What should I know when buying am microphone? Total 150% newbie here! Help?

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I need a microphone for 55$ and below. It will be used for talking online and making videos with commentaries. Like, maybe I play a video game and then comment on it, or record a cat fight and then comment on it lol, something like that...

Could you please suggest me some good microphones? And, In case I can't get exact model in my country (what I probably will not be able to do), could you please explain me for what I should look when buying one. Like what parameters and specifications? And what does they mean?

Like I said, I'm 150% newbie and don't know a thing about these stuff. So please threat me like a first grader. ;)
 
Are you using an interface or digital camera to record the commentaries ?
What are you recording into ?
what Platform windows ? mac?
Give us some more info please we might be better placed to help you.
 
kip4 said:
Are you using an interface or digital camera to record the commentaries ?
What are you recording into ?
what Platform windows ? mac?
Give us some more info please we might be better placed to help you.
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I will use a desktop recording software like Camtasia or Fraps to record video.
I'm recording into my home PC and I'm using Windows XP.

And yea, I was thinking about USB Mic. But still, there are a ton of them out there, I need some advice how to pick the better one for my price... =/
 
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unfortunately not very many people here are gonna know much about that.
In general we're not fond of USB mics or super cheap mics since we're all about quality sound reproduction.

You don't really need the level of audio recording we have to have so our opinions aren't gonna be much help to you.
For example ...... I can't think of a single mic in that price range I would have any interest in.

Not saying you have to spend more .... for what you're doing you don't but that means my experience doesn't really apply to your needs and that's gonna be the case here a lot.
But there's a guy here that might know and I'll point him to this thread sometime today.
 
Lt. is right. There are a tonne of USB mics that would do the job well for you, but the chances are most people around here aren't using them.

I did a youtube search for usb mic reviews earlier and found a few. Maybe that'd be worth a try for you?
 
Unfortunately your price range is a little low.
But first let me ask what country you are from Ainar.

If you double your monetary investment you could purchase a Blue "Yeti" which is an USB microphone (which you'll see once you google it to view all it has to offer) with the benefit of being able to monitor yourself with an onboard headphone jack and volume.
 
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