Just so you understand, you now have a duty. I have typed in an hour a chunk of what
took me 3 years to figure out, helped by the good folks on this board, and every day trial and error. Now your part. You come back here and share what gear worked for you, or not, and in what way. It is a joy when a poster comes back and says, "I used the gizmo and it does just what you said it would. It rocks!."
On the other hand, I'm no guru, so I need you as a check on me. It is a scary thing to recommend that someone spend money. If someone here takes the time to type advice, you need to tell them if you agreed, after you spent hard-earned money. If I am dead wrong, it can be painful for both of us.
Enough for now. Just this- No one ever takes my advice (OK, *almost* never) on one thing. Two less commonly used mics I mentioned above.- AKG D320 and C2000B. The first is old and discontinued. $35-50 or so on dweebay. An excellent all-purpose dynamic mic.The C2000b is about $330 new, but they can be commonly found used for $150 with the shockmount, which you want, because they are good shockmounts, and pricey. With luck, they can be had for less than $100 used. I wish I had had a pair of each of them when I was starting out. Most folks will advise you to start with condensers by Shure, Audio-Technica, MXL, Rode, CAD, SE, Studio Projects, and a few others, but the two mics above have survived the test of time in my humble little studio. They are both great cheap Swiss-Army mics.-Richie
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