16 Jul
2014
16 Jul
'14
9:59 p.m.
I was in a recording studio: the guy had me
sing through an SM57. Then he had me sing
through some $2000 mic.
Listening back, I could barely hear the
difference, some slight "betterness" in the
1500 frequency range that most listeners
would
never recognize while they're talking
to each other or doing the dishes or whatever
they do when they turn music on.
The SM57 is cardiode and has bass roll-off
below 40 Hz. Most mics roll. bass off below
50 Hz.
The SM58 is cardiode and rolls bass off at
50 Hz and has a slight boost in the above
1500 range (to bring out sibilance and other
consonant distinctions as well as natural
overtones of the singer's overall physical
structure.
Both the 57 adn the 58 (and most other
dynamic mics) roll highs off at 15K Hz. There
are some variations in the >15K Hz responses
(beware of peaks, don't consider valleys).
If I were to buy just one mic, it'd be the
SM57 (not the Beta 57). It does reasonably
well with voice, cymbols, kick drum, pretty
much the entire audio spectrum.
On 07/16/2014 11:41 AM, Ivan K wrote:
Well, I ordered my microphone preamp, now I need a
microphone.
Based on the archives of this list and my budget, I identified
three. What I mostly will be doing is:
(1) Recording voice, either speaking or singing
(2) Recording acoustic instruments (classical guitar, clarinet)
(3) Recording chamber music.
So the three microphones are:
(a) Shure SM57 (Is there a difference between the SM57 and SM57-LC?)
(b) Shure SM58 (Though which one: the SM58-LC, SM58-CN or SM58S ?)
(c) CAD gxl 2200 large diaphragm condenser $60
Just from my naive understanding, the SM57 seems like it might be the
best "general purpose" microphone for my needs.
Do people have advice or other recommendations? Thanks.
Eventually I will buy a second microphone for stereo recording.
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