[SOLVED] Behringer B-1 vs Shure SM57

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danny.guitar

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Up til now I've been recording direct, so I decided to buy a microphone. I was just wondering which microphone would be best for my situation...

The only thing I'll be recording is acoustic or classical guitar, and electric guitar through an amp...

Also, I'll need a mixer with phantom power, which I'll run to my soundcard which has 1/8" jacks.

So, which microphone/mixer combination should I get, considering that I'm on a budget?

Also, would a Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer be a decent choice?

Thanks for the help.
 
GUYS ANOTHER NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ok if you want a quiet recording with reasonable sound DO NOT BUY A BEHRINGER MIC

having said that just what is your budget

B'cos to be straight behringer have hacked me off more than I've been pleased

You might want to use the search fucntion & have a good surf in the newbie forums

ACOUSTIC/CLASSICAL GUITAR-some sort of condensor (studio projects)

ELECTRIC GUITAR THRU AN AMP-some sort of dynamic (SM57)
 
replace the behringer with studio projects and you have a studio projects b1. much much much better than the behringer and very verstile.
 
Alright, thanks for the replies.

I'll probably go with the Studio Projects mic, since it's only about $20-30 more than the SM57.

Also, what's a good mixer to go with this mic? Preferably something under $200.

Thanks again, you guys are a lot of help. :cool:
 
For a tight budget, this is what I recommend.

Get the Studio Projects DMP3 preamp(~100$), a Studio Projects B1 mic(~100$) mic and you will be able to get a very decent sound. The problem will probably be with your sound card more than any mic or preamp. Get an M-Audio 2496 sound card (~100$).

Voila, probably the best budget gear you can get for under 350$. Of course, I found all this out myself by browsing the boards for a couple of days and using the search function but I realised today's youth has a 10 second attention span so I thought I would help you out before your thoughts wander off to porn.

I'm just teasing.....

Now if you'll excuse me I'm off to surf another site that has a great nude blonde girl.

What's my age again?
 
Studio Projects B1 condenser mic (around $100), plus a mic stand ($10-$20) and a 20'-25' long XLR-to-XLR mic cable ($10-$20) and either an M-Audio DMP3 mic preamp (this is a very clean sounding two channel preamp with phantom power, at around $150) or a Studio Projects VTB-1 preamp (single channel, clean or colored sound, phantom power, at around $100).

If you really need a small mixer, the Behringer UB-802 is actually a good little mixer with two clean mic preamps and phantom power, along with two stereo line inputs, headphone jack and other features for around $60.

IMHO, the Studio Projects LDC is a bit more flexible than the SM-57; the B1 is also more fragile too, as are most condenser mics. With that said, I own probably a dozen SM-57's and several SP B1's. Either way, they're both good mics.

That's my $0.02. Good luck, and happy recording!
 
Ryan_U said:
For a tight budget, this is what I recommend.

Get the Studio Projects DMP3 preamp(~100$), a Studio Projects B1 mic(~100$) mic and you will be able to get a very decent sound. The problem will probably be with your sound card more than any mic or preamp. Get an M-Audio 2496 sound card (~100$).
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agreed

except the dmp3 is made (distributed?)

by m-audio

not studio projects

and

i don't know that you can get it (new)

for close to $100
 
for a newbie I must say he got off lightly on this thread

mind you Ez & mx_mx aint been here....................................YET :p :D :eek: :D :p
 
slidey said:
for a newbie I must say he got off lightly on this thread

mind you Ez & mx_mx aint been here....................................YET :p :D :eek: :D :p
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no reason to flame him

he gave adequate info

and asked appropriate questions
 
Thanks for all the replies, they've helped a lot. :cool:

I'm gonna go ahead with the Studio Projects B-1 mic, with just a preamp, not gonna get the mixer since I don't really need it.

Then I'll probably have to upgrade my soundcard since the one I'm using isn't good for recording (SB Live 24-bit)...but it's the only one I've got at the moment.

Anyways, thanks again. :cool:
 
danny.guitar said:
Thanks for all the replies, they've helped a lot. :cool:

I'm gonna go ahead with the Studio Projects B-1 mic, with just a preamp, not gonna get the mixer since I don't really need it.

Then I'll probably have to upgrade my soundcard since the one I'm using isn't good for recording (SB Live 24-bit)...but it's the only one I've got at the moment.

Anyways, thanks again. :cool:
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Also, buy a quality cable that converts to 1/8"(3.5mm) No sense in buying that stuff and connecting it to the sound card with a Radio Shack crap-grade cable.

You can get this type of cable at http://www.Markertek.com It will probably cost you about $15-$20 for it, but it will be worth it. I would suggest one of the Markertek brand cables with either Neutrik or Switchcraft ends.



Here's the 1/4" to 3.5mm/mini end cables in various lengths.



Tim
 
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cannabis said:
no reason to flame him

he gave adequate info

and asked appropriate questions
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I know that...................in fact I answered his thread

I wasn't flaming dewd.......................it's a fact

I've seen noobs getting hammered & thank the guys above he didn't ask the best mic for rap

sheeshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...................go have a pull o' your name lad
 
danny.guitar said:
Also, I'll need a mixer with phantom power, which I'll run to my soundcard which has 1/8" jacks.
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Peavey makes a line of cheap mixers with good pres (IMHO). For what you're talking about, probably the PV6 (4 pres) would be a good match, but there's also a PV8 (also 4 pres), PV10 (6 pres), and PV14 (10 pres).
 
slidey said:
for a newbie I must say he got off lightly on this thread

mind you Ez & mx_mx aint been here....................................YET :p :D :eek: :D :p
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I don't flame newbies...most of em know more than I do
 
Tim Brown said:
Also, buy a quality cable that converts to 1/8"(3.5mm) No sense in buying that stuff and connecting it to the sound card with a Radio Shack crap-grade cable.

You can get this type of cable at http://www.Markertek.com It will probably cost you about $15-$20 for it, but it will be worth it. I would suggest one of the Markertek brand cables with either Neutrik or Switchcraft ends.



Here's the 1/4" to 3.5mm/mini end cables in various lengths.

Tim
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Yeah sorta............I dunno that the Soundblaster cares how expensive the cable is....but at any rate, if he uses a cable more like this one: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CMP159/ , he will have access to both the left and the right input of his soundcard. Those little 3.5mm input jacks on the card are actually stereo.
 
mx_mx said:
I don't flame newbies...
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unless of course one is hungry................right

I did a gig once & whilst having a scout around the stage I noticed a large mixing desk to discover it was a peavey......................I been using peavey for years & never knew they had mixers in their product line, That was 1998...................I havn't used peavey anything for yonks now apart from the odd bit of monitoring on stage

Peavey=IMHO a damn good workhorse
 
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