TONOR TC-777 Podcast Microphone, USB Computer Microphone, Cardioid Condenser PC Mic with Tripod Stand and Pop Filter for Podcasting, Streaming, Vocal Recording, Compatible with PC & Laptop, PS4/5

I’m using this to get a more professional sound on Zoom calls. It sounds good, especially when close miked. Set up was easy- just select the Tonor mic in the audio drop down. Good, fast and cheap. What more can you ask for ?

I have been using this mic for 2 years and still going. I needed something to quickly replace my lousy head set mic which introduced a lot of noise. I found this USB Tonor on Amazon after spending hours combing through countless of affordable mics and read enough reviews to convince me to give this one a try. I also bought a separate stand for it so I can maneuver it's position more efficiently. (the closer it is to your face, the better the sound quality). I use it pretty much every day when I get on Discord or play games like Apex legends, Phasmophobia, etc. I have been told that it sounds great! :) I've messed around with Audacity and was also pleasantly surprised at how well this mic worked and how it made my voice sound like a radio personality. lol. Accessories: It does come with a removable foam filter and a round pop filter. The only negative here, is the pop filter's arm. Mine is a bit flimsy and hard to keep in position. One slight tap and it moves. But, this is a very minor issue for me, as I can easily replace it with something a bit more sturdy. In then end however, I simply chose to not use one, as the foam cap was sufficient for my needs. I do wish the pop filter's arm was removable from the base of the holder, but again, you can also replace the base itself with one that suits you needs. Sound transmission is very good and depends on uninterrupted USB connection. This is the first time I've used a USB mic, so I didn't know what to expect. But it works great on my PC, connected to a USB 3.0 input. My specs for your reference: Motherboard: Asus B-450 F Gaming CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: Corsair 32GB 3600mhz dual channel mode. I also use a good quality braided USB extension cord and have added some ferrite rings at both ends of my USB cords to help reduce any EMI noise, just for good measure. Conclusion: I recommend it. It's may not be an expensive studio professional grade mic, but it's remarkably close and excellent for game and Discord use (and live streaming for that matter). Price is very fair if you need something in a pinch that doesn't sound like a 1980s McD's drive thru speaker phone. :)

TL;DR Version: Quality Mic for the price. Wide range of uses. Easy plug and play connection. Visually fine (it's the basic one with no extra colors). Sound quality is as expected for the price range - not the best, but noticeable difference. Compatibility - tested on PC, Android Phone, Android Tablet. Long Version: I bought this mic as a gift for someone that does YouTube video uploads (mostly just news and announcements). For the price, I wasn't expecting a lot. I usually run a Samsung Q2U XLR/USB mic, mainly on the XLR side with a USB Interface. Comparing side by side, these are 2 very different microphones. 1. Ease of use - Plug and Play for all my devices. Everything recognized the Tonor Mic without needing to download anything. 2. Color/appearance - It looks like the picture. This one does not have the fancy lighting or anything else, just the basic one, which is just fine. Fancy lights won't make it sound any better. 3. Mic Quality - for a mic in this price range, it's not that bad. The desktop stand with the shock mount is actually pretty decent. Of course you can always remove the shock mount from the tripod and attach to another mic stand of your choice with standard threads. 4. Sound Quality - This is where it is not a 5 star mic. Granted, you cannot expect $100 sound quality from a $30ish mic. My biggest issues with any mic is a) how does it pick up my voice? b) what background sounds does it pick up? It picks up my voice just fine, but the background noise, especially my computer fans running, would definitely need to be edited out. I was pleased that there was not a lot of room echo picked up on the mic, just the ambient sounds within about 2 feet. Without a gain control on the actual mic as some USB mics have, it's impossible to directly control how the mic records for many applications. 5. Compatibility - I was surprised on this. I've never really attempted to plug a USB mic into my phone or tablet that was just a dedicated mic. The recording quality on those were the same as the PC. The integrated mics seem to have some noise cancelling on them, whereas the Tonor mic picked up a LOT more of the sounds. It also picked up my voice much louder, and the mic was about 24 inches away from me. Overall - I would purchase a few more of these for my digital music class. I teach 7th grade boys, so I expect many things to be broken. For the price, the quality is fair enough to justify.

Works good for recording audio for podcasts and for video conferencing calls. Works great on my MacBook Pro and my Windows desktop pc

I landed a new job in February 2025. It’s full-time work from home and I have a laptop. I have a 32 inch monitor for my work laptop and a 32 inch monitor for my home desktop. I don’t have much room left on my desk so I prefer to keep the laptop closed. The microphone on the laptop is bad enough, but then when the laptop is closed, no one can understand me. Hence, I bought this microphone and it’s great! Everyone says I’m loud and clear! What I really like is the mute button on the microphone is easy and simple, and I don’t have to grab my mouse to click buttons on the screen whenever I want to mute my microphone. I would highly recommend this as excellent quality, as I’ve used it for 6 months now and I’m very pleased.

This is an updated review after speaking with Tonor Customer Service and doing loads of my own research into audio issues with this mic. First off, the mic itself is probably decent enough, however it's effectiveness appears dependent on how well it cooperates with the Windows USB audio drivers. I've read and seen videos from plenty of people who appear to have no issue with this mic and yet I've also read the same from many others who describe the same problems I've had. The main problem encountered is the low pick-up volume of the mic. It makes it very hard to use without upping the gain to near max which then introduces a slew of other problems (background buzz and over sensitivity). No matter what audio filters I would try, the problem would persist and audio quality was poor as a result. After doing a lot of online research, I discovered that there is a potential problem with Microsoft Windows and USB audio devices. Basically the Windows drivers for USB audio devices may not function properly and thus creating the low pick-up volume problem. It's not a problem limited to this mic, but any USB mic can fall prey to this, even mics way more expensive than this. Perhaps the one I got was just a bad draw as it was affected by this problem quite badly. As is, the mic is not usable for myself. I would also add the cable is a bit too short, but a minor issue compared to the main one. Tonor Customer Service sent me their newer USB microphone, the TC30 to try out. I can definitely say the newer mic works better. While it doesn't eliminate the background noise issue, it's way better at picking up my voice without having to boost the gain. This mic is more usable to me and with some noise filtering, it sounds much better (plus it has a slightly longer cable). So I'd suggest considering that mic over this one (plus it's cheaper, like $25 compared to the TC-777 which close to $50). One thing I did notice with the TC30, is that Windows detected it as a Tonor microphone, not a generic PnP mic like it did with the TC-777, so again, maybe it could had been a bad mic that Windows didn't like for whatever reason. I will give Tonor Customer Service some kudos for their outreach and willingness to correct the bad experience.

I first heard about this mic being touted as having a built in RTX voice, which is great at cancelling your typical rhythmic, predictive background noise like a fan running or a mechanical keyboard typing sound. My previous setup was a simple Blue Snowball ICE standing behind the keyboard with RTX Voice on and with this set up, my friends are not able to hear me type or hear my ceiling fan directly above me even when I'm talking. However, there are two gripes I've had with the setup that led me to purchase this mic: 1) I'm using the alpha/beta RTX voice with a GTX 1080 Ti as I do not have an RTX card to be using the Nvidia Broadcast version. While this software works well most of the time, there are occasions where it either glitches out and produces very loud static noise to the other party instead of my voice and I'd have to restart RTX voice or I've had times where it likely crashed silently and I notice the other party can't hear me until I check and realize that RTX voice isn't running in the background as it should be. A hardware based RTX voice would eliminate my need to rely on this buggy software. 2) RTX voice, while amazing for what it does cancel, does not work particularly well to cancel other types of noise like music or youtube video playing in the background, especially when someone is talking in a youtube video or movie. This is understandable as generally this type of noise cancelling is not meant to cancel out human voice to begin with, but it does mean that I have to mute my mic whenever I have these types of things in the background while in voice chat. It is particularly problematic if I'm watching along with a group in voice chat where I'd have to unmute and mute back if I want to say something while we are watching. I did not have high hopes that a new mic would fix this scenario as I tried various other things before such as a dynamic mic without much better results, so I've mostly stuck with the previous setup until now and really only purchased this Tonor mic as it was on sale and potentially would allow me to drop RTX voice like mentioned above. Now on to the impressions of this mic. For this impression, the mic is on the desk in the included standard mount positioned right behind my keyboard (basically where my previous mic was). I tested by recording my input audio via audacity to monitor what the mic picks up and also verified my tests with a friend in voice chat after that. The volume of the mic is set to half yellow/half orange and the noise cancelling feature is set to on. I also disabled RTX voice for the test: -The overall build of the mic is super solid and the included base has some weight to prevent it from shifting around. There's also a shock mount included and it's all assembled and ready to go out of the box. I am super satisfied with the look and build quality along with the features included. -Immediately I notice right away that it does not do a good job of cancelling my keyboard typing sound. My friend also told me that he could hear a bit of the ceiling fan sound from above me. At this point, I thought I simply fell for the marketing scheme. -HOWEVER, it does seem to be MUCH better than RTX voice at rejecting noise behind the mic, such as TV in the background or people talking on youtube. I have tested this with some friends in voice chat and I have played music, youtube videos, and watched a movie together where I have my speakers going at a pretty loud volume and it does not get picked up by the mic at all! If I crank my speakers super loud, it does get picked up by the mic eventually, but I can have it at a level that is loud enough for normal listening without getting picked up by the mic -I noticed when looking closer that the mic has grills not only on the front but also the back. I suspect that the noise rejection is primarily happening for noise behind the mic rather than the front of the mic which is why it would pick up the keyboard noise directly in front of it but not some louder music playing from my speakers behind it. Because of this, I suspect if you have the mic set up with a boom arm closer to your mouth and in front of the keyboard, it would do a better job at cancelling the keyboard sound vs at the desk behind the keyboard, but I can't really test this scenario with my setup unfortunately. -Another observation is that I also notice that unlike the Snowball ICE, this mic does not level my volume as much so if I speak more quietly, I will come across more quietly to the other person. With the Snowball, whether I am farther or closer to the mic as well as speaking more quietly or normally doesn't seem to affect how loud I come across much, which can be beneficial when I'm leaning back on my recliner or just generally not projecting my voice as much. While it's a bit of a negative downside for me, I don't think that it's an issue with the mic itself and likely just has to do with the condenser capsule design, but thought I'd mention it here. It's likely that the Snowball ICE would be better if you were say trying to record multiple instruments for a song. This mic is primarily meant for general voice chat use even though both are condenser mics. -The other thing that doesn't really bother me but I know bothers a lot of people is that the lights for the volume and noise cancelling stays on and is decently bright (not blinding, but it is there). While there's no off button on the mic, you can tap on the top to mute the mic and that turns off the big volume light. Turning off the noise cancel button turns off that specific light too. I personally see it as a positive that I have a light indicator to let me know whether I am muted or not, but I know that some people are sensitive to the light. Overall, I ended up seeing this mic as a pretty good value. It has many features missing in other mics for the same price, and includes a noise cancelling feature that is unheard of for this price and works well. At $70 or higher, it is a bit pricey, but I think it is a steal at the $43 price during this black friday sale. In fact, I picked up another one as a backup! Ultimately, it unfortunately doesn't eliminate my need to keep using the buggy RTX voice, but overall, I do see it as a big improvement over my previous setup as it eliminated issue no. 2 that I had given up on solving, so I would recommend this mic!

Setup was simple and everything I needed was included—tripod, pop filter, and mic. The build quality is solid for the price, and the tripod is more stable than I expected. Sound quality is very good, especially for podcasting, streaming, or video calls. My voice comes through clearly and naturally. One thing to note: this mic is very sensitive. It easily picks up background noise, like kids playing outside by the pool. That’s typical for condenser mics, but something to keep in mind if you're in a noisy environment. If you’re in a quiet space or can use noise reduction software, this is a great value. For louder areas, you might want to look at dynamic mics instead—but overall, I’m very happy with this purchase.