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You shouldn't assume if someone is a newbie that he can't afford a decent mic. If he/she is a musician and spent a fortune on a musical instrument, they may well want yto be able to record that instrument with a decent microphone that will do the instrument justice. When I started, I certainly...

Of those, I would use the AT2035 - it can handle high sound pressure levels and has a -10dB pad if needed. But I would try recording by reflection than direct (as you would a French Horn).

No such thing - as far as I am aware, there is no analogue microphone level input on a USB connector. So such a cable would have to be made specially and would give nothing at all on the output - and may actually damage the mic. if the USB voltage out was connected to the mic. You would have...

A Euphonium is, IMHO, like a French Horn in that it is best recorded by reflection in a good acoustic space. Personally, I would use an SDC condenser omni (my personal choice would be a Gefell M221 or a Sennheiser MKH 20 or 8020), A wide-cardioid, would also be a good option - Gefell, Neumann...

But an XLR to USB will be a *lot* more than $20 as it will have to include an ADC and mic. pre-amp. But even a decent XLR to XLR cable costs more than $20!

It's an electret condenser. These early ones would be front-electret, with the electret element being the diaphragm. These early mics often had the permanent electret voltage leak away over time - the battery only powers the electronics in the mic., not the capsule itself. It's probably dead...

A little bit tongue-in-cheek to make a point. But a great recording comes from a musician putting heart and soul into the "performance". This is very hard to do track by track, but not imposssible. And large sales do not necessarily equate to large listening numbers. And there are plenty of...

The OP has posted very large pictures which are not displaying properly. Right-click on the photo and select "view photo" to see the complete picture. The mic. looks like a cheap Japanese microphone from the 1960's / 1970's and a "general purpose" electret condenser mic. Not very good in...

My personal recommendation is to record as a whole band, not individually. Recording individually tends to be dry and boring and the CD would be listened to once and then never again. Recording as a band, you are in "performance" mode, adreneline is running and you are putting your whole heart...

Your best option from what you describe would be to hire a studio with a professional engineer and make a professional recording. The quality comes from two things:- 1) The quality of your playing 2) The quality of the recording engineer. Even a simple system will cost sevaral thousand -...

Not really - a wind filter works by trapping a volume of still air in front of the microphone. A foam windshield traps thisin the cells in the foam - for a pop filter it is the distance between the filter and the mic (the longer the distance, the greater te volume of still air). So - adding a...

Almost forgot - Focusrite Solo (the model below the i2i) is about £69 - see here :thumbs up:

These are really low range microphones, rather than mid-range. Mid-range is more in the £800 - £1,500 price bracket. Top range is £1,500 plus. Of the three you mention, I would look at the Sontronics and sE.

These nylon pop filters do colour the top-end, though. That's commercial ones as well as the DIY ones.

Yes, I would have thought so - all relatively simple. :thumbs up:

Not really - if someone askes a question quoting one currency and gets a reply with a competely different currency it shows thatthe replier has not read the question properly and would likely be recommending stuff at a different level.

For a mic that will do this within your budget there is only really the Line Audio microphones from Sweden. The OM1 is omni and the CM3 is a wide-cardioid. Both these punch well above their weight in quality for the price. :thumbs up: They are both 999 Swedish Kroner each - that's a miniscule...

The Gefell MT71S uses the original Georg Neumann M7 capsule and is within your budget. $ 1,100 at Vintage King HERE They can also do the Rycote mount and special pop filter. In fact the switchable UMT 70S is only just over the top of your budget and may be worth considering - especially as...

Not really true, I'm afraid. The foam is part of the design of the mic. and part of the damping of the capsule. I would only replace the foam with the correct type from the manufacturer. The foam has to be the open-cell variety and different foams will attenuate differently, so keep to the...

I would checkout the room very carefully as a circular room with a domed ceiling could cause LOTS of problems with standing waves and focussing. Microphones will need to be VERY carefully placed, whichever you choose.