[LAU] best cheap mic(s) for acoustic / vocal recording?

[Arnold Krille]

Am Mittwoch, 11. April 2007 schrieb Loki Davison:
> Thread hijack so i changed the name... I want to record acoustic
> guitar and vocals. Price limit is < AUD$300 so i'm thinking of 2
> behringer c-2's ($75!!) and stereo mic pre or a single SM Pro mic 1
> condenser and pre. Are cheap condensers better than sm57/58 of the
> same price? Any recommendations?

Since some time I do have a strong urge not to buy behringer. They make same 
good stuff. And they are certainly worth the price. But nothing more...
And while the headphone-amp of behringer is kind of a standard, the mics are 
most probably some cheap imitations (like there mixers).

My band-leader owns a Tube-Mic (a Fame from musicstore) which was cheap (ie. 
in the price-range you mentioned) but sounds warmer than my C4s and so we use 
it for vocals and guitar. Both for acoustic guitar and for electric-guitar, 
altough the guitarist would be satisfied to directly plug in I think going 
through his (not so high-quality) amp and the tube-mic adds some great value 
to the signal.

I wouldn't go for cheap condensors (<100€ per part).

If you want to use your mic(s) on stage too, I would go for Shure SM58 or even 
better Shure Beta58 (or 57 for instruments-only). The later one is also 
usable in studio for recording percussions.

For live the SM57 can be substituted by thomann the.mic mb75 if you are on a 
budget...

Have a nice day,

Arnold
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