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Microphone Suggestions

  • 23-04-2011 7:33pm
    #1
    MaidenSlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 119 ✭✭


    I want to buy a microphone but haven't a clue what makes or models are any use. I'm looking something around €50, but I would rather pay more for a decent one than less for a crap one. I sing mainly rock/metal so anything that would best suit that type of genre, Cheers in advance!


Comments

  • #2
    Doc_Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Doc_Savage


    shure sm 58..

    the industry standard vocal mike used by pro's and pub giggers alike... spending money now will save money replacing or upgrading in the future... just get a good lead so that's not gonna let you down either!


  • #3
    Denalihighway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Denalihighway


    is it for live use? if so, then the Doc's suggestion is a no brainer.

    if it's for studio, you probably want to be looking at a condenser mic and the possibilities open up a good bit - and so does budget usually unfortunately, but there are budget options.


  • #4
    Hayte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 485 ✭✭Hayte


    for €50 its not like you have bucket loads of choice. Singing "rock/metal" doesn't mean anything. Whats your vocal range like? Do you sing loud?

    Generally, you want:

    1) Highly directional with strong rear and side rejection (super/hyper cardiod)
    2) Small Diaphragm

    That way you can literally felate the mic, dancing around with wild abandon and not have to worry about overloading it, feedback and picking up spill. Doesn't pick up alot of the room either which is nice if you play out in hovels with rubbish acoustics.

    You can't afford an SM58 on your budget. Or maybe you can if you are amenable to the idea of doubling your budget. Even used they hold value since its the type of mic where you could "always use another one". Its a cardiod dynamic but Jacko used it on Billy Jean and Bjork has used loads of them. But them folk could wail down a telephone and it would still sound amazing either way.

    Oktava MK-012 at around 100 quid used is a nice bet for a hyper cardiod SDC that you can later mod into a KM-84 clone if thats your cup of tea.

    If you are sticking ruthlessly to your budget try to find a used Electrovoice RE10, 11 or 15. Always try before you buy because there are no real good/bad mics. Its more about which mics flatter what you've got. Some people rave about U47 clones like AT4047s but those things are dark, bassy, roomy fothermuckers. Maybe if you can sing like Sinatra, it'll show up your good side but on me? 47 clones show up my weak, throaty, arthritic vocals for what they are.

    A good technical vocalist can sound great with any mic. Its all about control. For the rest of us mere mortals, we need to pick mics that flatter what we've got and hide what we don't.


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