What else you need to use it
Worked out from TC-Helicon’s own specifications and box contents for this model. The setup builder checks the same parts against your computer and the rest of your gear.
You need
- A microphone: an XLR microphone and an XLR cable for each input you use, or a headset microphone on a 3.5 mm plug. Its microphone inputs: 1 XLR microphone input (Midas preamp), or a 3.5 mm headset microphone; Stereo line in (3.5 mm); Optical input for a PlayStation or Xbox. USB versus XLR
- GoXLR MINI app for Windows. The maker lists this software for the device to work as described.
Check first
- A USB port that fits the cable. A USB cable is in the box, but its ends are not listed. Check it against your computer’s ports.
When this model makes sense
- Connect your microphones to the computer through one interface; count how many voices you need at once before choosing.
- Listen on its headphone outputs, and give a remote guest a separate mix so they don’t hear themselves.
- Record each channel you need into OBS or your recording app, then play each one back to check it went where you meant.
The Interface versus mixer guide weighs it against the other ways to fill the same role.
Connections and specs
- Full name
- TC-Helicon GoXLR MINI
- Still sold
- Yes, a current model
- Type
- Audio interfaces and mixers
- Connection
- Connector shape
- USB 2.0 Type-B; XLR microphone input; 3.5 mm headset microphone input; 3.5 mm line in; 3.5 mm line out; 3.5 mm headphone output; Optical (Toslink) inputA plug’s shape doesn’t tell you its speed →
- Data connection
- USB 2.0What this means for speed →
- Audio inputs
- 1 XLR microphone input (Midas preamp), or a 3.5 mm headset microphone; Stereo line in (3.5 mm); Optical input for a PlayStation or Xbox
- Audio outputs
- Headphone output (3.5 mm); Stereo line out (3.5 mm), a copy of the stream mix; Several USB audio devices on the computer
- Supplies 48 V phantom power
- No
- Virtual mixes
- Several USB audio devices in Windows, so each app gets its own fader
- Power input
- USB power, 5 V DC, 0.5 A
- Power draw
- 2.5 W
- Phantom power
- +24 V, switched on in the GoXLR app
- Processing
- EQ; Compressor; Gate; Cough (hold-to-mute) button; Bleep (censor) button
- Sample rate
- 48 kHz
- Bit depth
- 24-bit
- USB port
- TC-Helicon designed it for USB 2.0 ports and warns that USB 3.0/3.1 ports can cause audio dropouts
- Controls
- Faders
- 4
- Buttons
- 6
- Software
- Software you need
- GoXLR MINI app for Windows
- Size and mounting
- Dimensions
- 70 x 132 x 168 mm (H x W x D)
- Weight
- 0.68 kg
- In the box
- Included parts
- GoXLR MINI; USB cable
- Computer
- Operating systems
- Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11; No macOS support; No official Linux support
Check these conditions first
Not yet confirmed from TC-Helicon’s documents: preamp gain (dB). The builder treats it as unknown, never as a yes.
For an interface, count the microphone inputs and headphone outputs you need. Loopback sends your computer’s sound back in so you can record or stream it; mix-minus sends a guest everything except their own voice. They solve different problems, so check for the one you need.
What is included, and what may be missing
- GoXLR MINI
- USB cable
TC-Helicon’s specification names the USB cable as included; it publishes no full box list.
Both cable ends and the data rating matter more than the plug shape: streaming cables and ports explains how to match them.
Place it in the complete setup
Every connection
- Webcam USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone / interface headphone out3.5 mm or 6.3 mm headphone connection → Headphones (what you hear)
- Computer Ethernet portEthernet cable → router; your upload → Platform (check the stream preview)
- Wall socketThe maker’s power supply, or USB power → Computer and devices that need their own power
The diagram shows a simple USB setup. Find where the TC-Helicon GoXLR MINI goes, then follow each input back to what feeds it and each output on to where it goes. HDMI and XLR gear needs a capture card or audio interface between it and your computer; it doesn’t plug straight in the way this USB example does.
The setup builder turns this into a connection list for your own computer and gear, and the pre-stream checklist covers the rehearsal once it is wired.