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Yup Yup!I find that the Shure A2WS makes the SM57 just as usable as an SM58 for vocals, if not more. A mesh type pop screen on a gooseneck can be good instead of or in addition to that.
Yup Yup!I find that the Shure A2WS makes the SM57 just as usable as an SM58 for vocals, if not more. A mesh type pop screen on a gooseneck can be good instead of or in addition to that.
I have intentions of buying an SM57, which I may have stated above, but thanks for adding your comment which reinforces my resolve to buy one as the first mic. I have owned one before, but as previously stated I only used it for instrument micing, and almost always used an SM58 for vocals, but that is what my various bands were using. I can see that it is a very capable vocal mic as well, as testaments like yours have shown. Thank you for your comments TAE, and as always all the comments I have received so far are greatly aprreciated.As at least 3 others here have attested the SM57 is a great starter mic. IMO the gold standard of entry level recording mics...I am certain 10's of 1000's of professional recordings for instruments and certainly 1000's of famous vocal recordings were ran through a simple sm57.. I have more expensive mics but I do love my sm57's and have done a lot of vocals via them. Every recording of vocals in my link below were done with the 57...except for one with the more expensive mic...good luck figuring out which one that is..
Thanks CC. I plan on using the $300 and use the first $99 for an SM57. From there, I will decide later using the many tips and comments I have received here including yours. I have it in my Amazon cart waiting for my next paycheck.I second that TAE...
I just spent the morning comparing gear here....mainly 3 different preamps, and three different mics.
As usual Im let down when the $3000 setup doesnt kill the $100 setup, it doesnt even make much sense other than just loving a piece of gear for unknown reasons.
If you add in mixing/processing and plugs to a 57...its even less difference. imo.
I have no care which is which, Im not selling anything or vested and attached to any gear...just using my ears. goofing around..
... expecting much more from $1000 stuff over $100 stuff.
But yeah the 57 is $99......been on a lot $300 and buy several mics under
Warning heeded, Rob. Thank you for the heads up.One word of warning. Do NOT buy from random Amazon sellers, the SM57 is the most counterfeited mic in the world. Buy from a well known retailer on line who have a dealership to keep. Very few dealers known to Shure sell on Amazon. A few do, but check their websites. In fairness I have one counterfeit one and it is VERY difficult to tell until you hold it in one hand and a real one in the other, and say one two into it! Please, don’t use Amazon for Shure, it’s so risky.
Thanks CCI was just running a bunch of borderline-gearhead-ocd tests....and these very mics are nearly the same ones being discussed....V67G and Shure 57ish 545.
(with a $$WA47tube)....also through three main preamps, interface, ISAOne, ISA430mk1, (ISA One has selectable Z) and Interface Mic Preamp.
Whats shocked me again in conclusion of the weekend test/comparisons is that recording them all dry, there seems miniscule differences.
And to then put on the MIX ENgineer hat, er..headphones, adding gates, eq, comps ITB, the difference is less than miniscule between the mics and preamps when polished with plugins.
*application: this is all based on my male vocal and nothing else with the mics. Im not doing far distance violins or percussion, or recording a symphony here...just a electric bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal hobby stuff at most.
but seeking some $$$$piece of magic gear never seems to happen and the Shure 545 in this case, with plugin polish, works ..can I say "just as good" as the others? wow?
I'll toss this in too, the sounds of the three preamps (with 1400ohm +/- 200 micpre input) didnt sound magically different either.
The Dynamic mic,545 did max out my interface preamp gain for soft standard db talking while the outboard (ISA One) had a lot more gain and is a great tool for $300used.
I agree too, with the gang, that many mics will work.......the more gear I try the less the difference there is.
I find it as much fun these days running tests as playing music. Ive had access to a PayPal account that I could finally try out $2000 pieces myself and compare here in the bed-closet room. I dont keep the gear much only for curiosity and hobby fun.
enjoy the journey! I'd still grab a SM57 for a excellent industry standard to compare too. Then the V67G shows a cheap mic can hang with the big dollar mics. The power of the plugins make a huge huge impact for almost Free, in comparison to the old tape days where expensive rack gear and consoles were needed to "polish" things up.
I see what you're saying Rob. I will explore as I go. And thanks CC. I'm seeing it isn't as cut and dry as I previously thought. Right now, I am using my friend's SM57 and it is doing what I need.When you don't have any really nice, expensive and special mics, you really believe they will make your recordings so much better. Then you buy them and discover the differences are far, far more subtle than you expected, and then you start to wonder if you really could have bought more useful things with the money. I opened a box today and found my old AKG D202 - years old and forgotten about. I plugged it in and it's rather nice.
Thanks for the tip Rob. I will remember that.Spot on! One day you'll go to use the 57 on something new and for the first time find it doesn't suit. I find them lacking if you try to record flutes - somehow they record the fundamental tone, but the harmonics don't get captured too well and make an expensive flute sound quite cheap. That's when you invest in a nice condenser.
I was 10yrs late to the V67G and I sprang for the HE edition recently...and man what a nice little mic. $129l
side by siding it today with a $900+ mic and it holds just fine,