ORIGINAL: codashome
Dude, you are being too literal. And who made the rule you can't use a single mic for a live recording? Not that I would do that necessarily, but I've had problems with cables such that I only record one track. It really doesn't sound too bad. Especially considering most of the places I tend to play are small enough that the sound is essetially mono anyway.
What I really meant was that the interface seems designed to plug into a laptop for portable use rather than in a home studio.
Of course there is no such rule. But in recording a live band, one would more likely want to record in stereo, no? That would not necessarily require more cables, one could use a stereo microphone, with a stereo cable. Not only that, but this microphone is hypercardoid, the pattern is extremely directional. So yes, if the live concert you are recording is a monologue or solo instrument, but not good at all for recording any kind of group.
I agree that laptop use was probably a large part of the idea of designing this kind of microphone, due to the convenience of not having to carry a separate interface-pre-amp box, etc. But I greatly doubt it was designed primarily for the purpose you describe, for recording live performances. I think you wrote that because someone wrote that it was not good for multi-tracking. As I responded, however, that is not quite correct. Yes, with the Windows native USB driver, impossible to use it to record with pre-existing tracks IF monitoring of that track being recorded is turned on while recording it. There is way too much of a delay in the monitored signal. But if monitoring is turned off, there is no problem at all, the recorded track is completely in sync with the pre-existing tracks. Also, someone wrote that using the ASIO4ALL driver greatly reduces that monitoring latency problem. And I suspect that Samson's own driver, when it comes out, will also address that problem. (I think one could say it was designed for "portable home studio use".)
So no, I don't think that the primary purpose of this microphone is to record live performances, and I don't think it would be a good microphone for that purpose. You could call Samson and ask them, if you wish.