Sound recorder or mic?

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Hi there, I was looking for a good mic to record acoustic and voice, so I was thinking about getting a Zoom H1 and use it as a mic with my computer.  I'm on my second year of university now and I usually have tons of conferences and things like that plus I do some game streamig.

My question is... should I do that or should I just buy a dedicated mic like the Blue snowball?

I can go without the sound recorder for my conferences but I could use a mic

 

Thanks :)

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I have had allot of success with the Blue snowball. I use it at work for all my conferences and Skype calls. I have to say, I have never used it to record acoustic though. I know some of the Blue microphones do have support for audio out as well.

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If a mic is more important then I would chose that (something like a Blue Snowball as noted above)

I however love my Zoom H1 for it's flexibility...I never use it as a USB mic though tbh

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All you need is a smartphone and then you can have both!

Like this excellent mic (not cheap tho) http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/mic-96k.php

Or a dynamic mic (picking up less ambiance) by IK http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigmichd/

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I like the idea of using a dedicated audio instead of using USB. Supported natively with USB 2.0 or Driver supported. 

Have any of you guys/gals had any experience with something like the Tascam DP-008/ or Tascam DR-60 its looking like more and more I will need to have external mics. As my USB mics went down for an entire day. 

Appreciate any help 

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Well I ended up purchasing the Tascam DR100 I am super excited to get it in on monday. Do you guys and gals have any recommendations on a XLR Mic. The tascam supports up to 48volts. 

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I'm not sure if you're planning to record your own voice or lectures you attend to? If it's the latter, you most likely want a so called shotgun microphone. Those are sensitive to sound in front of them while cancelling out quite a bit of the off-axis sound. You would need stand for it to keep it directed unlike an omni-directional mic.

As for a spesific model, I can't really say as I've never had use for one and the one's I've seen were expensive production quality ones.

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Well there is the Rode NTG-2, fantastic shotgun microphone, way better than the Video Mic Pro.