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What should I look for in microphones for home audio monitoring “nanny audio cam” system

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Do all USB microphones that offer 'monitoring' appear as output devices to the computer?

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Monitoring multiple USB microphones

I am in the planning stages of producing a podcast consisting 2 or more people in the same room. I have a large diaphragm USB condenser mic, and another non-USB mic. At this point, I need to decide ...