Slackmaster2K
Gone
Dobro,
I really do understand what you're saying. However, I also have to think of two children, a near-wife girlfriend, christmas gifts, $25,000 in college/truck/credit-card loans, a cracked front seal on my truck, two tires that need to be replaced, $900 a month rent (who said montana was cheap, eh?), and the fact that we're moving to Seattle in ~3 to 6 months. Yikes. Sounds a little worse than it is since my income should double after the move. Anyway, as I've said in other posts, music *is* necessary to me so I am willing to spend SOME money on it.
But there's more...oh there's more I'm also using an old cymbal stand as a microphone stand (thanks to packing tape), a 4 track machine as a mixer/preamp, an SB16 as a recording device, a Peavy solid state guitar amp as a bass amp, and that same Peavy amp as by guitar amp (doen't work well for either). I have no monitors and am using Sony MDR-V600 headphones for mixing, no stereo system but a cheap "boom box" type thing, my best acoustic guitar is a $200 Dean that my girlfriend bought for herself (and hasn't played much yet), my bass is a plasterboard peavy thing that barely plays, my 57 isn't even mine, and we're out of beer
Now my mother, thank god, has said that she'd pitch in on a microphone as a christmas gift. I figure that might knock off 100 bucks or so off of something, and I really need SOMETHING that's better than the 57 for the acoustic stuff and vocals. It's just the next most-needed and somewhat affordable move that I can make. Then I think that my girlfriend might get me a microphone stand which will really help.
I think that the sound I'm currently getting is pretty good considering my setup, so I am going to take baby-steps. I need to think of what's needed vs. what I'd like.
Thanks though, I do appreciate what you're saying.
S8-N:
You're the second (?) person to recommend the C1000 so I think that I'm going to look into it a bit deeper. It doesn't *look* like a vocal mic which will be its primary function (acoustic is secondary, I can use the 57 well enough now). Thanks man.
Question to everyone: what about the Beta 58? I've heard a *good* things about this mic locally, but it's not been discussed as much here. I like Shure and I found this mic at around $160 or $170...but then I am an amature (BIG TIME).
Slackmaster 2000
I really do understand what you're saying. However, I also have to think of two children, a near-wife girlfriend, christmas gifts, $25,000 in college/truck/credit-card loans, a cracked front seal on my truck, two tires that need to be replaced, $900 a month rent (who said montana was cheap, eh?), and the fact that we're moving to Seattle in ~3 to 6 months. Yikes. Sounds a little worse than it is since my income should double after the move. Anyway, as I've said in other posts, music *is* necessary to me so I am willing to spend SOME money on it.
But there's more...oh there's more I'm also using an old cymbal stand as a microphone stand (thanks to packing tape), a 4 track machine as a mixer/preamp, an SB16 as a recording device, a Peavy solid state guitar amp as a bass amp, and that same Peavy amp as by guitar amp (doen't work well for either). I have no monitors and am using Sony MDR-V600 headphones for mixing, no stereo system but a cheap "boom box" type thing, my best acoustic guitar is a $200 Dean that my girlfriend bought for herself (and hasn't played much yet), my bass is a plasterboard peavy thing that barely plays, my 57 isn't even mine, and we're out of beer
Now my mother, thank god, has said that she'd pitch in on a microphone as a christmas gift. I figure that might knock off 100 bucks or so off of something, and I really need SOMETHING that's better than the 57 for the acoustic stuff and vocals. It's just the next most-needed and somewhat affordable move that I can make. Then I think that my girlfriend might get me a microphone stand which will really help.
I think that the sound I'm currently getting is pretty good considering my setup, so I am going to take baby-steps. I need to think of what's needed vs. what I'd like.
Thanks though, I do appreciate what you're saying.
S8-N:
You're the second (?) person to recommend the C1000 so I think that I'm going to look into it a bit deeper. It doesn't *look* like a vocal mic which will be its primary function (acoustic is secondary, I can use the 57 well enough now). Thanks man.
Question to everyone: what about the Beta 58? I've heard a *good* things about this mic locally, but it's not been discussed as much here. I like Shure and I found this mic at around $160 or $170...but then I am an amature (BIG TIME).
Slackmaster 2000