29 Jul
2005
29 Jul
'05
1:02 p.m.
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:55:12AM +0100, James Stone wrote:
On the subject of Mics, does anyone think it is worth
spending anything on
a low-end microphone considering I will be recording in a room with
echoing walls, and a not=so silent computer, into a cheap SBLive! card??
I've been getting a lot of mileage out of my MXL V67G, which
goes for about $99 US. If you google around you'll find that
a lot of low-end professionals consider it one of the "good"
cheap large-diaphragm condenser mics. (There are plenty of bad ones too.)
But still, my vote for the best bang-for-buck mic is a used
Sennheiser MD421. Sounds pretty good on everything you point it at,
very sturdy (will probably outlive the MXL by several decades),
much wider / smoother response than an SM57.
New $300 US, used around $200 US.
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Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com