say my main concern is quality.
If you're worried about environmental noise, you'll probably want a dynamic microphone. A decent cheap option with USB (as I assume you don't have an XLR interface) is the ATR2100-USB/AT2005USB (they're basically the same, get whatever's cheaper). Do note that a dynamic microphone really does require you to be pretty close to it, otherwise you'll have to apply so much gain it starts getting noticeably noisy: [url]http://recordinghacks.com/2013/03/13/atr2100-usb-and-at2005usb-a-closer-look/[/url] You'll also want a windscreen ($2) or a pop filter.
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