I kept hold of a USB Condenser microphone expecting to find a use for it one day.
The model is:
Beyerdynamic Fox Professional USB microphone.
Believing "condenser" meant it was more sensitive I thought it was a flexible type and could find a use for it.
I decided to test it recently by plugging it into the iPad and hit record.
To my disappointment even with the
gain switch on the microphone in the "
High-gain" position, the levels were extremely low.
So low that even shouting into the microphone directly I could not cause it to clip. . .
I maxed out all the "dials" and still, just an extremely low level recording.
Playing back the recording I had to turn the volume up considerably on the iPad only to hear a "normal conversation level" recording resulted in a whisper quite recording with a high noise-floor.
The microphone is so damn simple I cannot believe I have done anything wrong.
Is this performance just due to being a "USB" condenser microphone?
I mean the gain level switch must be there for function, they just did not give it enough gain to start with?
Any thoughts?