Microphones

Wez · Post by **Wez** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:28 pm

What's a decent entry microphone. I'm not gonna be singing clean. Screams and growels basically. I fucked around whilst the singer of my housemates band was taking a rest and was told I sounded cool, so I wanna persue it. I'm not looking to spend amazing coin here. I'm a student who has bills to pay and food to put on the table. A very solid mic for the cash would be welcome. Worthy of gigs to be honest as I wouldn't plan on upgrading over the next half a year or so.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:01 am

I think Phil uses one of the Beta series mics from Shure. The singer in my band used that, it was very solid and took a lot of abuse and sounded good as well.

wal · Post by **wal** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 3:24 am

shure sm-58

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:41 am

wal wrote:shure sm-58

Crow · Post by **Crow** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:05 am

^^ thats the go man, strong, good size. last one i got was $150 (aus)

scrotal_tug · Post by **scrotal_tug** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:31 pm

Chris wrote:
wal wrote:shure sm-58

Revolver · Post by **Revolver** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:04 pm

Depends what your gonna' use it for, i'd look for a dynamic normally.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:12 pm

SM-58 or SM-57.

hippy · Post by **hippy** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:17 pm

i like the 57 because its great for singing and then it's also great for recording guitar.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:54 pm

hippy wrote:i like the 57 because its great for singing and then it's also great for recording guitar.

Yeah 58's are pretty much just vocal mics for live use, in my opinion. IF you're going to record vocals at all, you should be using a condenser anyway.

And 57's are still the go-to mic for snare drum sounds and overheads even in studios with millions of dollars worth of gear.

SuicideNote · Post by **SuicideNote** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:07 am

PflÃ¶yd wrote:
hippy wrote:i like the 57 because its great for singing and then it's also great for recording guitar.
Yeah 58's are pretty much just vocal mics for live use, in my opinion. IF you're going to record vocals at all, you should be using a condenser anyway.

And 57's are still the go-to mic for snare drum sounds and overheads even in studios with millions of dollars worth of gear.

Drum overheads? Are you sure?

Metallash · Post by **Metallash** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:04 pm