200 is not a lot for professional sound...
Start with a good microphone for handheld work - most are designed to be mounted, and will give you a lot of handling noise. When I was a radio journalist, I used the Electrovoice RE50 - which has internal shock mounting - beautiful mike, perfect for interviews.
For recording, I would recommend MiniDisc - its a PITA to have to re-digitise all your sound, but in terms of sound quality for the buck, its the way to go.
By the way, make sure you use the right cable - the RE50 (or any interview mike) is mono - so you need an XLR mono to 3.5mm stereo jack - to feed the signal to both channels.
Of course if you want to go the pro router, you could spring for a Marantz PMD660:
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200 is not a lot for professional sound...
Start with a good microphone for handheld work - most are designed to be mounted, and will give you a lot of handling noise. When I was a radio journalist, I used the Electrovoice RE50 - which has internal shock mounting - beautiful mike, perfect for interviews.
For recording, I would recommend MiniDisc - its a PITA to have to re-digitise all your sound, but in terms of sound quality for the buck, its the way to go.
By the way, make sure you use the right cable - the RE50 (or any interview mike) is mono - so you need an XLR mono to 3.5mm stereo jack - to feed the signal to both channels.
Of course if you want to go the pro router, you could spring for a Marantz PMD660:
http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=3629
Good luck