The G-Track also includes an LED that glows green until you over-power the mic, at which point the LED turns red. The Samson G-Track offers a gain knob marked Mic once you’ve adjusted the gain to your liking, you press the knob to lock it in position. On the MXL mic, this appears in the form of a three-position switch marked Lo, Med, and Hi. This slider is grayed-out with the MXL and Samson microphones instead, these mics include hardware controls for adjusting gain. The gain of the Podcaster and Snowball microphones can be adjusted via the Input Level slider in the Input tab of Sound preferences. When you plug them into your Mac, they appear as an input option in the Sound pane of System Preferences-identified as either USB Audio Codec (for the MXL and Samson mics) or by the microphone’s actual name. No special drivers are necessary for the microphones to operate. Each microphone includes some variety of mounting hardware: a stand for the MXL, G-Track, and Snowball mics and a stand mount for the Podcaster. The Snowball microphone has an additional omnidirectional mode that, with the flip of a switch, allows the mic to record from all sides.
These are directional microphones that pick up sound in front of them in a heart-shaped pattern. Apple MacBook Pro built-in (3.1MB AIFF)Īll the microphones I tested are of the cardioid condenser type.
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