Hey, thanks to everyone for all the advice!

Almost was ready to buy a mic on Amazon (Prime Day, folks!) and I'm glad I went to this forum first.

I had an old Zoom long ago, don't know what happened to it, I remember recording things but never transferring into a DAW with it.

I think that is the way to go for what I'm talking about. Gotta get back to Amazon now and check out the Zoom, Tascam, and Roland, etc.!