Yeti USB Microphone

I use the Yeti and it's been quite good. A few things- whatever mic you get, make sure you enable noise cancellation in OBS or other software. Also, if you get a Yeti or another mic with a bit of a cheap stand, a boom arm is a fairly inexpensive upgrade that makes usage so much better.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that the blue yeti is a *crappy* mic - it's a solid (if overpriced) entry level mic. Just messing around with noise gate filter and gain in OBS yielded pretty good results

Headset mics are usually pretty trash for anything beyond gaming chat tbh. Even a basic USB mic like an Audio-Technica ATR2100x-USB or Blue Yeti will blow any headset out of the water for recording quality If you're dead set on wearing something, maybe look into a lavalier mic, but honestly just get a boom arm and proper mic - your audio quality complaints will disappear overnight

I curently have the blue yeti mic but i bought a focus solo 4th gen in prep for a dynamic xlr. Im leaning toward a rode procaster. I have seen the mv7x is good and then the sm58 and se electronics v7 are good. Best thing to do is listen to podcastage compare the mics and pick the one you like. I want a sm7b eventually because i think it sounds the best and is easier to listen to on the ears.

Hey there! Just to add to the actual mic recommendation. Practice with what you have, actually release with the bare minimum but make the audio quality doesn't distract from your product. A wee while ago I was looking for some cheap gear for a fictional podcast I've been developing and read that the Zoom ZD-1 can be quite good. I'd say something like a Blue Yeti for being USB and for ease of use would be ideal. WIth that option you wouldn't need an interface, pre-amp like a cloudlifter etc. It quickly adds up - luckily I already had most of the gear from being a musician. Even look at second hand if that's an option for you. All the best!!