USB headsets in a Virtual Machine (using Oracle's Virtual Box, or VMware)

USB headsets in a Virtual Machine (using Oracle's Virtual Box, or VMware)

I have a Windows 8 computer and am currently using Oracle's Virtual Box to
run Debian 7.1 in a VM. I am doing this mostly with the goal of
programming voice control projects with Pocketsphinx that I could easily
put onto a Raspberry Pi, but for that to work, I need to be able to use a
USB mic. The mic I am using runs well on my Windows 8 host, but when I set
it up in virtual box, at first it records, but absolutely terrible, It
will only record pieces of what I am saying, and will be hard to
understand. Then, about 5 minutes in, I get a Blue Screen of Death on my
host, and it says something about an error in an executable called
something like vbox_usbhub.exe. All I am doing to set it up is going to
devices, clicking the mic, and then going to Debian's sound preferences
and under output I can find the mic. I am using Virtualbox 4.2.16, and I
have the expansion pack, and I think I have guest additions, but I may be
wrong (if someone can tell me how to know for sure I can update that.) If
anyone knows how to make this work in virtualbox, that would be great, but
even if I need to install something like VMware I am willing to do that.
Thank you so much for your help.