Mics on a budget

joydivision

About 30 quid for a mic . What should I go for ?
Will it be cwap?

The Master

If it's just a general mic for getting ideas recorded and high quality isn't a major issue have a look around thomann.de or adverts.ie and you should get something within your budget.
Bear in mind €30 is really low for a mic anything in that price bracket wont really be that high in sound quality or build quality

TBH honest you won't really get anything stellar for €30

joydivision

Thanks . Is there anything I should look out for ?
I dont have the money to do the try a few of them trick.

Savman

For €30, don't bother. Seriously.

You can get used SM58's and 57's on Adverts for a little over twice your budget so just wait until you can, you'll be glad you did and it's not a great deal of money for something infinitely better in every conceivable way.

TroutMask

What do you want to use the microphone for? Also, what are you plugging the mic into?

joydivision

TroutMask wrote: »

What do you want to use the microphone for? Also, what are you plugging the mic into?

Recording a few demos . They dont have to be perfect quality . Its going into an behringer f audio control interface

wonski

joydivision wrote: »

Recording a few demos . They dont have to be perfect quality . Its going into an behringer f audio control interface

And you run into trouble again...
There is no mic input on this interface.
Unless you have a seperate mic preamp, you won't be able to do it.

joydivision

Can I not just unplug the guitar and plug it in there ?
Or plug it in the amp that feeds into the interface ?

wonski

That interface does not have mic input/preamp.
And your guitar amp does not have one too.

It is different plug/socket, not to mention signal levels.

joydivision

Awh the joys of trying to make something I know nothing about .

TroutMask

joydivision wrote: »

Recording a few demos . They dont have to be perfect quality . Its going into an behringer f audio control interface

Help us out here! What do you intend to record precisely: guitar; vocals; piano; didgeridoo; electric guitar; drums; bass; jaw harp; bass harmonica; hurdy-gurdy......????

What scenario do you envision: a multi-track overdubbed session(s); an all-in-one take session; a mixture of the two; or none of the above??

And..... do you see yourself as possibly having a long-term involvement with the world of recording/production ...... or..... this is just a passing interest......

I can help you.... a lot .... but need information

joydivision

Im looking to put a band together . But first I need to make my one man on an acoustic sound into how I want them to sound .
Multi track on a bit of bass vocals maybe keyboards harmonica .
With this rough multi track I hope to interest decent musicians .
I just want it to be good enough to show what I wanna do .

TroutMask

Seeing as how you don't have an interface with a mic pre - I'd say USB mic is the way forward:

http://www.thomann.de/ie/search.html?gk=migr&bn=&pr=&kf=on&oa=pra&wgfid1=7758&wgfid2=7762&wgfid3=7763&wgfid4=7764&wgfid5=7765&wgfid6=7767&wgfid7=7768&wgfid8=7813&wgfid9=11008&wgf11008=Yes

I'd say your 30 euro ceiling might have to come up a bit.

joydivision

Thats genius mr bat chain puller. Ill get one of them . Thanks

TroutMask

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