External mic for voice overs

I am making a small instructional video in Final Cut Express HD and am to the point where I need to add some voice overs. I guess I could use the built-in mic, but would really like to have something a bit better. Any recommendations? Also, would the mic plug into the line-in port or would it be USB? Thanks.

I've tried a variety of things and ended up doing this--buying a good quality sanyo digital voice recorder and good karoake mic--record the vo seperately--import with itunes--then import to fce timeline and cut\paste
dialogue exactly where i want--sounds complicated but it gives me precise control over timing with video and other audio files--importing with mac built in mic was tinny and noisy--mic into mac no better as mac fan motor generated low hum--doing it this way i could completely isolate myself from external noise(quiet room)and have added advantage of a small portable recording system--good luck

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