budget condenser for male vocals only

[trashbagrice]

Need something to record my vocals to bands songs at home with my mbox. Was checking out the 100 dollar range and i see most people recommend the at 2020 and the mxl v67g . Doesn't need to be amazing quality since we go to a studio to get recorded. I just want something for at home so i might as well get one that suits male vocals the best. Which one of these would be best for male vocals? Or is there a better choice in the surrounding price range? (i'm mostly baritone with a weird tangy tone to my voice.. slight mike patton ish to give a vague idea)

 

[Jim Lad]

I like the AKG Perceptions.
Your price range.
Kind of peak a little in the mid range and nice, quality gear.
Behringer Large Condensers would be too bright for you but I like them for some applications.

 

[Chili]

I'm not familiar with the V67g, but my current go-to mic is the V57M. Love it. I've used it on all my recent songs. I see there's one on eBay for $25. I might just pick that one up to have a spare.

 

[gehauser]

Check out the Studio Projects B1.

 

[brassplyer]

Need something to record my vocals to bands songs at home with my mbox. Was checking out the 100 dollar range and i see most people recommend the at 2020 and the mxl v67g .

There's endless options, probably any of those suggested will work. There's really no such thing as a mic "for male vocals". There are endless flavors of male and female voices.

I got a pair of MXL 990's on sale curious what such an inexpensive mic sounded like.

Judge for yourself. 990 on solo vocal, harmony vocals, trumpets and acoustic 6 string. Various degrees of processing on each, all were run through a Studio Projects VTB-1 pre. None in a particularly special acoustic environment. On the horn stuff there was also an Alesis Nanocompressor being used.

 

[drumslinger]

I love the sound of a horn section! nice samples brassplyer. I use the 990s/991s with a couple of the VTB-1s as well and like the results.

 

[brassplyer]

I love the sound of a horn section! nice samples brassplyer. I use the 990s/991s with a couple of the VTB-1s as well and like the results.

I was particularly tickled to discover that the 990 handled trumpet so well.

Also got a pair of Behringer C2's that work great.

Another budget condenser mic that works well on brass - and everything else - is the CAD E-100.

 

[moresound]

If you need a microphone to record your vocals as reference tracks before you and the band hit the studio then most any microphone will do.

You would want a microphone that would be flattering to your voice and you may already know which ones those are, from being in a studio before.

Now if those microphones are way to expensive for what your doing at home, and if it was me, I would purchase a MXL V67g. A good sounding microphone right out of the box for about $88.
But to make it into a great microphone you can have it modified for not that much money....just check out microphone modification on the net.