Better Late Than Never: Shure USB Microphones
January 7, 2009
We’re back, after a refreshing holiday break. I hope you and yours had a joyous holiday season, and I wish a happy (and healthy) 2009 to you all!
Now, back to business.
There is probably no bigger name in professional-quality microphones than Shure, and it’s nice to see Shure finally step into the 21st century with the release of two USB microphones and an XLR-to-USB adapter.
The PG27USB mic (retail $199) is a flat response mic geared to a “wide variety of instrument and vocal sound sources,” while the PG42USB (retail $249) is designed to “reproduce the subtle nuances of lead vocals.”
Will that extra $50 you’d pay to step up to the PG42USB make any noticeable difference for eLearning narration recording? Inquiring minds want to know.
If you have an XLR microphone that you harbor an undying love for, ditch the breakout box/mixer and plug it directly into your computer with the X2u XLR-to-USB Signal Adapter (retail $129), which is about $70 more than the Blue Icicle I mentioned in November.
I’d love to know how these mics compare to my Blue Snowball, and if I were one of those fancy schmancy big name bloggers with huge readership, Shure would probably send me a couple of review units to test out. A guy can dream…
Get all the details from Shure’s press release, as reported by Engadget.
Sidenote: Sean Parnell of CEntrance generously offered up their MicPort Pro (an XLR-to-USB mic preamp) for my review. Sadly, I don’t have an XLR mic with which to review it. But you may want to check out their product as an alternative to the Icicle or X2u.
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January 7th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I was just looking at that mic on Engadget and wondered how it sounded. I’m sure a big fancy schmancy blogger would appreciate playing with it to see how it works.