condensor mic applications...

[goodbyebluesky]

At the present time, I have absolutely no microphones. Everything I had at one time or another has either turned up missing (lots of moving, equipment changing hands of band members) or broke (my cheap peavey vocal mic). I need to get my first mic for my "home studio" and am curious if a condensor can roughly cover all my needs. I have never used a condensor mic so I don't know firsthand how they sound or behave, etc. Thats why I want to pick some more educated brains in here.
I need a mic that will work well with acoustic guitar..... that will pick up the resonance and nuances of it. I need a mic that will work well for mic'ing a guitar cab for when I do that electric thing. I would like to get both out of the same microphone. Is this possible? I am familiar with people using a condensor at a distance combined with a dynamic up close on guitar cabs, but how would a condensor sound solo in that type of situation?

 

[Procreezy]

Well first of all, a solo condenser can capture the sound of a cab just as good as an sm57 for instance however it will sound unique, just like the sm57's sound is unique. That said, in my opinion, an LCD can sound just as good in a mix as a dynamic if the application is right.

Now as far as acoustic stuff goes, a condenser is ideal. It will deffinatly catch the nuances in a way you have never heard in a dyncamic.

My suggestion? It's quite a common one really... I think a LCD such as the Studio Projects B1, or an AT2020 would be excellent choices as far as affordable, quality home recording goes. You absolutly cannot go wrong with either of those mics. Period.

After that, pair it with an sm57 and you already will have the widest range of recording possibilities available with mearly two microphones.

 

[jkokura]

Yup, and LDC will do what you want. Any mic will do it, but it's a question of how well it will do it. There are good choices and bad choices...like the SP B1 is a good choice, the MXL V67G is a good choice and they're both cheap, as well the Soundelux e49 or the Neumann U87 will both be good choices and are both quite expensive...

What's your budget? what kind of pre's are you using? Can you afford to get two mics cause it's a lot easier to buy a mic per application...most mics do one thing great and a couple things ok....it'd be good for you to get a great cab mic, a great acoustic mic, a great vocal mic, a great....not one mic that does all of those things ok...but if you've got a small budget than you have to go the route of one mic for all trades...

Jacob

 

[goodbyebluesky]

Well first of all, a solo condenser can capture the sound of a cab just as good as an sm57 for instance however it will sound unique, just like the sm57's sound is unique. That said, in my opinion, an LCD can sound just as good in a mix as a dynamic if the application is right.

Thats good to hear. Thank you.

Now as far as acoustic stuff goes, a condenser is ideal. It will deffinatly catch the nuances in a way you have never heard in a dyncamic.

Thats what I was thinking, and I will be doing a good amount of acoustic stuff.

What's your budget? what kind of pre's are you using? Can you afford to get two mics cause it's a lot easier to buy a mic per application...most mics do one thing great and a couple things ok....

I was considering an MXL 990 because it seems to get a lot of praise for being a $50 microphone. I won't pay over 100, new or used though. Just can't justify it financially. My pre is a Bellari MP105 with 48v phantom power. I would like to add an sm57 down the road, but this would be my "go to" mic for a while until then