best budget headphones with mic.

So bit of a random request but thought best to ask on here.

Looking for the best budget headphones with mic for recording/mixing.

Reason i asked about the mic... i also play computer games online and also need a new headset... so may aswell kill two birds one stone.

thanks
 
Headphones with built-in mics are not made for recording. Find decent closed-back headphones for mixing and a mic that suits your voice for recording. Keep your gaming set up separate.
 
The headphones with mic were only ever going to be used for mixing if that makes any difference ? i have a mic for recording vocals... the mic on the headphones was purely for when i decided to use them for online gaming.

So is there no closed back headphones with a mic attached that is good enough for mixing/editing music ?
 
You are probably not going to get a lot of response here. That's because most people here specialise in home recording, and there aren't that many gamers with expertise in gaming equipment.

However, if you are using them for mixing, I think I saw somewhere that Beyer Dynamic have a headset that would do the job.
 
Several brands make detachable headset microphones that can be attached to any pair of headphones. Although now that I search for them, I'm only coming up with a couple.

The most interesting to me is the Audio Technica ATGM2 detachable boom. Looks like you attach a base to the headphones with adhesive, and you can attach or remove the mic as you wish: ATMG2 on Amazon

Oh and there's Modmic, which is the same idea. It comes in USB, 3.5mm and wireless variants: Antlion – Antlion Audio
 
So is there no closed back headphones with a mic attached that is good enough for mixing/editing music ?

Hi,
It depends what 'good enough' means, to you.
For a bit of fun, or a learning experience, or for monitoring while you do editing where it's more about timing/precision/corrections than the sound, you can get on just fine with any old headphones but I think the majority of people here, and on other similar sites, wouldn't use headphones of any kind for serious mixing unless they're in a terrible sounding environment and can't do anything about it.

If you have to use headphones I'd at least use ones with that aim to be neutral. A lot of consumer equipment is going to have hyped bass and highs to sound 'better' for music listening or gaming.
When working on audio you want what you hear to be as natural and real as possible so your decisions aren't influenced by your equipment.

Personally I'd look for a headset that's good for gaming then get a set of decent sennheisers or AKGs (or monitors...) for your audio work,
and just keep the two separate.
 
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