Mini USB Microphone Reviews

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“Very prompt delivery and great piece of kit. My Dad very happy with this as a gift for Father’s Day.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

“Great little mic..... sensitive but not noisy. Easy to use works great with my birdnet project”

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Posted 3 months ago

“Works really well once set up - auto gain appears to be appropriately sensitive. A bit of help for anyone wanting to use this on a Pi from the command line. If you reboot after plugging the microphone in, you should be able to check for its presence with the following command: dmesg | grep C-Media with a response similar to this: [ 2.743996] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: C-Media Electronics Inc. Typing lsusb Should reveal it's a PCM2902: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 08bb:2902 Texas Instruments PCM2902 Audio Codec You'll then need to update the firmware: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade This will update the system packages, and should include a firmware update for the mic as well - you should see output relating to firmware updates. You'll then need to reboot: sudo reboot After the reboot, you'll want to see info about the audio cards present in the system: cat /proc/asound/cards On a Pi5, the USB card may appear as ID 2 (as the two HDMI outputs are 0 and 1): 0 [vc4hdmi0 ]: vc4-hdmi - vc4-hdmi-0 vc4-hdmi-0 1 [vc4hdmi1 ]: vc4-hdmi - vc4-hdmi-1 vc4-hdmi-1 2 [Device ]: USB-Audio - USB PnP Sound Device C-Media Electronics Inc. USB PnP Sound Device at usb-xhci-hcd.0-2, full speed The adafruit instructions for this refer to a headphone jack (and you'll need to follow them for a Pi”

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Posted 4 months ago

“Works well descent audio quality, Low profile”

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Posted 5 months ago

“Excellent service from The Pi Hut. The first microphone had a problem, but the problem was speedily resolved. Replacement microphone received within 24hrs of contacting The Pi Hut. Many thanks!”

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Posted 5 months ago

“Worked as expected and a good price”

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Posted 6 months ago

“Simple set up to record basic sound. What could be easier. Flawless service from PI Hut”