Hi all, I got a lot of questions about the Blue Icicle. Sorry I should have explained what it was! It is a mic preamp that is powered via the USB voltage (5v). It is nice as when mounted close to the microphone it reduced the noise in the line caused by a long run of an unbalanced XLR or other mic cable. The evans style mic works great, but it is also unbalanced, for a lot of my setups I have no issues at all, however there are some that are near radio stations or simply get the hum in the line. By using this mic preamp and running a 25ft USB cable from the icicle (housed in a waterproof housing in the bucket) to the computer It completely eliminates the noise. The only downside to this mic is you need to adjust the gain before you put up the bucket as it is on the icicle. I simply adjust it about 3/4 of the way up and then adjust the volume on the computers mic input to fine tune. I also use this mic now in autonomous recording units, and it has worked well. Here is a link to the Blue Icicle- http://www.buy.com/prod/icicle-xlr-to-usb-converter/q/listingid/52757425/loc/101/208972092.html
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