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Location: ranson,wva | im looking to get couple of mics for my home studio. i need one to mic acoustics with and 2 for vocals. not looking to spend a mint on these becase im not gonna be poluting the world with my music any time soon. just for my own personal use....and recomendations?? jason |
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Location: Tennessee | Here's my dos pesos: Rode NT1 is a great LDC mic for the money (about $200). If you want to go cheaper, the MXL condensers are a great value ... you can get both a 990/991 (vocal and instrument) package for about $100. |
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Location: ranson,wva | thanks bobbo...maybe oneday my playing will be worthy of the equipment i onw..lol jason |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Rode NT1A, Studio Projects C1, some of the new USB mics.....all good for the money. |
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Location: NJ | oktava
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | No experience with the marshall or mxl but Al is right on about the Oktava's. Good mics for the money. I have several but always forget to mention them when someone asks about mics. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | ...and no-one mentions AUDIX...us made..robust high Q mics. ...little money..High Performance..
http://www.audixusa.com/products.html
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Like others have said, and I think this topic has been covered a few times... Get a decent large diaphragm condenser and a couple of dynamics and you'll be all set. Audix are fantastic mics. I use them exclusively for live vocals. Rode NT2 or for a little step up Studio Projects. Octava are great too. |
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Location: ranson,wva | i probly should have bought the mics stephen was selling a few months ago for my vocal mics but i wasnt planning on doing any recordings....thanks guys for all your input and as usualy you inspire me to be a better musician....jason |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I don't know about recording, but the Shure pg58 is a pretty good dynamic mic for performance. I don't know anything about recording, but it might work and can be obtained cheaply. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | According to Denyer's Guitar handbook, he says that the shure sm57 or 58 are perfectly acceptable for home recording. So based on that, I'd say, get the pg58, see how it works, then get the sm57, see how it works, then get a condensor mic, and neumann's are pretty well regarded. |
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Location: Scotland | That may have been the case when that book was written in the early 80's when there was no such thing as a good inexpensive condenser microphone. Now there are any number of budget condensers which will wipe the floor with a 57 or 58 at about the same cost. There are a ton of reasons why dynamic mics of the calibre of a 57/58 should be a last resort for recording acoustic instruments, especially if you don't own good mic preamps. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Paul,
I'm curious. I find the PG58 perfectly acceptable for performance. Why is it so horrible for recording? I only ask because I don't know the answer.
Does it have to do with the fact that I only use the PG58 for vocals and plug in my ovation? And a condensor is better for guitar? While a dynamic would work for vocals?
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Location: NJ | paul
save your response for the workshop!!!!!!! |
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Location: ranson,wva | i was thinking aboput getting the sampson CL2 mic acoustic with...jason |
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Location: Scotland | Time allowing, this is something I intend to cover in the workshop. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Jason, I believe the latest issue of either "Recording" or "Electronic Musician" has a nice roundup of about 6 of the new USB microphones.
Probably worth it to check out the local Borders or Barnes & Nobles and snag a copy. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | You guys are going to have great time at those workshops!
I think Jason has inspired me to do some recording, though I think I'll do it low tech 4 track casette. |
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Location: NJ | SM58's "work" and I've used 'em (and a pair of AudioTechnica dynamics, as well) when I first started recording at home . . . but once you use a condensor, you immediately realize what you've been missing. The sound is a LOT more "warmer" & "natural" sounding.
I picked up a set of MXL's that consist of one large diaphagm that I place a foot or two from the soundhole and small diaphragm "pencil" mic that I aim at the octave fret at a 45-degree angle and mix the levels on my Behringer before it goes to the computer.
Condensor's DEFINITELY the way t'go (just make sure you can supply the phantom power) . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | WOW....still under 10,000 posts and Cliff FINALLY gave some good advice! :cool: |
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Location: NJ | LickMe. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | April 19th -22nd.
Be there! Probably be licking of some sort going on (with all the fine vittals we be eatin!) |
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some mic recomendations