Vocals and overhead

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I'm planning to expand my mic cabinet and I've about $400 to spend. The usage will be for vocals and drums overhead. At first I was thinking of a pair of AKG C1000's for overhead and another condenser of vocals, but this would far exceed my budget. So would a pair of Audio Technica AT3035 or a pair of Rode NT1 do the job? I.e. are the AT3035 or Rode NT1 suitable for drum overhead? (I've never heard people mentioning these for overhead.)
 
MXL 603s for overheads $80 each
MXL V67G For Vocals $189
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Total Cost = $349 (from www.8thstreet.com)

Believe me when I tell you that you will be happy with these mics. Not only are the 603s' good for overheads, they are good for acoustic guitar and a stereo pair of LD condensers could be good for a variety of uses. The V67g is good on vocals for sure. In fact just used both of them this weekend. V67G on the singer and 603s' on the overheads with only the bass and snare miced. I got a very good sound and this was in a living room, not a studio. So if you have a nicer room I would imagine you might get even better results than I did. And if you still don't believe me do a search for any of these two mics in this forum and you will get a multitude of praise for them, with little criticism.

Beezoboy
 
I personally don't like the Rodes (NT1 or NT2) for overheads.

They have this high-end bump that sounds good on some vocalists, and great on accoustic guitar. But it can be a nightmare on drums because you get this annoying brittleness on the cymbals that just can't seem to be eq'ed out no matter what you do.

I'm not sure about the AT's because I have no personal experience with them. But I really like what I've heard from the 4033's and 4035's a lot. If it were me, I'd just get a couple of Marshall mxl 603's and stick those up for overheads ($140 for a pair), and get a vocal mic with what I had left over. Maybe an NT1, Studio Projects, or a Marshall v67.
 
I agree with Beezoboy, but you can get the Mars Music version of the V67 (called V67m) for $99. I think the V67g comes with the shock mount, but that hardly justifies the extra $90 the v67g costs. Aside from the color, the v67g and v67m appear to be identical.

If you are really on a budget, you could even try the V67 as a sinlge overhead. I've messed around with it just a little, and think it sounds pretty damn good on my kit. I still generally use the MXL 603s as overheads though.

I used to have the c1000s as overheads, and I tell you the 603 blows it away, and for much less money.
 
If you have a well treated room the Ecm8000s are worth ten times the 29.00 price tag.
 
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