Hi Chuck

I agree that with your average off the shelf USB mic which uses windows WDM audio to communicate with apps, you are going to struggle.

However because PE uses ASIO for its audio routing (the same system developed by Steinberg for their Nuendo and Cubase digital audio recording systems, and pretty widely adopted now by many audio and video apps) providing your audio device comes with a decent ASIO driver there isn't a problem. I've just tried my Alesis multimix firewire mixer with PE, and selected the Alesis ASIO driver in the audio hardware preferences, and selected channel 1 of the mixer which I've got a mic plugged into, and all is well.

The samson mic I'm suggesting is designed to interface with DAW software like Cubase, so should be fine with PE. But I'm sure that most decent dealers would allow you to try it on sale or return.

Bestest.

Mark