Audio-Technica AT2020USB-XP Cardioid Condenser USB Microphone

The AT2020USB-XP puts Audio-Technica's AT2020 side-address cardioid condenser behind a USB-C interface with its own processing, so a desk with no audio interface still gets a studio capsule rather than a headset mic. Onboard DSP handles the parts a streamer would otherwise ask a computer to do, and the controls that matter during a session live on the microphone body instead of in a menu.

A built-in headphone output gives zero-latency monitoring of the capsule alongside computer playback, and a touch-sensitive mute drops the channel without a click. The cardioid pattern keeps a keyboard and a room behind the mic out of the recording. It connects over USB-C to a computer and ships with a stand, a pivoting mount and a USB cable.