Yeah, you definitely need a good one. I don't know how you're going about it, but you can't be too close to the mic and will get the best results with a condenser. I've found lately that a single Behringer ECM8000 workks great in a quiet room, about 7 feet off the floor. I usually have the guy with the tamb play it sitting down, a couple feet away from the mic, with the mic point down toward the floor - not at the tamb.