I dont use it bought for my little girl,we have blue mic (snowball ice) Audio technica x30s and Soundblaster recon 3d soundcard, overall her system is pretty good no cheep 2nd hand stuff. She kept nagging me she wanted a mic so I showed her that one she picked it on her own based on looks,We got the black one-It does look really neat I must admit espically the tripod that holds it up.