StylusEpix
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I want to record narration, and my budget of 170$USD is quite limited. I also want to experiment with the recording of various other sounds such as singing and instruments, but the spoken word of males is my main concern.
I won't spend over 200$CDN, even if I know that I could depend on quality equipment for the years to come. The best mike I got now is a Plantronics headset amplified by a sound card. Anything I buy is sure to sound better than that.
I'm going to keep using my sound card as a recorder. I need a preamp, cause the built-in one is laughable. While the Behringer UB802 dual preamp probably sounds as cheap as it is (50$), it's got a built-in mixer and surely will amplify better than my sound card does. The Audio Buddy is twice the price and doesn't even mix anything. Everybody praises the DMP3, but I'd have to get nothing but a 15$ chinese microphone along with it to stay within my budget, so it's probably gonna be the Behringer.
As for the mic(s), I really don't know. From what I've read on this forum, I should wait till I got way more money and get something expensive, but I won't. So I've got around 120$USD left. Ideally, I'd get two mics. The first might be a Behringer XM8500, the 20$ SM58 clone. It hear it's awful, but not as awful as one might think. That gives me hope of it being better than my Plantronics headset. I'll probably have more fun with this piece of junk and another mic than if I had a single mic.
And now for the "main mic" remains 100$. Sure, I want it to sound good with the spoken word: that's my main application. But the more versatile it is, the better. I'll record in a "studio-type" environment, with a mic stand. I think I want a condenser mic. One that would not care too much for having a shitty preamp. If only because it has switchable omni/cardioid cartdriges, the Behringer B-5 calls out to me. That and the fact I can easily get Behringer gear. But from what I understand, it wouldn't be very good for the spoken word. The FAQ of this site says I should get a dynamic mic instead of a condenser one. Then again, I read elsewhere that condensers are great for vocals. So I don't know.
I could do something else; get an SM57 or SM58, since they seem to be so loved and universal. But I hear they sound bad with cheap preamps. Then again, I heard everything sounds bad with cheap preamps. Anyway, if I got one of these, I wouldn't have a condenser mic, so I could get the cheap Behringer C-1, which I hear is a clone of a pretty bad mic, the Samson C01.
Anyhow. I don't know much about mics and preamps and recording, but I'd like to learn - and I'll need some equipement to do that. So, what do you think I should get ?
Thanks
I won't spend over 200$CDN, even if I know that I could depend on quality equipment for the years to come. The best mike I got now is a Plantronics headset amplified by a sound card. Anything I buy is sure to sound better than that.
I'm going to keep using my sound card as a recorder. I need a preamp, cause the built-in one is laughable. While the Behringer UB802 dual preamp probably sounds as cheap as it is (50$), it's got a built-in mixer and surely will amplify better than my sound card does. The Audio Buddy is twice the price and doesn't even mix anything. Everybody praises the DMP3, but I'd have to get nothing but a 15$ chinese microphone along with it to stay within my budget, so it's probably gonna be the Behringer.
As for the mic(s), I really don't know. From what I've read on this forum, I should wait till I got way more money and get something expensive, but I won't. So I've got around 120$USD left. Ideally, I'd get two mics. The first might be a Behringer XM8500, the 20$ SM58 clone. It hear it's awful, but not as awful as one might think. That gives me hope of it being better than my Plantronics headset. I'll probably have more fun with this piece of junk and another mic than if I had a single mic.
And now for the "main mic" remains 100$. Sure, I want it to sound good with the spoken word: that's my main application. But the more versatile it is, the better. I'll record in a "studio-type" environment, with a mic stand. I think I want a condenser mic. One that would not care too much for having a shitty preamp. If only because it has switchable omni/cardioid cartdriges, the Behringer B-5 calls out to me. That and the fact I can easily get Behringer gear. But from what I understand, it wouldn't be very good for the spoken word. The FAQ of this site says I should get a dynamic mic instead of a condenser one. Then again, I read elsewhere that condensers are great for vocals. So I don't know.
I could do something else; get an SM57 or SM58, since they seem to be so loved and universal. But I hear they sound bad with cheap preamps. Then again, I heard everything sounds bad with cheap preamps. Anyway, if I got one of these, I wouldn't have a condenser mic, so I could get the cheap Behringer C-1, which I hear is a clone of a pretty bad mic, the Samson C01.
Anyhow. I don't know much about mics and preamps and recording, but I'd like to learn - and I'll need some equipement to do that. So, what do you think I should get ?
Thanks
