hey everybody welcome back to podcast
egde my name's bandar and i'm back with
a tutorial video for you guys so i have
received countless comments from people
asking for advice on how to hook up an
XLR microphone to your computer or your
PC so I thought today I would do a
tutorial showing you a few different
ways in a few different interfaces that
you can use to actually connect an XLR
microphone to your computer here's the
shure sm58 this is a dynamic microphone
the knee were NW 710 sir microphone this
is the audio technica at2020 this is a
full condenser microphone this is the
first setup we're going to be trying
this is an XLR to USB cable this is the
second setup we're going to be testing
out this is the USB soundcard and in
order to use this you actually need to
have an XLR to 3.5 millimeter cable this
is the fourth setup we're going to be
trying it's using the USB soundcard
again so we still have the USB soundcard
and the XLR to 3.5 millimeter cable but
we added the phantom power supply and we
also need an additional XLR to XLR cable
and the last thing we're going to be
testing out is an actual USB audio
interface that allows you to plug in XLR
to XLR cable directly into your computer
okay so we're going to start with an XLR
to USB cable and show you how to set
this up on the computer so this one's
pretty easy all you have to do is take
the USB end of the microphone cable plug
it into your USB port take the XLR end
and plug it into your dynamic microphone
and this is what it sounds like so once
you have your dynamic microphone
connected to your computer using the XLR
to USB cable you go into your audio
input settings you make sure the correct
device is selected and then all you have
to do is set your audio gain right here
my microphone input is set at 25% and
you can see I have a little bit of audio
room up here to play around with so if I
needed to make it louder I could do that
and this is just what it sounds like it
sounds pretty nice for a very cheap set
up for an eleven dollar XLR to USB cable
okay now we're going to go ahead and
test out the USB sound card and I will
be using a
new segment USB soundcard that provides
about three volts to the microphone now
with the USB soundcard you will need to
be using an XLR to 3.5 millimeter cable
so using a USB sound card is also
incredibly easy all you have to do plug
it into your USB port like that plug the
microphone into the correct microphone
input port on the sound card take the
XLR end and plug it into your Electric
condenser microphone like that okay now
once you have your electret condenser
microphone plugged directly into your
USB sound card you go into your input
settings and you make sure the correct
device is selected and as you can see
right now my microphone input gain is
set at 100% to get decent volume it's
still not even that loud or that usable
and there is quite a bit of background
noise so this is just proof that the
newer say brunt USB soundcard does not
provide enough voltage to get an NW 700
or any other electric condenser
microphone to work now setting up this
one is slightly more complicated just
because the number of cables has doubled
but we're going to go ahead and walk you
through this as well so first thing you
do you're obviously going to plug in
your USB sound card then you have the
phantom power supply you plug in the AC
adapter to the phantom power supply then
you plug this into your wall then you
take your XLR to XLR cable you plug it
into your microphone then you take the
other end of the cable and you plug it
into the input portion of your phantom
power supply then you take the XLR to
3.5 millimeter cable that came with your
BM 700 or NW 700 or anything like that
you plug the XLR end into the output of
your phantom power supply then you take
the 3.5 milimeter end and you plug it
into your USB sound card and then the
last step you turn on your phantom power
supply so once you've connected your
electric condenser microphone to your
phantom power supply and your phantom
power supply into your USB sound card
you go into your input settings on your
computer make sure the correct device is
selected and then set your input gain
right
now I am set at about 25% and it seems
to be a good volume for me leaves a
little bit of headroom up here but it's
still at a nice volume I don't have to
do much editing and post okay so this is
my favorite option this is an actual USB
audio interface that's designed to
actually interface an XLR microphone
with your computer and this one's pretty
easy to set up as well so the first step
is you take the USB end of the cable you
plug it into your computer then you take
your XLR to XLR cable you plug it into
your microphone you take the other end
and plug it into your USB audio
interface and then lastly you turn on
your phantom power so once you have your
full condenser microphone plugged into
your USB audio interface with an XLR to
XLR cable you go into your audio input
settings make sure the correct device is
selected and unfortunately I can't
adjust gain on here the gain is
controlled on my actual audio interface
so you can adjust the volume there so
yeah those were four different ways to
connect your XLR microphones to your
computer pretty easily and pretty
cheaply of all those setups I would
recommend probably getting a dynamic
microphone along with the XLR to USB
cable or investing in a condenser
microphone and getting an actual audio
interface that's designed to power
condenser microphones and I think that's
what will get you the best sound alright
guys well I guess that will do it if you
do have any more questions about this go
ahead and leave them in the comments
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