{"id":92554,"date":"2022-08-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=92554"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:41:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:41:20","slug":"audio-technica-at2020usb-x-microphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/audio-technica-at2020usb-x-microphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Technica AT2020USB-X &#8211; build a professional sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Image Credit: Audio Technica<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Musicians need to be online content creators to be successful &#8211;  we wear a lot of hats.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So owning a microphone fit for every recording scenario would naturally become like a hammer to a builder, no?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the USB-C AT2020USB-X cardioid condenser microphone is that hammer. 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