help me out with another mic?

[InfiniteMH]

first of all..

thanks for everyone who helped me on my last post with the b1..

and A LOT of thanks to kid klash for going out of his way to send me his clip caps!!

(btw kid klash, i forgot that that plastic stick was stuck inside the clip, so i couldn't replace it.. i'll send it back to you asap if you need it back)

anyways.. i've begun a new job, and i'll be getting some m.o.n.e.y, and i'm thinking about a second condenser..

so as i jump into the pool of the middle priced microphones,

i've began to have interest in the shure ksm series...

and since i'll be using it almost always for vocals (r&b), i won't need multi pattern that much..

but the thing is, i heard a mic test, and i loved the way the 44 sounded!

and while going through previous posts of the ksm, i've heard someone say that the 27 is the cardioid pattern of 44?

so.. i'm willing to act crazy and spend the money on the 44 if it's necessary, but if i'm going to use it for just the cardioid, should i go down a step to the 32? or two steps to the 27?

also.. the thing is.. 44 is incredibly cheap on ebay right now..

hm..

well.. gotta go to work now.. any kind of help will be greatly appriciated : )

 

[Innovations]

Hey you already have a B1. What do you need another microphone for?

In some respects I am not being silly. You can make do with the B1 for quite a while, so rather than getting a mic that is slightly better why not use the fact that the B1 is servicable to save up for something that would be a large step rather than a small one. Something like a tube microphone, a really high quality dynamic like a EV-20 or a Royer ribbon?

 

[Big Kenny]

get a rode ntk
you will like it
cost around 450
sounds great on vocs and acoustic and micing amps
In His Name
Big Kenny

 

[chessparov]

What matters is that whether a given microphone sound good on a given
singer. If it's going to be luck of the draw, Innovations suggestion of a
EV RE20 (or PL20), is excellent since that microphone works well on most
singers. The nice thing about the RE20 (and RE16) is that, due to the
"variable-D" design, they are much easier for a singer inexperienced in
proper microphone technique to use.
In Stevie Wonder's 70's hits heyday, the RE20 was his numero uno choice.

The EV 635a can sound killer on certain voices (like my wife's soprano).
It's an omni, except you can "eat" it to cut down on background ambience.
Some of Elvis' early RCA hits were reputed to be recorded with them-
despite Neumann's/Telefunken's and RCA ribbons in the studio mic cabinet.
Even easier to use than the RE20 too.

Bob Ohlsson, who has over 80(!) top 10 record credits, ALWAYS trys to use
a EV 635a, and a Shure SM57 when recording an artist for the first time,
despite having studio access to U47/67's, etc.

Chris

 

[tdukex]

Hey you already have a B1. What do you need another microphone for?

In some respects I am not being silly. You can make do with the B1 for quite a while, so rather than getting a mic that is slightly better why not use the fact that the B1 is servicable to save up for something that would be a large step rather than a small one. Something like a tube microphone, a really high quality dynamic like a EV-20 or a Royer ribbon?

Er, I have never heard the B1 nor the KSM44 in person. But by almost all of the accounts I have heard, the B1 is a great $80 mic and the KSM44 is a great $700 mic. I doubt it is accurate to imply the KSM44 is only "slightly better" than the B1. IMO, if InfiniteMH can get a KSM44 incredibly cheap on ebay right now, and he can afford it, he would be wise to to take advantage of the opportunity.