Plugging Earbuds Directly into a USB Microphone

When using a USB microphone, it’s probably best to plug earbuds into the USB mic instead of plugging earbuds into the computer itself. This helps avoids any weird playback issues (especially on a PC).

On a recent session a guest had their earbuds plugged into their PC while speaking into an ATR2100-USB microphone, and midway through the session they stopped hearing everything. So we had to troubleshoot why they couldn’t hear anything, and ended up having them plug their earbuds into the ATR microphone, and then they could hear again.

Plus, it’s more straightforward for folks to set both their computer’s input and output device settings to the USB mic.

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