For a hundred dollars I would get a Shure sm 57 or sm 58- You can't go wrong with those- If I had $200 I would get a Studio projects C1 or a Rode NT1-

Stay away from the Behringer. They make pretty crappy stuff that usually breaks or catches on fire.

I recomend the [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.studiopr…"]Studio Projects B1[/]="http://www.studiopr…"]Studio Projects B1[/].

This is a fixed pattern, cardioid Large Diaphragm mic that is suitable for a lot of different applications.

I usually don't recommend inexpensive equipment but in the case of the B1, I can say that I have used it with great results. It's hard to believe that PMI got all that sound into a mic that retails for less than $100, but they did.

Kurt Foster

Thankz a lot for your posts...i don't know if i could find the Studio Projects B1 here in my country, and if would be 100 dollaras , but i ll look for it....
About the Rode NT1 i think i can't afford it now (i have to buy a mixer too) i ll look for the studio projects B1 and then tell you..Thanks a lot, really...anyway if theres another mic you think i should take a look, please advise me ;)
c ya!

ADK is another China-mic that's pretty good, and you can get nice condenser microphones for a hundred bucks. I woulnd't go for a dynamic mic like the Shure SM57/58, think a condenser would pick up a lot more detail.

You might try a MXL V67G mic from Marshall Electronics. They're about $100.. I've had some good luck recording acoustic guitar with a pair of them in stereo. From what i've heard they're pretty good vocal mics too. Never tried it though, I don't sing to good! Very good condensor mics.

You should put your headphones on the mic input and give it a lot of gain and you will get a sound out of it like a Neumann U87 sondrobized and overruled by 3 mhz cantimplora and amplified by an Anita Dark or Ciccolina´s compressor for an italian hot sound.
Truly speaking, for a good chain of recording i would not buy less than an Nt1 or Studio project (which i don´t know but i heard it is good) a good preamp (at least a mackie mixer) and a good Pc Card.

1000 Dollars.

Bye.

about the mics and the rode NT

Hi again..well i have been looking for mics and i decided the Rode would be an excelent mic for what i need..i would like to know wich is better, or better for what i need (record guitars, vocals, piano, sintetizers, etc) the rode NT1 or the rode NT1-A
(i have 200 dollars to invert)
(pd: Yes , i earned 100 dollars more) :D
Thankz a lot, really, and i wait for an answer ..c ya and thanks
bye

the nt1 is the old version- If you are lucky to get a early one you'll get a great mic- unfortunately the changed the capsule later so its a gamble to get a good one... get the new improved nt1a, I understand they improved the capsule again and its again a great mic for the $$$

you can't go wrong with a shure 57.

Hi, it's me again...well i listened to the rode nt1a and rode nt1000 and liked very much, but i would like a sound with more body. The Nt1000 sounds a bit brigthly to me i think....what about the ntk? is there another mick around the 200-300 dollaras that should i consider? (for recording vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano and voices)
thanks a lot and forgive my english :oops:
waits for your answer... ;)

Studio projects C1- $199- you can buy them on Ebay if you don't have a dealer in Buenos Aires

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Thanks a lot! ok, if you think the Studio Projects C1 would be better for what i want than the Rode NT1A i will buy the c1..but let me ask you one more thing (sorry for being so annoying :D )

I like the soundingto be full, with body, with brights BUT most important with good lows..i don't know if i explain ok..
oki, wait for your anser and then buy the mic!!! ;)
Thanks a lot.,, Really

maintiger wrote: For a hundred dollars I would get a Shure sm 57 or sm 58- You can't go wrong with those-

Good call, Good quality, solid mics. That are SOLID

Well...i am driving crazy!! :roll: wich mic should i buy...i am between a Rode NT1A, Studio projects C1 and now..shure sm 57?
here in my country i can't liste the rode and SP C1, so i can't decide ok on my own...please advise me about that...as i sayd i want a sound with body and full...no brigthly and without lows....
thanks

for a first mic get the sm57 its the industry standard workhorse mic. i could not see you ever replacing it with anything other than a sm 57

i hated the way the NT1a sounded,too damn bright and sharp,good for an r&b singer[female]......

so instead i got a AT 3035 and love it....
next is the blue baby bottle....
then......

.....Nueman......

goodlcuk

id say if shure is one of your top 3 then go for it...its also the cheapest of the bunch..

Ok..I am interested in the mic you tell me (At 3035) i looked info on inet and seemed good for what i m looking for, but i would like to hear something of it before buying it...Do u have some recordings you could send me?? i would be very pleasure and gratefull if i could listen something recorded on AT 3035. (please if you do so, specify which equipment did you use (e.g. soundcard, pre, software, etc))
One more thing..i think i coulb buy a tube mic pream (new or used) from about 100-140 dollars. Cause i am looking for a sound warm an full...with lows but beatifull and warm brights)
Think it's a good idea..if so, wich one would u recomend me?
THANKS A LOT, really, this forum is the only source where i can talk with people who really understands about this, so all your answers are really important to me.

PD:my mail is tonato17@yahoo.com
I wait for your answer, and thankz a lot , really =)

Hi!! Cedar Flat Fats (Kurt??) ....what do u recommend me? i am between:
- Rode Nt1A
- Studio Projects C1
- Audio Technica 3035

i am wondering a full and warm sound, not brighly without body (i understand that the mic is not the only variable for that) One more thing..i want to could record electric guitars at a loud volume and keep the sound clear and not saturated ....
I hope your answers so i can buy it and start to record my music ;)
ps: hope for your advise about the mic pres..(i have done a new thread about that)
THANKS once again..you are all really cool people! :)