We have 2 different USB mics that can be borrowed from the Digital Media Studio. One is the Snowball made by Blue. This is a very intuitive microphone that will give you good sounding audio. It has a switch on the back that lets you choose from 2 pickup patterns. The other is a condenser mic also made by Blue Called the Yeti. It features an internal gain adjustment, headphone jack for monitoring and 4 different adjustable pickup patterns. These mics are both plug and play models that will work on both mac or PC. They can be used with audio/video recording software like Audacity, iMovie and Final Cut. In those cases, post production would be necessary. To use the microphones, you would need to simply plug in the USB cable and select the device from your software’s audio input selection area. In addition to recording lectures, podcasts and narrations. These microphones can also be used with Zoom, Skype or other live conferencing softwares.
