It's a pro USB mic (it swivels and is upside down right now)- I bought my gf the same one (blue yetti) for her voice over gigs the thing is pretty sweet and USB mic's have come a long way recently re latency and actual raw recording quality. **Rage you should grab a pop filter that's the only drawback I noticed is lot's of heavy P's and S's to clean up if you're in a sound proof/treated or low white noise room and you 'record close' to limit that noise/max your recording balance (they're like $10-$20 on ebay and are well worth it).