MacMice MicFlex USB Desktop Microphone

Product Description

The MicFlex is a top-quality microphone coupled to a better than CD-quality USB audio conversion circuit, both housed neatly in a small aluminum pod at the end of a flexible steel tubing stand

Do you use iChat AV or AIM or another chat application for audio chat? Do you use MacSpeech Dictate? Do you use a MacBook or MacBook Pro for classroom or business presentations? Do you record voiceovers for video, voice tracks for media projects, or voice notes for email? Do you record vocal or acoustic instrument tracks into GarageBand? If you do any of these, the one most important piece of hardware you need to sound great and have the most fun is a terrific microphone. And, until now, there just hasn't been one.

Meet the MicFlex USB microphone system, from MacMice... the world's first intelligently designed personal computer microphone system.

The MicFlex is a top-quality microphone coupled to a better than CD-quality USB audio conversion circuit (16-bit, 48KHz sampling), both housed neatly in a small aluminum pod at the end of a flexible steel tubing stand. The tube itself is softly satin polished, and is solidly mounted to the same field-proven extra heavy hemispherical silver base we use on our wildly popular SightFlex iSight web camera stand. The flexible tube with the microphone pod stands about 18-inches above the base, and, the tube portion is removable from that base... just pull out the USB-plug terminated tube, and you have a self-contained, portable USB microphone. The hemispherical base has an attached 5-foot long silver/clear braided USB cable. The MicFlex is plug and play compatible with all USB equipped Macs with OS 9.1, 9.2 or OS X 10.1 or higher. It is also plug and play compatible with USB equipped Windows 98Se, Win2000, or Win XP machines.

So, How Does It Work?

The same physical properties found in our popular SightFlex are present with our MicFlex, as well. MicFlex can be twisted, yanked, snatched, pulled, tugged, and otherwise deformed into pretty much any shape you can imagine to help you find just the right position. We'll just repeat the same description as for the SightFlex: "Use it beside a display, peeking over a display or Powerbook, peeking around a display or Powerbook, squished down in a coil, twisted in a knot, or even sneakily peeking out from under an Apple Cinema or Studio LCD display!" Pull the flex tube from the base, plug it into a Powerbook or iBook, and carry your top-notch USB microphone on the road!

That Amazing MacMice Style

The MicFlex was designed from scratch as a top of the line Apple computer accessory. Its silver aluminum design scheme will beautifully blend with any combination of Apple's clear acrylic or anodized aluminum product designs. Its clear covered, silver braided five-foot USB cable, its soft satin metal flexible stalk, and its soft silver finished hemispherical base all add up to a nicely designed product that will blend beautifully with whatever Apple computer and display system you own.

Enjoy Your Own MicFlex

We built MicFlex to be one of those rare products that finds more and more use, the longer you own it. As Apple provides more and more desktop music functionality and more emphasis on chat applications, you will find your MicFlex becoming a staple in your Mac setup. Unless you have owned a USB microphone as capable and versatile as the MicFlex, it is hard to imagine the degree of use and fun you will enjoy.

The Bottom Line

MicFlex is the first properly executed USB desktop microphone system brought to market. With an abundance of Apple-inspired style, clever features, and solid functionality, it's a real winner. Our view is simple: If you own a USB equipped Apple computer, you need a MicFlex.

System Requirements:

The MicFlex requires Mac OS 10.1.5 or later or Mac OS 9.2.2. Note that when used with Mac OS 9.2.2, the MicFlex will shut off sound out of your computer, but is still usable. For this reason, we do not recommend the MicFlex for those using Mac OS 9 and will not provide a refund if the user finds this to be unsatisfactory. This applies only to Mac OS 9, the MicFlex causes no sound out issues on machines running Mac OS X.

Compatible to Window 7 - make sure your audio setting is set to C-Media which is built into MICFLEX