Samson Go Mic

The Samson Go Mic is an amazing bit of kit, you would be forgiven for thinking that its cost (you can find it sub £40) would indicate that it would be a low end bit of kit, not the case, and whilst I would still favour the quality of the Blue Yeti Microphone (see earlier posts) this tiny microphone has a lot going for it and especially for its price and feature set.

• Portable USB condenser microphone
• Mac and PC compatible, no drivers required
• Custom, compact design that clips to a laptop or sits on a desk
• Perfect for recording music, podcasting and field recording, voice recognition software, iChat, VoIP and web casting
• Switchable cardiod or omnidirectional pickup patterns
• 16-bit, 44.1kHz resolution
• Smooth, flat frequency response of 20Hz–18kHz
• Stereo 1/8″ headphone output for no latency monitoring
• Includes USB cable, cable clip and carry case
• Samson Sound Deck Noise Cancellation Software (Mac OS X/Windows) available for purchase
•  Mic Stand Mount – A standard Euro-mount mic stand mounting hole and included adapters allow you to attach the Go Mic to a standard microphone stand
• Weight 0.23 lbs. (.105 kg)
• Dimensions 70.5 mm x 43.5mm x 23mm

What I particularly love about this mic beyond it’s obvious portability (and coping equally well on a stand with a pop filter) is the quality of not only build but the richness, I would even go as far to say that if portability is a key factor this mic is the all-round choice. The inclusion of a greed ‘powered up’ LED that turns red when the audio is going to be clipped by the mic is a great touch (and independent of any hardware it is connected to). It definitely puts high quality audio in the affordable bracket and other than trying to cram in a gain and volume control into an already small form factor its a firm favourite on my travels.

Note: Incidentally Blue have released a new updated ‘Radius II’ shock mount for the Yeti that has firmer fixing.