Oh internets... know anything about USB microphones?

[netmouse]

Subpress has hired me to do an audio version of a story and I want it to sound good. Yanni recommended I get the best USB mic I can find but... I'm lazy and don't like shopping. Anyone here know what I should get?

Comments

[mishamish.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with a standard mini-RCA microphone? I recorded an audiobook (which never got published for COMPLETELY unrelated reasons) with a mini-RCA headset Mic and it sounded pretty good...

ya know, after I passed it through Adobe Audition and edited out a bunch of stuff...

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I think the microphone gnomi got is the Snowball, and it's rather good.

[matt-arnold.livejournal.com]

Stop into an Apple Store and pick up a Snowball.

[sethb.livejournal.com]

Any decent microphone should do fine. I'd recommend using something like the Zoom H2 recorder, because it lets you get away from the noisy computer.

Doing the recording in a silent room makes a big difference. One without echoes is even better, if you can get one. (You can always add echoes in post-processing. Removing them is a different matter.)