Budget Mic's

invisibled · Post by **invisibled** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:22 pm

Hey guys,

I've been recording lot's of vocals for my new tracks, but the mic i have right now is lacking, and just doesn't capture the sound like I want it to. I'm not suprised, it was $100 (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/B1Mic) but I was wondering if any of you DIY'ers have used or do use a good vocal mic that is not $5000 +

Thanks!

benjam · Post by **benjam** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:08 pm

Shure sm58 probably cant be beaten at that price

Triphosphate · Post by **Triphosphate** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:01 pm

I got a dinky little dynamic mic for 25 bucks that rivals a sm58 for specs, guitar center has some amazing holiday deals if you're willing to wait.

DrastikMeazures · Post by **DrastikMeazures** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:45 pm

The Sure sm7b is supposedly what Michael Jackson used on Thriller, everybody always want's to use a condenser mic for vocals, sometimes a dynamic mic is the sound your after.

judge_banks · Post by **judge_banks** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:02 pm

I've used the Bluebird from Blue several times before and LOVED it. I think its $200 US new

Triphosphate · Post by **Triphosphate** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:39 am

judge_banks wrote:I've used the Bluebird from Blue several times before and LOVED it. I think its $200 US new

Bluebird is the little baby bottle? right? Both of those mics are amazing, but I think the blue is a bit more than 200... the $200 one is the spark... it's available for $199 online here + shipping and handling http://www.americanmusical.com/BLUE

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:29 am

SM57s are an obvious mention.

DrastikMeazures wrote:The Sure sm7b is supposedly what Michael Jackson used on Thriller, everybody always want's to use a condenser mic for vocals, sometimes a dynamic mic is the sound your after.

The SM7B is like 350-400? You can get great mics for cheaper.

Triphosphate wrote:
judge_banks wrote:I've used the Bluebird from Blue several times before and LOVED it. I think its $200 US new
Bluebird is the little baby bottle? right? Both of those mics are amazing, but I think the blue is a bit more than 200... the $200 one is the spark... it's available for $199 online here + shipping and handling http://www.americanmusical.com/BLUE

I am actually going to get one of these soon.

They're stupidly sexy looking too!

Shum · Post by **Shum** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:46 am

Personally I would be careful with picking Blue microphones. In my experience they aren't the sort of mics you just put in front of something and get a decent sound out of immediately compared to say an SM57/8, they are very much precision tools. I'm speaking from experience with the higher end (read: more expensive

) models but I imagine this design philosophy flows down to their cheaper mics, of course I could be completely wrong ha ha.

My recommendation is the Sennheiser e 935, no idea how much it costs but it can't be expensive and your clever enough to use Google I'm sure.

Triphosphate · Post by **Triphosphate** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:50 am

Blue's are definitely finicky, you kinda have to develop a relationship with it to use it to it's fullest, especially when you start dealing with bottle caps. Turns 1 mic into 9, and its just downright fun to try them all out to see which fits for your instrument/singers... not cheap at all though. heh.

invisibled · Post by **invisibled** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:10 am

hey guys, sorry for the delay, been hard at work on my tracks. I've read everything you guys have said and am interested in the bluebird or baby bottle. Read a bunch about them and looked up some videos. Now to get some cash for it

jrisreal · Post by **jrisreal** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:47 am

Blue yeti $130

It's got REALLY nice sound for the price.

invisibled · Post by **invisibled** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:34 pm

thanks man!

dmisreal · Post by **dmisreal** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:55 pm

audio technica at2020 http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-AT ... 302&sr=1-2

sunny_b_uk · Post by **sunny_b_uk** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:36 pm

i ordered a Shure SM57 for only £55

($84.99 in total for US dollars) >> http://www.eeepcssd.com/product_info.ph ... cts_id=690
i think i found an amazing deal on that one, can't wait till it arrives!

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