best cheap mic?

[TomG10-7]

Hi, ive just started getting into production. I use FL studio 8 and am wondering what is the best cheap mic to get? I would be unwilling to spend more that £50.
Cheers

[upstateface]

well you can start by telling us what you're recording.

[deadly_habit]

that and condenser or dynamic or ribbon

[Ongelegen]

under 50 you wont find anything good

[collige]

that and condenser or dynamic or ribbon

So any mic basically

Edit: Oh, I misunderstood what you were saying. As a total noob to recording I doubt he would know the difference.

[DZA]

sm58 is 60

[safeandsound]

Bypassing the "one mic will not do everything perfectly" and responding directly....
add a little more cash and buy an SM57, it will record anything with a 1/2 decent result.
It will not work well with an internal minijack soundcard on a mac or pc it will need a
mic preamp that is not complete cr*p, any basic mic input on a USB/PCI soundcard
would do the job at a basic level. You buy second hand from ebay but do not touch any from
Hong Kong or China (lots of fakes about).

SM57 will excel on snare, toms and male vocals, not so good with any acoustic strung instruments.

You are not going to get a lot of condensor mic for GBP50.00
If you really cannot stretch any further this is the mic...

http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_sc40 ... nmikro.htm

or look for a SAMSON CO1 (hypercardioid)

A condenser should sound decent on most sources but not close mic'd
drums unless it has pads and can take the high SPL's generated by such sources.
At this price point the trade off will be noise, might be slightly hissier than more expensive models
and the top end might not be quite as smooth as better models.

For a condensor you will need a preamp that can supply 48Volts phantom power, check your sound card/preamp can before you buy.

For vocals you will need to add in some cash GBP15.00 or so for a pop shield which is
pretty much essential for both the mics above.

Hope this helps.

cheers

[deadly_habit]

sm58 is 60

blah
so many better mics at same price point

[DZA]

Liar

[deadly_habit]

Liar

do some side by side comparisons

[Brisance]

An Oxymoron?

[deadly_habit]

An Oxymoron?

depends on your definition of cheap heh
generally yes though
your gonna spend 100$ minimum

[my_fickle_eye]

red 5 audio dont do a shabby condensor for the price.

[komanderkin]

my behringer xm8500 is simply stunning. and you won't believe it's price when you see it. and you won't believe how many people hate behringer for no reason.

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/revi ... M8500/10/1

[deadly_habit]

my behringer xm8500 is simply stunning. and you won't believe it's price when you see it. and you won't believe how many people hate behringer for no reason.

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/revi ... M8500/10/1

no for no reason but that is one of their few decent products

[FSTZ]

sm58 is 60

blah
so many better mics at same price point

Audix om2

[deadly_habit]

sm58 is 60

blah
so many better mics at same price point

Audix om2

yep and thats just one

[setspeed]

my behringer xm8500 is simply stunning. and you won't believe it's price when you see it. and you won't believe how many people hate behringer for no reason.

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/revi ... M8500/10/1

i know loads of people who hate behringer, all for exactly the same reason - they bought some behringer stuff and it fell apart within months. i don't know anyone who hates them for no reason though!

[alphacat]

Without jumping into the pissing match, I'd like to point out that a good quality mic preamp is also necessary, otherwise it almost doesn't matter how much you spent on it...

[FSTZ]

haha

what do you mean phantom power??