I have this microphone and use it for my podcasts and any voice over additions I want to make when I use iMovie.
The Logitech microphone retails at around £16 to £20 or $25
The microphone is a USB plug and play mic and is recognised by my iMac with ease, in Garage Band it 'see's' the mic immediately and asks me if I want to chose the logitech as my input for sound or stay with the built in mic on the iMac. That makes it a very easy process and allows me to unplug the mic when I do not need to use it and so free up a USB port at the back of my iMac, the iMac should really have another 3 USB ports!
OK, quality of the microphone?
Well surprisingly enough it records sound or the voice very well. The logitech delivers to the computer, a balanced even tone that when played back sounds very good.
The design and size of the microphone enables it to be used in different ways, you can have it sitting on your desk or you can hold it, as it is very light and comfortable in the hand, it is no problem to hold the mic if that is how you prefer to use it.
So what about the negative aspects of the microphone?
For me the only downside to the mic is that it can pick up the 'popping' that the human voice makes when pronouncing certain letters of the alphabet. For example the letter 'P' or the letter 'Q'. When you speak and use these letters, your mouth is formed in such a way for the pronunciation, that is causes a stronger exhale of breath that emits from your mouth and the microphone picks up this extra 'rushing' of breath and 'spikes' the sound recording so you end up with the popping and other irritating noises that the voice can make. We are often unaware of such noises but once you begin to record your voice you soon become aware of these things! It can be quite an eye opener!
Now many mics also pick up the popping so it is not fair to say that it is just the logitech. There is a way around it with the use of a 'Pop Filter'. This is a piece of fabric that is stretched over a frame and placed in front of the mic. The way it works is this, it allows the sound to pass through with no disruption and no dampening but 'catches' that stronger breath and prevents it from 'hitting' the microphone. So you can speak into the mic through the pop filter and maintain your sound but have no worry about the popping issue on certain pronunciations!
I have yet to try this with my logitech and as soon as I have some time, I am going to home build my own pop filter and try it out with my logitech.
The Logitech Desktop USB Microphone receives a 4 Steve rating!
If you are looking for a desktop microphone, then I can recommend this microphone as an ideal solution and it will not cost you too much either!
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