For many years, I exclusively used this Blue Yeti (now owned by Logitech), which has served me diligently for nearly ten years. However, I changed that as I was looking for a microphone to use on video that obscured my face less, settling on the Shure MV7. I still keep the Yeti in a kind of “spoken word” booth for when I do pure audio recording, such as audiobooks or voiceover work.
For most of the past few years, I used an iRig Mic HD 2, am still happy with it, and use it when I conduct podcast interviews at home late night. However, I wanted separate microphones (and thus recordings) for myself and the interviewee, ideally without needing large external recording devices that would then break my baggage requirement and now for event interviews I use the Neewer CM 28 instead.
When I travel and conduct interviews, I use the Neewer CM 28, a curious device that sparks plenty of conversation when I use it, which is an unexpected bonus to warm up interviewees. It consists of two small lavaliar-style mics, a receiver, and a case which is also a battery. Each mic can store 2GB of audio, and the default format is WAV, so the quality is reasonable if a little hollow-sounding. My only issue so far has been that the mics date stamp each file with the start of Unix time (January 1st, 1970), making it hard to match files to interview when it comes to editing later.
The microphone is a Shure SM7B (or SM7dB) — an industry-standard dynamic broadcast microphone on a desktop stand. Used on countless podcasts, voiceovers, and even music recordings, it delivers a warm, smooth sound and excellent off-axis rejection.
