Mic Help

[6_strings_for_life]

well im not gonna be using it for just for home recordings. im also gonna try to play some open mics with it. I want something that is very versitile. But thanks for the suggestion tripping, i will look into that mic. please keep the ideas coming. thanks so much for all the help thus far!

[Trippin Hillbilly]

Open mics generally have their own equipment.

[jwool]

for $100, you cannot go wrong with the shure 57 or 58. they are in just about EVERY major studio in the world. both have the same capsule, just a different wind screen. the 58 is suited for vocals, and the 57 is best suited for instruments, though there are many artists who use it as a vocal mic. If you're going to be using mostly instruments, get the 57--mostly vocals, get the 58. Regardless, you will not notice a difference in sound quality by getting one or the other. Buy a cheap boom stand used, as someone else pointed out. Oh, and one more note, the 57 is usually $10 cheaper than the 58.

You should never have to bring a mic to an open mic, btw.

[jwool]

if you wanted to use the B1, you would need to purchase a power supply because the mic is a condesor mic and needs to be powered with phantom power. The cheapest decent mic pres cost $100, so that will put you over your budget. Also, using a condensor mic is very tricky in a live situation...it is very easy to get feedback unless you have the proper equipment. Condesors are VERY sensitive to sound--if you plug one into your amp and sing into it, youll immediately get feedback because it will pickup so much noise from the room, whereas a dynamic is very directional and only picks up sound directly in front of it. typically, the only condesors you will see onstage are drum overheads.

hope this is helpful.

[6_strings_for_life]

wow thanks so much jwool, that helped alot. I think i am going to get either the 57 or the 58, cause I want something that is good and reliable. I dont want to have to deal with all these condenser issues. Now I just have to pick between the 57 and 58. If anyone else is reading this and looking for a mic, dont overlook the shure's, everywhere I look people seem to be everflowing with good things to say about them!

[thejoe]

i have a couple shures

they are simply the best for value and quality, period