rdearman wrote:Actually someone (Tommas) posted a link to a very good microphone recently which is perfect for that type of thing. Here is the Blue Microphones website for their Yeti: http://www.bluemic.com/yeti/
Blue mics are good, but really, I'm not convinced there's as much to be gained from upgrading the hardware as much as simply learning a little bit about recording.
For example, most people try to keep the vu meters in the green while recording -- don't. Vu meters are designed to go into the red while recording. The vu meter is a logarithmic scale, and halfway up the vu meter is something like a tenth of full volume. Half volume is one or two boxes from the top.
I've seen lots of people invest in expensive recording equipment and end up with a worse recording than they could have got out of a €1 computer mic if they'd just configured everything correctly.
If you're recording on a phone, you really don't need and external hardware, although there are good options available. On a laptop, maybe -- quite a few have problems with electrical noise in the connections.