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USB and XLR microphones from Shure and Endgame Gear, audio interfaces, stream audio controllers and acoustic panels for streaming, podcasts and calls. Check your connections first, and pay in BTC, ETH or USDT.

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Clear voice audio starts with the microphone and the room. Choose the parts that fit your setup:

  • USB microphones plug straight into a computer, often with a headphone output and gain control. Hybrid models such as the Shure MV7+ offer both USB and XLR, so you can move to an interface later.
  • XLR microphones need an audio interface or mixer. Many dynamic XLR models need plenty of clean gain, so check that your interface supplies it.
  • Audio interfaces and stream controllers: interfaces add XLR inputs, preamps and headphone outputs; stream controllers combine a mixer with buttons to balance game, chat, music and microphone levels live.
  • Acoustic panels reduce echo in bare rooms, which often improves your sound more than a pricier microphone would.

Dynamic microphones mostly pick up what is close to them and reject room echo and keyboard noise, which suits untreated rooms; condenser microphones capture more detail, but also more of the room. Keep the microphone about a hand's width from your mouth on a boom arm or stand. For video, see webcams and capture cards; for listening, see headsets & headphones.

Questions about microphones & streaming audio

Dynamic or condenser: which microphone suits streaming?
In a typical untreated room with keyboard noise, a dynamic microphone close to your mouth gives a cleaner voice with less echo. Condenser microphones sound detailed in quiet, treated rooms but pick up more background noise.
Do I need an audio interface?
Only for XLR microphones. USB microphones connect directly to your computer. An interface or mixer adds preamps, headphone outputs and inputs for more microphones or instruments.
What is a polar pattern?
It describes the directions a microphone picks up sound from. Cardioid, the most common, hears the front and rejects the back; omnidirectional hears all around; figure-8 hears front and back, for interviews across a table.