Purchased a new mic for 14 year old female vocalist

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Just bought a Shure SM7B. $400 @ Guitar Center. Gulp :eek:

For that kind of change I shure (heh) hope that the sound gets better than what I am getting out of the SM58. Not that the 58 sounds bad, you understand. Running this into a 1010LT pre. Will post both (short) samples as soon as possible.
 
Man, I would buy a better pre ASAP. I wouldn't put down that kind of money for a dynamic mic to be used with just the sound card's pres. Atleast do it some justice and get a DMP3 or MS1b.
 
+1

That should do you good. The problem is that a dynamic mic won't start to shine without a decent pre, so you would likely not be getting your full money's worth out of a pricier mic.
 
My DMP3 works really, really well with my SM7. My Summit Audio 2BA-221 doesn't sound as good as the DMP3 with that particular mic. It's not always a "cheap pre/nice pre" type of thing.

All you need is a pre with lots of clean gain.
 
cominginsecond said:
My DMP3 works really, really well with my SM7. My Summit Audio 2BA-221 doesn't sound as good as the DMP3 with that particular mic. It's not always a "cheap pre/nice pre" type of thing.

A DMP3 isn't a "cheap pre" in this case man. It's atleast a REAL one, even if isn't the best, and that's what you would atleast want to start with to see what the mic can actually do.

He was using the Delta 1010LT pres. THAT is not doing the mic justice.
 
wheelema said:
Think I will save up for a M-Audio Tampa.

dude, rob some liquor stores or gas stations [I hear restaurants are also good to rob], but get some real money together for a real pre-amp.

You have a professional microphone [I'm not kidding the SM-7 is really a professional microphone despite it's meager price tag], why on earth would you want to crap the thing up with a piece of garbage like the Tampa.

Bro, you're way ahead of the curve with whatever you're using right now than throwing away your hard earned money on that flaming piece of shit they call the Tampa. By wasting your money on that thing you are only creating a situation for yourself where every few months, or every couple of years you will end up selling one piece of crap to buy a slightly better piece of crap, which you'll also end up selling in a period of time... a vicious cycle that goes on and on until you start to end up with some decent tools.

I realize my advice to not buy disposal equipment is probably bad for the economy, but who gives a shit, we're talking about your music, not global economic models.

By getting professional tools that will last you a lifetime/career, you will end up saving yourself a not so small fortune over the long run. By buying cheap crap tools you will end up wasting a fortune in the long run by having to buy the same thing over and over again until you get professional quality tools.

I'm not going to suggest what you should buy, that will be a product of your research and determination, I will merely suggest that you don't buy crap... I'm not going to take it personally whatever you decide to do... so if you're stuck on throwing away your money, knock yourself out. I've just seen too many people get fooled by some commissioned know-nothing monkey sales mook from the local Banjo Mart that I would feel bad if I at least didn't try to warn you.
 
rocker said:
...why on earth would you want to crap the thing up with a piece of garbage like the Tampa.

Bro, you're way ahead of the curve with whatever you're using right now than throwing away your hard earned money on that flaming piece of shit they call the Tampa...
What is your experience with the Tampa?
 
It's very thin sounding, the analog to digital conversion is not very clear, it's just a cheap piece of snit and not a professional piece of equipment. I've been geting into buying good equipment lately to record my band's album. We've been through a lot of stuff, and have found that most of the stuff we find in our local music stores don't give us a professional result. We have found the sales people in our local music stroes know nothing, but talk like they invented recording.

I don't mean to come off like a snot, because I've learned a lot from this forum, the problem is that while things are affordable, it doesn't make them inexpensive it just makes them cheap. We learned this lesson the hard way and our first album came out like garbage. We figured out that by using good recording tools, the only thing holding us back from making an excellent recording was our skills as players.

I for one was exceptionally dissapointed with the Tampa. Even the Focusrite, which also sounded like garbage soudned better than the Tampa.
 
Well...

I've been out of the market for quite a while... if the truth be known I am having a bit of buyers remorse over the SM7, but TOO LATE now! Heh.

Anyway, it is looking more and more like the DMP-3 as long as I stay poor, the RNP if things get better, and, who knows, if things turn our great.

Here's to things turning out GREAT!
 
If you only need one channel, you could just get a Rane MS1b. That'd be $150 for better than a DMP3, and on par with a RNP.

You might eventually want to buy a really good pre, but you would always have some use for the Rane.
 
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