The only real difference between these two microphones is one of them is the USB version. I think we can look at some of the advantages and some of the disadvantages of each approach and see which one is right for you. What I’m going to do is I’m going to directly compare using the same microphone, the USB version and the XLR version of the Audio Technica AT2020. So this question of, should you buy a USB microphone or an audio interface when you’re doing your first recordings in your home studio is a common one. In this post I’m going to look at the difference between recording with a USB microphone, rather than an audio interface.
