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The one recommended by our equipment team at work for podcast / interviews / meetings / etc at that kind of price point is the Blue Yeti https://www.logitechg.com/en-gb/products/streaming-gear/yeti-premium-usb-microphone.html
A fraction higher in price point is this: https://www.elgato.com/en/wave-3 also well regarded.
A big jump and almost everyone purchases an external audio interface (SSL2 for example) with something like a Cloudlifter for phantom power, and then something like the Shure SM 7B mic. But this is a huge leap in cost as once you throw in a mic arm and cables you're basically at £850. There's a big gap in price between the good USB mics and the studio mics.
The Blue Yeti is very well regarded, just buy that unless the aesthetics appal you and you prefer the look of the Elgato (and also are not running Linux as you won't be able to control most of the features as software is nearly always Windows and Mac only).
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Do you happen to know what they're like for noise rejection im specifically thinking of keyboards? I sort of don't want to have to have to have a mic arm hanging over the top of me if can help it.
I have considered getting an external interface but I don't know that I need it that much tbh I just wanted my voice to be a bit more 'present'
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The Blue Yeti is very well regarded.
Hmm, dunno about that. It's not a very user-friendly microphone in that it has multiple modes and settings to adjust, so it's easy to set it up incorrectly. It can definitely sound good, but a lot of the time it doesn't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhNIg7kTnqs
If you do go for an XLR mic setup with an audio interface (admittedly just as complicated as the Yeti), a good cheap option is the Behringer XM8500 which is a dynamic microphone that will reject a lot more background noise than a condenser mic. It's something of a Shure SM58 clone, but doesn't require as much gain as the real thing.
spotter
exteroceptive
I'm looking to upgrade my audio input for l, ideally under £100 i.e. get a stand alone mic as opposed to just using my webcam mic (Logitech c920)
Any suggestions - Modmic? a USB condenser mic on an arm?