G-Track Static MacBook Pro 
by , October 2008

Beautiful mic, nice stand, great concept. Terrible static on my 4 month old MacBook Pro.

  Works Great! 
by JG from Dallas,Texas, March 2008
Music Background:  Hobbyist,Student,Musician

I've just started recording some vocals so I don't have much experience with other microphones.But this one was so easy to setup and use that I would recommend it to anybody that is starting like me.It could have some better options like the stereo recording and maybe an off button and have the shock mount included but it is not necessary.

  No problems on My Mac 
by Michael Dodd from New York City, August 2007
Music Background:  Masters Degree in Church Music... Hobby Audio Engineer.

I bought this to replace a cheaper mic and Audio Interface from M-Audio... I get absolutely NO Static on my Mac. I does record in stereo provided that you are recording a stereo input. Mics always record in Mono and in GarageBand.. You have to set the track to Mono so that you hear it out of both speakers. It has incredible range and this is the first mic that I've used that sounds like I sound. Don't need to turn the bass up or down with the input to alter what the mic hears. This is a no frills quality mic that will sound like the Singer sounds...

  Great on Windows - STATIC on Mac 
by kray from New Mexico, August 2007
Music Background:  Hobbyist

The best thing about this mic is that it comes with everything you will need. Every cable you will need to interface your guitar, keyboard, and you laptop. It even comes with a desk stand. Somebody at Samson was thinking!!

So why 3 stars...

If you own a Mac and use Garageband this mic will have static when recording AND you will not be able to record in stereo mode where you have the guitar on one channel and vocals on another. You will only be able to record channel one and you have to use the inst/mic/line switch to flip back and forth. My main laptop is a MacBook and so I am completely disgusted because this means that no one really tested this mic on a Mac OR no one really cared if the mic produced static.

If you own a Windows machine (tested on XP) you will be very happy as everything works great. The sound is very clear. I've used Sonar before so the included software was easy for me to use and record and add effects easily.

I'm hoping that Samson will come up with some way to fix this ridiculous static on the Mac.

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