

If you value plug ’n play convenience and you want something affordable and simple, consider a USB microphone. Now that you’re ready to capture that idea, here are some alternatives to the built-in microphone: USB Microphones

Remember to use headphones to get clear sound, and to prevent your mic from capturing (re-recording) your backing tracks when you record. You can choose which microphone you want to use by clicking on the icon in the address bar. The default will be your device’s built-in microphone. Chrome will prompt you to allow BandLab to use your microphone. We want you to be able to record your voice, instruments or any form of audio without compromising on sound quality, so in this three part series on getting sound into BandLab, we start things off with microphones.īefore you start recording anything, we’d recommend you use Google Chrome for BandLab, as you won’t yet enjoy all the BandLab functions on other browsers.ġ. It’s a worthy pick for those whose budgets won’t stretch to the JLab Talk, and will deservedly take the Snowball Ice’s place on our best USB microphone rankings.So you like being able to capture your ideas anywhere without having to worry about losing them, but you don’t like the audio quality from the built-in microphone on your computer or phone? Not to worry, we’re here to help! Straight out of the box, it sounded much better than I expected from a $59 desktop mic, and it beats the Blue Snowball Ice on overall design as well. HyperX SoloCast review: VerdictĪs long as your needs are simple enough to accommodate the HyperX SoloCast’s basic controls and single recording pattern, you’ll find it a great little microphone.

The Talk’s bidirectional, omnidirectional and stereo patterns therefore give it much greater flexibility.įor gaming and most forms of streaming, however, cardioid will do just fine - as will the SoloCast. The SoloCast sounds great for the money, but its only recording pattern is cardioid, so it can’t effectively record voice unless you’re speaking directly into the front of it. That said, it’s worth paying more for the JLab Talk if you want a more serious podcasting mic, and especially if you’ll ever need to record more than one speaker at a time.
