5v Condenser Stage Mic
 

I was using a dynamic with most of my specifications,
and after five years, it finally fell on the floor too many times. The cord
was so long that I had it twisted in what I call a loopback braid (fold a
cord at two points; running three ways, then weave one strand in a figure
eight between the other two). That braid actually reduces resistance,
somehow, because I need to turn up my volume if I undo my knot, say to use
quieter space. I I used a cheap omnidirectional condenser for my last two
recordings and realized (after comparison with older sound files) that my
puff-guard (a sheet of plastic held in front of my mouth) was absorbing a
lot of bayse. Plus it's a pain to use. I did not need a puff guard with my
dynamic.

I hav tried finding my specs. I am hoping someone else realized that such a
thing would plug directly into a sound card, probably on a motherboard, and
yet it would look and feel familiar. Here are roughly my specifications:

Weight: At least 250 grams.
Diameter: over 1 inch, tapered down towards wires,
switch on handle.
Connector: Three wires, mini stereo plug.
Warning: 48V systems will destroy this. Do not adapt.
Type: Condenser, 5v, cardioid or unidirectional.
Resistance: about 2.2 kOhm.
Spectrum: 30Hz to 20kHz

I know I will not find exactly this, unless I build it, so I am flexible,
especially on the top end of the spectrum (my internet output is downsampled
to MP3&16kHz&Stereo&VBR&Highest Quality, so it does not require more than
8kHz). I just do not seem to hav exactly the right keywords in my search
though. Maybe it'll pop up on google adsense. Who knows? I managed to find a
"stand mic" -- turned out to cost less than ten bucks on e-bay, including
the stand, the whole thing of course fitting in the palm of your hand. Not
quite.
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USB Stage Mic
 

Subject-Was: 5v Condenser Stage Mic

I opted for a Samson USB mic. There was a Nady that looked like a Stage mic,
cost two thirds as much, and doubled the sampling rate, and I figure for
noise...The important thing is what you do about electrical and ambient
noise. I will still use Nero WaveEdit's noise profiling and reduction
system, and everything works better if little noise in a recording in the
first place. If the dijitizer is well-designed, then it will add damn near
zero electrical noise. I wonder if there is some way in which I can separate
electrical and ambient noise. The samson had a "super-cardioid" pick-up
pattern. I do not need 96kHz sampling rates (Nady), unless I want to pick up
bat echolocation chirps. Then the Samson comes with a copy of Cakewalk, too,
and this is a dial-up account, so I do not want to be downloading three
gigabytes or whatever they're up to, these days. 3GB was last year's
version.