MXL MICMATEC XLR To USB Preamp for Condenser Microphones

by MXL

Product Features

• Studio-quality USB Microphone Preamp^Plug and record with your favorite software^Fully balanced low noise analog front end^Heavy duty diecast metal construction^Free MXL USB Recorder Software for instant 2-Track recording (Available at www.MXLmics.com)
• Studio-quality USB Microphone Preamp
• Plug and record with your favorite software
• Fully balanced low noise analog front end
• Heavy duty diecast metal construction
• Free MXL USB Recorder Software for instant 2-Track recording

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VZ8WC2
• Item model number: MXLMICMATEC
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,598 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #40 in Musical Instruments > Recording Equipment > Computer Recording > Audio Interfaces
  • #49 in Musical Instruments > Recording Equipment > Microphones > Condenser Microphones

Product Description

This pocket-sized device features a 16-bit Delta Sigma A/D converter with a sampling rate of 44.1 and 48.0 kHz. The Mic Mate™ also provides 48V Phantom power to condenser mics directly from your computer's USB port.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great product, April 29, 2008

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T. Gerencer (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews
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I do a LOT of voice work, because I run my own video production business. I edit on Final Cut Pro, but I don't have a sound studio. I have a studio quality on-camera mic that I bought for about $500. I used to record my voice-overs straight into my Sony PD-150 with this $500 mic, and then I'd have to capture them into the computer. I just found this thing online last week and ordered it. The sound quality comes through excellent - as good as recording onto my PD-150, if not better. The unit is compact and extremely easy to set up and use. Just plug the mic into one end, a USB cable into the other. I was able to record into both FCP and Soundtrack. The one drawback is there's no volume knob on the unit - just a "high, medium, low" volume switch, and FCP and Soundtrack don't give you the option to adjust the level until after you're finished recording. So, you're stuck with limited record settings. Having said that, the signal from my voice came through loud and clear - and if I need to, I can just adjust the sound level after it's recorded. I will probably use this thing exclusively to do voice overs from now on. No more capturing after I do voice work. Much more convenient.

A few months later - the thing seems to have some kind of conflict with Final Cut Pro, where it records static some of the time. When this happens, I have to reboot FCP. It's kind of annoying.

Okay, I fixed that problem. In FCP, every time you press option-zero to bring up the voiceover record feature, it changes something. So the first time you do it, everything's fine. But then if the window gets hidden and you hit option-zero again to bring that window to the front - WITHOUT closing the window first - it causes this garbled static problem. So, to combat the problem, every time I record something with this USB adapter, I make sure I close the voiceover window. No more problem.

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I must have had this thing for a few years now. I love it. I got a new macbook pro and a new version of final cut pro and there are none of the old issues I used to have with the static, no matter what I do. This thing works great.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works as expected, September 13, 2009

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Brian Steele "www.diysubwoofers.org" (Grenada, West Indies) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MXL MICMATEC XLR To USB Preamp for Condenser Microphones (Electronics)

I bought this for use with my laptop, TrueRTA software and a Behringer EMC 8000 microphone, for frequency response measurement. It works well for that purpose. It's not provided with a USB cable however - you will need to purchase that separately.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars good but mixers are better, July 29, 2008

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George Lewis Mikhael "geoleomeo" (Alexandria, EGYPT- Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS) - See all my reviews
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I got this mic mate and mxl 770 microphone, at first use I thought there is something wrong with the mic mate, but i realized that this is its quality. With the same 60 dollars, it is better to get a mixer like behringer 802 and connect its output to your normal pc sound card and you will get better results. It is good for its size, but sure it is not compared with complete mixers even at the same price.