Musicians! Tell me about your microphones!

What are you going to use it for? The Yeti is overpriced for what you get, but it's also primarily a spoken word kind of mic for vlogs and podcasts. You said musicians in the title, so I'd assume singing. The Yeti is also a very large mic and needs a $50 proprietary mount to get it to fit on a stand properly.

I'd look at the Shure SM58 myself. There's a reason it's the standard live vocal mic for most concert vocalists. It will need an XLR - USB interface but you could probably get that, the mic, a stand and XLR cable for around 200.
 
Tarmack said:
What are you going to use it for? The Yeti is overpriced for what you get, but it's also primarily a spoken word kind of mic for vlogs and podcasts. You said musicians in the title, so I'd assume singing. The Yeti is also a very large mic and needs a $50 proprietary mount to get it to fit on a stand properly.

I'd look at the Shure SM58 myself. There's a reason it's the standard live vocal mic for most concert vocalists. It will need an XLR - USB interface but you could probably get that, the mic, a stand and XLR cable for around 200.
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When I used to sing I had the SM58 and loved the quality from it, I never recorded but back then the sound was great straight out of the amplifier the only thing is I am pretty sure I needed an adapter but that was for plugging it into amp.
 
Michael said:
When I used to sing I had the SM58 and loved the quality from it, I never recorded but back then the sound was great straight out of the amplifier the only thing is I am pretty sure I needed an adapter but that was for plugging it into amp.
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It's also a beast of a mic. You could throw it across the room and it'll still work. I'm not so sure the Yeti would survive the flight. By adapter you mean an XLR to 1/4Inch jack (guitar plug)?
 
Tarmack said:
It's also a beast of a mic. You could throw it across the room and it'll still work. I'm not so sure the Yeti would survive the flight. By adapter you mean an XLR to 1/4Inch jack (guitar plug)?
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They hold their value rather well if you ever want to sell too, I believe it was yes :D
 
Tarmack said:
What are you going to use it for? The Yeti is overpriced for what you get, but it's also primarily a spoken word kind of mic for vlogs and podcasts. You said musicians in the title, so I'd assume singing. The Yeti is also a very large mic and needs a $50 proprietary mount to get it to fit on a stand properly.

I'd look at the Shure SM58 myself. There's a reason it's the standard live vocal mic for most concert vocalists. It will need an XLR - USB interface but you could probably get that, the mic, a stand and XLR cable for around 200.
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I've an SM58 for a long time. It's certainly great for live performances, but I'm recording right now so I'm needing a condenser mic.

The SE X1 that @Little Recordings suggested looks good, but if I'm going to spend over $300 I'd probably rather go with a bluebird :3

Too many choices!
 
chazzalyn said:
I've an SM58 for a long time. It's certainly great for live performances, but I'm recording right now so I'm needing a condenser mic.

The SE X1 that @Little Recordings suggested looks good, but if I'm going to spend over $300 I'd probably rather go with a bluebird :3

Too many choices!
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There isn't necessarily anything special about condensers for studio recording. They can actually cause issues by being too sensitive in rooms not treated for sound.

Now, that said you can get around those issues a bit by getting a foam booth.
http://www.amazon.ca/Electronics-Re...id=1403618706&sr=8-2&keywords=recording+booth

And then putting up a heavy moving blanket on the wall behind you.
 
Tarmack said:
There isn't necessarily anything special about condensers for studio recording. They can actually cause issues by being too sensitive in rooms not treated for sound.

Now, that said you can get around those issues a bit by getting a foam booth.
http://www.amazon.ca/Electronics-Reflexion-Filter-Recording-Microphone/dp/B00C7OF69M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403618706&sr=8-2&keywords=recording booth

And then putting up a heavy moving blanket on the wall behind you.
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I was thinking of getting the portable foam booth, and before buying it I was lucky enough to know a person with one an I borrowed it for testing.

Do not buy it, it is a waste money. If you are going to buy one, get the more expensive one, such as this, since this one actually atleast has good material, rather than the cheap one, which is just foam, which does a little bit, but at the same time, because its only foam can redirect the audio back into the mic and create a load of problems:
http://www.amazon.ca/SE-Electronics...&keywords=SE+Electronics+Reflexion+Filter+PRO

After having a few weeks with those reflector shields, they are not worth the money in my opinion. For that price you can get proper reflection panels that you can mount on the walls and get a carpet, and you will have a better result.
 
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