first mic

[jesusmac]

i know a little bit about recording and editing, sequencing, but been working in other things but my own material, i want to start now and i need to know what mic can be versatile enough to record male vocals and guitar cabs using distorsion, i heard about som mxl´s (2003, v67g, and 992), and the studio projects b1 and b3, i know the sm57 seems to be the natural choice for cabs but i want some large condenser for smooth vocals too, i´ll take any suggestion under 200 bucks

 

[BigRay]

Amazing Large Diaphragm Mics..


MXL 1006BP
http://www.mxlmics.com/condenser_mic/MXL1006/mxl1006.htm

made in the same factory and virtually the same as ADK-51s .One advantage is they each can use a 9v to power them, great sound for a great price, two of these will set you back about $225. They sound great! frequency response resembles the Schoeps MK5 capsule. They murder any other mic in the price range.

heres a clip of these in a live setting, recording a band:

 

[jesusmac]

Amazing Large Diaphragm Mics..


MXL 1006BP
http://www.mxlmics.com/condenser_mic/MXL1006/mxl1006.htm

made in the same factory and virtually the same as ADK-51s .One advantage is they each can use a 9v to power them, great sound for a great price, two of these will set you back about $225. They sound great! frequency response resembles the Schoeps MK5 capsule. They murder any other mic in the price range.

heres a clip of these in a live setting, recording a band:

thanks for the advice, and you just reminded me to tell everyone reading this that i do have phantom power

 

[BigRay]

they can also use phantom too, i believe. I guarantee you will not find a better mic in the price range. And that price for 2???insane!

if I were you id be all over those bad boys!

-teddy

 

[noisedude]

I'd still just get an SP B1 and be done with it. A B1 and a Sennheiser E835 dynamic will cover most of your bases for single sources, IMO, and are a really good combo to start with.

 

[Treeline]

All of the above. I use a SPB1 for all kinds of stuff and it's extremely versatile and dependable. I will use other mics for vocals if I have the choice, but I know it will always deliver. I use a few different MXLs for all kinds of different stuff, and I have the big el cheapo MXL still in the box as a backup if something gets dropped. Haven't even listened to it yet.

If you stay with the suggestions on the thread so far, it's kind of hard to go wrong here.

 

[scrubs]

I'd still just get an SP B1 and be done with it. A B1 and a Sennheiser E835 dynamic will cover most of your bases for single sources, IMO, and are a really good combo to start with.

Alright, noisedude. You're freaking me out. What have you done with Dogman???

 

[jerfo]

I'd still just get an SP B1 and be done with it.

I agree. If you can only afford a single mic, then you want one that will sound the best on the largest number of sources and will still be useful when you decide to purchase upgrades in the future. The B1 will sound reasonably good on most voices and very good on some guitar cabs, and it will be excellent on acoustic guitars and drums if you ever decide to go that route.

Assuming that you have $200 to spend, the B1 would leave you with $100 left to spend on something else. (Yes, I have a degree in Mathematics.) I recommend spending it on some acoustic treatments for your room, which would do more to improve your sound than most anything else.

- Jerfo

 

[noisedude]

Alright, noisedude. You're freaking me out. What have you done with Dogman???

LMAO!!!! Vspaceboy had this great cloning idea and turned up dressed as distortedrumble ... so I'm being Dogman ... and now he's being Dogman too ... so now there are three of him!!!

 

[noisedude]

I agree. If you can only afford a single mic, then you want one that will sound the best on the largest number of sources and will still be useful when you decide to purchase upgrades in the future. The B1 will sound reasonably good on most voices and very good on some guitar cabs, and it will be excellent on acoustic guitars and drums if you ever decide to go that route.

Assuming that you have $200 to spend, the B1 would leave you with $100 left to spend on something else. (Yes, I have a degree in Mathematics.) I recommend spending it on some acoustic treatments for your room, which would do more to improve your sound than most anything else.

- Jerfo

The thing that makes it a versatile mic is that, a bit like the SM57, the B1 doesn't suck on anything. But it's for a different reason - the SM57 has a definite sound, whereas the B1 is not a particularly 'colouring' mic .. at least as budget ones go!! So it will always do a job for you, even when you have other favourite mics for different things.

Acoustic treatments are a really good point too ... and one that many of us would rather ignore!!!!

Nik

 

[ROblows]

LMAO!!!! Vspaceboy had this great cloning idea and turned up dressed as distortedrumble ... so I'm being Dogman ... and now he's being Dogman too ... so now there are three of him!!!

Only three? Are you sure?

 

[noisedude]

Only three? Are you sure?

Wha????