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I want a USB microphone for my Raspberry Pi, any recommendations?
81 points by rafaelcajic 3571 days ago
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kfihihc 3571 days ago
This Microphone Array (will?) support Raspberry Pi:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seeed/respeaker-an-open...

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johncole 3570 days ago
This is Seeed Studio, they've created three other projects that have gone pretty well (judging by feedback on their comments). https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/seeed
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Avolammo 3571 days ago
The kickstarter campaign says the USB microphone is their $200K stretch goal, but only 8 days to go, how likely are they going to reach $200K? Does anyone know this company?
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johncole 3570 days ago
Seems like it's on its way to the stretch goal.
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DeWeber 3571 days ago
Seems like an amazon echo dot.
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DanBC 3571 days ago
Microphones have a wide range of use cases. What directionality do you want? http://www.learningaboutelectronics.com/Articles/What-is-a-d...

You might want a "boundary" or "PZM": http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/microphones/pzm.html

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HairyGing3r 3571 days ago
Question is how much you're looking to spend, really... I use the Yeti by Blue and never had any complaints (not very portable)
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rafaelcajic 3571 days ago
Thanks.Yeti is professional but my RPI takes only $35, seems the kickstarter thing pretty handy, though I see no rewards for an independent microphone array.
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colsandurz 3571 days ago
Does anyone have any recommendations for a high sample rate microphone? Something that can do 120,000 samples per second or more? I don't need USB, really just the high sample rate.
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Yoannverge 3571 days ago
I need a microphone to pickup sound from 10 feet away for my project.
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nshm 3571 days ago
Single microphone won't do that. You need a microphone array.
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