A good cheap mic for the Macbook Pro...

• Remixt

  ...I'd like to get a good cheap mic for making audio books on my Macbook Pro, using Garage. Any recommendations?

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• camer0

  blue snowball

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  • search it, 'round 100 buckscamer
  • THERE'S ACTUALLY A MIC CALLED THE BLUE SNOWBALL? HUH...Remixt
  • Yes, there is. And +1.nocomply
  • +1jaylarson
  • blue does some good shit - there's also the snowflake, the yeti, the bluebird and then some...duckseason

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• akrok0

  

  i got this. did some voice over for shorts. worked fine. only thing, would be nice to have a ...that filter in front of the mic.

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  • connect via usb.akrok

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• Samush0

  @akrok - it's called a pop-shield. a theatre/audio tech once told me a cheaper option:- pair of womens tights and a wire hanger. done.

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  • *head to target*akrok
  • pull on the head, run into 7eleven. lol.akrok
  • < nice. might try that.akrok
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• Remixt0

  @ akrok: model name? price tag?

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  • ^ It says Samsonutopian
  • yes, samson. C01. around 79 bucks.akrok
  • you could find cheaper.akrok
  • check the total price. you know. sometimes. shipping makes it more expensive, etc.akrok

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• scarabin0

  "An improvised pop shield, functionally identical to the professional units, can be made with material from tights or stockings stretched over a kitchen sieve, embroidery hoop or a loop of wire such as a bent coat hanger. It is important that the pop shield is not attached directly to the microphone as vibrations will be transmitted from the shield to the mic."

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop…

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  • thanks.akrok

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• kingsteven0

  adk's vienna seems to be the cheap mic of choice for general recording atm.

  http://www.adkmic.com/catalog/au…

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  • i'd also recommend the snowball for voice thokingsteven

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