Can you recommend mic for iPod for interviews?

[Norm Nager]

Although I found a number of macosxhints and macworld threads that discuss mics, I'm so new to iPods and microphones that I can't figure out what would work with the 120 GB Classic for recording talk by others.

I bought a Belkin TuneTalk Stereo but the "stand" that comes with it lacks stability needed for angling it to pick up the voice of an interviewee across the desk or in front of a seminar leader across the table.

It's essential for me to control the recording from the iPod while the interviewee or seminar leader speaks into a mic.

I learned the hard way not to rely on persons unfamiliar with the iPod voice memo setup to remember how to record, pause, resume and save. (I had an interviewee who wanted to hold the iPod Classic and give it commands while he talked into it. He forgot to select "start recording." Another accidentally deleted all voice memos recorded in that session while thinking he had just deleted the last one.)

Is there a mic with a stable stand that could be angled toward another person across the desk or table and, at the same time, allow me--not another individual--to control start-recording, pause, resume and save?

Thanks for considering my question and for any counsel you can share.

Respectfully, Norm

[Norm Nager]

Updated to add: The Belkin TuneTalk Stereo for recording voice memos into an iPod plugs into the iPod’s USB port. The Belkin device, itself, has a 3.5mm line-level input port for connecting an external microphone.

Please recommend an external mic that could be plugged into that 3.5mm port.

Here’s how the Belkin manual describes the input for an external mic:

3.5mm Auxiliary Stereo Input

The auxiliary input can be used with any line-level input, such as amplified microphones or other audio devices. The TuneTalk Stereo also provides three-volt (3V) “plug-in power” for use with an external microphone. When the TuneTalk Stereo senses that an auxiliary source is connected, the on-board microphones are automatically disabled.

I would like to have a microphone (either lapel or table) that can be used by another person four or more feet away from my iPod.

If I search at Amazon.com or other re-seller websites for microphones, I can’t understand the names of the models, let alone the product descriptions or the specifications.

Help, please?

Respectfully, Norm

[digitaldesperad]

see the list from this link":
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=mic+for+iPod+for+interviews%3F&lr=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=11&ct=title
u may choose something from it :)

[Norm Nager]

Thanks for sharing the list of recorders for iPods. But I recently bought the Belkin TuneTalk Stereo recorder.

Can anyone, please, recommend an external mic that could be plugged into the TuneTalk's 3.5mm Auxiliary Stereo Input port?

Again, Belkin says that the TuneTalk Stereo recorder's auxiliary input can be used with any line-level input, such as amplified microphones and that the recorder provides three-volt (3V) “plug-in power” for use with an external microphone.

I don't understand that or anything about microphones; I'm just repeating what Belkin wrote. I was hoping that somebody might be able to recommend a specific external mic that I could plug into the 3.5 mm Belkin port and that would work with 3 volts or less.

Respectfully, Norm