What mic setup would you buy with $100?

[Jordan08041997]

I'm in the market for a new microphone and was wondering what you would spend on a mic with $100

 

[ssddx]

atr2500usb. if you had a little more budget the at2020usb.

blue snowball, samson co1u, neewer nw-800 are also decent budget mics

if you want live monitoring (hearing your voice in headphones without delay) you may want to look into using an audio interface and xlr as you may sometimes get slight delay using usb or 3.5mm input on the pc then outputting it.

ideally you would have a boom arm, shock mount and pop filter if you're doing some serious recording.

 

[Jordan08041997]

atr2500usb. if you had a little more budget the at2020usb.

blue snowball, samson co1u, neewer nw-800 are also decent budget mics

if you want live monitoring (hearing your voice in headphones without delay) you may want to look into using an audio interface and xlr as you may sometimes get slight delay using usb or 3.5mm input on the pc then outputting it.

ideally you would have a boom arm, shock mount and pop filter if you're doing some serious recording.

What audio interface would you recommend?

 

[ssddx]

what i'm accustomed to recommending normally is above $80 so not sure it would work very well on your budget.. but the scarlett solo is good entry level. a used 2i2 or ur22 would be good too.

yes, there are people who use things like the behringer xenix 302usb or other cheap units but it can be hit or miss and i'm not as familiar with the cheap ones to pick out the good from the bad. some have high self noise or generate distortion while others seem to work fair. depends alot on the mic you're hooking up to them sometimes as well. if live monitoring wasnt needed (one reason i suggested an interface) then they do make just phantom power adapters but if you were going that route you may as well just use usb to begin with.

there may be a few diamond in the rough interfaces but i dont feel confident recommending a cheaper unit i'm not familiar with so i would suggest you look at some reviews on your own if you wanted to go with a cheaper one.

if you went usb the at2020usbPLUS version (it needs to say plus) has a jack for monitoring. it costs a bit more than the standard at2020usb. given its small size finding boom arms and shock mounts is easy. the blue yeti is nice as well however you will pay more for accessories and it is heavy and large so will get in your way.