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Do i need an Audio interface or not

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you dont really need a XLR microphone just for voice chat in games and discord. I have a blue snowball that sounds amazing, a USB microphone that plugs right into my computer. You dont need an audio interface for a usb microphone. xlr microphones are used for more of the professional scene, whether that be big time streamers or music people 

My headphone is AKG k702 and i want to buy a seperate desktop microphone to use in battlefield voip ,  discord and teamspeak , i started searching for a usb microphone and i found the Samson C03u in my country for a price within my budget after that i saw alot of audio interfaces that would give me the option to buy an XLR microphone instead of a usb microphone , so the question is : Is buying an Audio interface necessary for my kind of application or not ? and Thank you.

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you dont really need a XLR microphone just for voice chat in games and discord. I have a blue snowball that sounds amazing, a USB microphone that plugs right into my computer. You dont need an audio interface for a usb microphone. xlr microphones are used for more of the professional scene, whether that be big time streamers or music people 

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If you buy a USB microphone then no you don't need an audio interface.

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