Help Me Choose A Mic

[jskillz89]

hey can some one help me choose a mic thats right for me ... i rap and im going to be using the mic to be recording vocals and i want the vocals to sound close to studio qualty.... ....





..... i was thinking of maybe shure sm 58 but i dono im just asking for adivce o yeah if i want to set up a little person studio to record my vocals what will i need ... ( talk to me like im dumb cuz i am so u gotta explain thingz) thank you..... o yeah im on a budgit of like 400 dollars for every thing i know its not much but im just trying to get my vocals recorded sound good and some type of multitrack recorder some one please help my dumb ass.....p.s im looking for a studio mic for studio recording

 

[CJWalker]

Hrm.. Maybe an RE20 for rap?

BTW, I'm sure you can find a low hr XT20 for around $300.

 

[Innovations]

So $400 is your total cost for everything? This I think would be a good starting system, portable too:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...ec/s=recorders/search/detail/base_pid/240340/

The only thing that would be missing would be some editing software for your computer (presuming you have a computer with a CD burner already) and you can go with ntrack for a good deal on that.

Sure you would eventually want to add a LD condenser microphone, studio monitors, accoustic treatment your space and so on, but the majority of the cost of this system is the Fostex, and that will serve you well long into the future.

 

[chessrock]

hey can some one help me choose a mic thats right for me ... i rap and im going to be using the mic to be recording vocals and i want the vocals to sound close to studio qualty.... ....

Well . . . you might need to expand that $400 ceiling of yours just a tad.

If you want close to studio quality, that is. If you don't mind something a little closer to demo quality, then I'm sure you can get by with that.

Maybe get yourself an SM58 and some sort of 4-track portastudio / recorder.

 

[DJL]

hey can some one help me choose a mic thats right for me ... i rap and im going to be using the mic to be recording vocals and i want the vocals to sound close to studio qualty.... ....





..... i was thinking of maybe shure sm 58 but i dono im just asking for adivce o yeah if i want to set up a little person studio to record my vocals what will i need ... ( talk to me like im dumb cuz i am so u gotta explain thingz) thank you..... o yeah im on a budgit of like 400 dollars for every thing i know its not much but im just trying to get my vocals recorded sound good and some type of multitrack recorder some one please help my dumb ass.....p.s im looking for a studio mic for studio recording

Go to ebay and buy a used Roland VS880 recorder, a Shure SM57 mic and some headphones... and start recording.

 

[jskillz89]

yeah

thankz for the replys if any one else has any suggestion be shure to keep posting them

 

[jskillz89]

damn

some one post

 

[tdukex]

Do you have a computer? If so:

Cakewalk Home Studio software ($90)
M-Audio Audiopile soundcard ($150)
Studio Projects VTB-1 preamp ($130)
Shure SM 57 microphone ($80)
Total = $450

If no computer:
Fostex MR8 digital recorder ($300)
Shure SM 57 microphone ($90)
Total = $390

 

[woodzmo]

Shure SM7

From what I have read the Shure SM7 (that's not a typo) is often used to record rap vocals. Do a search on SM7 and you will see a lot of posts referring to it in regards to recording rap vocals.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...2066110890/g=home/search/detail/base_id/55948

 

[DJL]

Re: Shure SM7

From what I have read the Shure SM7 (that's not a typo) is often used to record rap vocals. Do a search on SM7 and you will see a lot of posts referring to it in regards to recording rap vocals.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...2066110890/g=home/search/detail/base_id/55948

His budget for everything is $400... an SM7 would push him over budget.

 

[jskillz89]

would the mr 8

would the mr 8 sound better then recording threw the sound card and im probly going to buy the sm57 mic cuz thats only like a 100 bucks