| | |  | Condenser | Home » » » » » » » Cad Usb Studio Condenser Mic Nic | | | | | | | Description: | | Record studio-quality audio directly to your computer via USB with the CAD U37 side-address condenser microphone-a great choice for both vocal and instruments as well as for creating podcasts and voiceovers for videos. Compatible with both Windows and Mac OS operating systems, you can simply plug the U37 into your PC and start recording. The U37 has two switches on the front. The first switch allows you to decrease the sensitivity of the microphone so the sound quality is clear for extremely loud sounds. For example, the switch should be in the "-10" position for loud voices, percussion and other high sound pressure level devices. The "0" position should be used for normal voices and string instruments. The second switch on the U37 is designed to reduce pickup of deep-bass sounds. The switch should be in the "Normal Bass" mode in most cases. However, if you want to remove wind noise, ventilation noise, or decrease the low frequencies in a recording, the switch should be in the "Bass Reduction" position. | | | Features: | |
• Large condenser microphone element for warm, rich recordings
• Cardioid pick-up pattern minimizes background noise and isolates the main sound source
• Smooth, extended frequency response is excellent for singing, speech and instruments
• It has 10dB overload-protection switch minimizes distortion from loud sound sources
• Bass-reduction switch reduces room noise
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 12.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.5 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 66 reviews |
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45 of 46 found the following review helpful:
 Great Mic for a Small Price!!!Nov 11, 2010
By Satisfied Customer
I've had enough of people posting bad reviews that simply don't read instructions or don't know how to use the equipment they have. This Mic has settings that will allow you to hear a whisper in the next room, or you can turn down the sensitivity and you will be able to scream into the mic from a foot away and barely be able to hear yourself when wearing headphones. Do you want ambience? You got it. Don't need it, it's gone. You have total control of that. These people that are saying you can't use it for music because of terrible latency, don't know what they are talking about, if they can't figure out how to use an asio driver, then I certainly don't want to hear their music. Get you a good asio driver
I use ASIO4ALL. No Latency problems over here. How in the world do so many people with the same equipment have such varied results. Somebody doesn't know what they are doing.
41 of 42 found the following review helpful:
Best value for money USB Microphone for ComputerNov 30, 2009
By Dexter
"Dex"
I had been researching USB Microphones for a long time and was nervous to make a selection, incase I ended up with a lemon. Well I just heard about this microphone a couple of weeks ago and read up on CAD Microphones. I took the plunge and bought this little beauty. It is made of a plastic casing, but don't let that put you off - this is obviously the trade off in getting a good quality USB for under $100. It's the inside heart of the microphone which makes it a great mic. Yes it is sensitive in picking up background noise, but I don't mind. I love that this mic has the ability to pick up a full texture of sound in the room. I also like that it records with very low background hiss, which is a big problem with integrated mics in laptops.
One important thing to remember with any USB mic is to know how to open up it's settings on your computer. When I first connected the U37 to my computer, it defaulted its input sound level to practically zero. It is in this setting that I have learnt to control the sensitivity of the microphone.
9/10 for this microphone. You won't be disappointed. Peace Out :)
32 of 39 found the following review helpful:
Great mic, but picks up environmental noiseMay 24, 2009
By Lennon2600
The CAD U37 is a great mic for the money, but you have to be willing to tolerate its desire to capture ambient noise. If you're around a noisy computer, for example, it will capture that sound. If you are in an echo-prone room, it will pick up any echos. You might like this for multiple people to be gathered around a single mic and speak or play an acoustic number, but if you want something akin to an isolated sound where your voice and only your voice is registered amid a din of activity, you'll be disappointed.
I have not fiddled very much with the two settings on the microphone. I have kept the buttons facing to the left (if you are looking at the CAD logo (facing up) on the microphone).
13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 works okay, but not the best solutionSep 13, 2009
By R. Chakicherla
The CAD u37 isn't as great as I thought it would be. The mic is very noisy and picks up way to much ambient noise. The other problem is with Logic Pro 9, it had way too much latency to be useful. I actually had to activate low latency mode and set my buffer size much lower than with any other usb audio device I've used, and sometimes it would still have latency. I am fairly disappointed as I had hoped it would be plug and play. I did like the quality of the microphone, maybe not the warmest microphone but has a lot of clarity to it which is nice. I would recommend this for podcasts or something where the timing of the recording is not critical. Another problem with USB mics is that they cannot be upgraded. If you are serious about getting nice semi-professional quality from microphones, I would suggest getting an actual xlr condenser with an audio input device with a phantom power supply like the line 6 ux2. Would probably be a better investment for you seeing as all you would have to do to upgrade is just purchase a better condenser. Will be returning this product.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
The best for the Aspiring Musician / Voice over artist. Especially for the money.Jul 10, 2011
By Weston Carlisle
I have had this product for over 2 months now and I use it for everything.
Live vlogging, I even use it to record music. Or to simply talk to relatives over Skype.
I do recommend if you are going to be recording song vocals (As I do) to first get some kind of booth to isolate The vocals so you will hear a more crisp sound. A closet with the walls covered with blankets will do the trick.
Make sure you are on (-10) and the bottom switch on (__). You should be about a foot and a half away from the microphone.
Also. I have found wrapping the microphone in paper towels (about 3 layers) will work for filtering "Pop" sounds.
Right click the volume icon in your system tray and click on Open Volume Control. If Microphone isn't displayed click Options from the menu and Properties. Then check the checkbox for Microphone. And then adjust the "Capture" volume. I put it between the bottom and second line. This is a very sensitive microphone which is often perceived as "bad" quality as you can see from some of the reviews.
Really great mic, not just for the price. Overall 9.75/10. Email me if you need some help using your product I would not mind helping! WestonCarlisle@yahoo(dot)com Replace (dot) with a (.)
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