[Electronics-Talk] multi purpose microphone recommendations

[bookwormahb at earthlink.net]

Hello all,

 

I'm seeking a lightweight portable microphone that captures multidirectional
sound while filtering noise. 

 

I want the microphone to connect to my Olympus digital recorder but also to
my laptop. I'd this separately; I do not mean connect them at the same time.

I'd like to be able to pass the microphone around a small group for people
to talk or have it sit on a small stand which people can go up to.

 

The laptop has a headphone jack which might could connect to other sound
devices too if it's the right size as well as USB ports and Bluetooth
connectivity.

I think the laptop also has an HDMI port. So there are several options on it
to connect to external devices.

 

I want to use a microphone with my Olympus so I can gain a clearer sound
with my voice and have a sound boost to my voice for clearer recording. 

I'd like to have the microphone for my pcs, laptop and desktop, to use for
zoom meetings, other video conference meetings and my own recordings. I'd
like to record in stereo too.

 

 

My friend has a condenser microphone which seems to work well for him since
he sounds clearer on zoom with it. I am aware there are condenser and
dynamic microphones.

 

 

So, what recommendations do you have? I know a pc microphone may not connect
to the Olympus recorder and vice versa. So if you have separate ideas for
each device, I'm open to hearing this too. Ideally though, I'd like to
connect the pcs and Olympus recorder using the same microphone.

 

Thanks,

Ashley