You have an iPad or iPad 2 and you’ve been loving GarageBand, but you need a better way of capturing audio than the built in mic. Sound familiar? Samson has a great solution, the Meteor Mic. It’s a large condenser USB microphone that works with nearly anything with a USB port, including the iPad with a Camera Connection Kit USB adapter. The Meteor Mic is now available at all Best Buy locations for $99.

Apple’s iPad camera connection kit is finally available in stores and it’s useful for more than just importing photos. With it, you can connect some keyboards and some audio devices such as headsets. But why stop there? What’s stopping you from using the USB adapter to connect a Blue Yeti or other high quality microphone to your iPad and recording CD quality audio? Nothing actually.

Choosing the right tools to capture audio can be difficult. An audio interface is flexible in that it can accept instruments and/or microphones—possibly at the same time—and likely separate them to individual tracks. Samson might not be the first name that comes to mind when you think of USB mics, but with microphones like the G-Track, they’re getting closer.

iSights come standard on every new Mac except the Mac mini, but there are various reasons why you’d want to look elsewhere for your webcam needs. Perhaps you need a higher resolution, more placement flexibility, or even a better microphone. These just begin to indicate why I took a look at the Blue Eyeball 2.0 and the IPEVO P2V.

The Samson Go mic has most all of your mobile microphone needs covered. While an internal microphone might be a small step forward for recording ease, the Samson Go mic is a giant leap forward for quality. The Samson Go mic is a portable mic designed to attach to your notebook (or sit on your desk) and provide the best audio quality available in a tiny package.