So my band played a show the other night, and afterwards the FOH came to my singer and told him he should use some mic that works well with loud singers (?)

I didn't hear this aside but my singer said all he remembered was it goes for about $180...

I call BS, but if anyone has an idea of this mic let me know!

Thanks!

Hi all, I am in the market for a new flavor mic and have wanted to get a ribbon mic. This is my hobby studio, I just write my own music, record it, and occasionally record my friends band for demos. Nothing major. But I would like to get a ribbon for vocals and possibly Micing some Pipes, from reading here I'm guessing the ribbon gives kind of more of a bluesy vocal sound.

i can either get an AKG C2000B and a C100S or a RODE NT1A.
any opinions / advice would be great.

i have been using a pretty simple setup (a boss bcr 900 eight track into a desktop program)

i ran into a snag

when i use a phantom powered microphone with the 8 track, i pick up radio signals into my tracks.
dry mics are fine. but

obviously i don't want this to happen anymore. would anybody know a good way to get rid of that unwanted noise?

Hi there,

The question is quite obvious from the subject of the post: I'm looking to buy my first LDC, and was wondering which of the above was best. It will be used mainly for vocals - male and female - so it will have to be quite versatile. It would be great if I could use it for other sources as well though (acoustic guitar, toms, strings).

Is it possible to do MS with 3 cardioids instead of 1 cardioid and 1 figure 8?

I am using an SM57 to record my guitar cabinet. At random times during a recording the volume level will drop signifigantly (like -10 dB) and randomly return to its normal level. It generally does not stay between the two extremes. Also the line can get a little noisy when this happens (not a lot like a loud hum, but noticable enough where it is annoying).

Also I haven't tried out any Neumann or RODE mics, which model do you recommend I try?

Here is what I'm working with: Sterling ST55 Condenser Mic, 1XLR Cable plugging the Mic into an MBOX 2, 1 USB Cable Plugging My MBOX 2 into my comp.

Following up on suggestions from another thread, I decided to purchase an M-Audio Axion and just starting to play around with it now. The, inconvenience I guess you could say, is that it takes up a USB port where my wireless mouse was.