USB Linux Microphones

A good USB microphone is not exactly cheap. If you use Linux, you do not want to spend money buying a microphone only to find that it does not work with Linux. The goal of this page is to provide a list of USB microphones, mixers and some webcams that are confirmed to work or to not work with Linux.

Most manufacturers will not advertise that their devices work with Linux just because they don't want to support it. However, almost all USB audio devices use a standard interface, which is supported by Linux. So the chances of a USB microphone working with Linux is much greater now (2009) than it was a few years ago. If they claim something along the lines of "No special drivers are needed with Windows", then there is a good chance that it will work with Linux. However, before purchasing a microphone, it is re-assuring to find that others have successfully used it with Linux. So that is what I'm attempting to document here.

If you know of other devices that are confirmed to either work or not work with Linux, please send that information to me at: tim (at) ksu.edu, so that I can add it to the list.