Hi guys,

first thanks a lot for the sharing of your passions.

i'll probably work on recording a "only vocals" project.
i'm wondering how to achieve a good take of the guy making drums and bass with his mouth .

this blows a lot of air and plosives onto the diaphragm,so 'I'm thinking about a dynamic.(sm7,d112,m88).

I want to step up to a mic for about $1000-$2000. No more entry level large condenser mics. I want a keeper. I dont need all the patterns in my project studio, just for vocals. First thoughts are a Neumann TLM 193 or equivalent. I keep getting told just to buy a U87, but I cant seem to justify the expense if I dont have a use all of the mics patterns. Led Zeppelin/Zebra style vocals.

just wondering if anyone could give any suggestions on mics to use. I know i can do it direct but I have to record a live band.

At the moment I'm using a RODE NT1000 to record a girl with a very soft voice. Without eq she sounds very boomy and dull. To make her sound better I roll of the bottom and boost around 2k. I'm thinking that I might get better results by buying a mic that fits her better in the first place. Right now I'm using Mackie preamps but I plan to buy a Phoenix Audio DRS-1.

Has anyone heard or used the M-audio Solaris? It seems like it would be a good versatile mic for $300 (it has 3 polar patterns, bass rolloff, -10db pad, etc). My other options would be an AT 4040, or possibly the CAD M-9 (if I go for a tube mic)...any thoughts on these three mics?

Anybody know spec of the old Tube that fit K2 for Fat sound ? Please recommend
Thanks

when i try to record vocals on this mic i have i get static and i was wondering if anybody had any tips on how to reduce it some what there is some hiss but mostly pops

perhaps this is a tired topic, but my searches didnt bring up too much.

Looking for a mic preamp with optical digital outs. Have seen several listed with digital outs but not sure if they or optical or not. Not looking to spend more than $500.00 so maybe this should go in budget gear! Will be using the pre for my Earthworks SRO and going into my minidisc. Any help would be appreciated.

Ok hello agian,

I just got 3 mics from my dads friend at Shure Mic. Co.

I got a

SM57
Beta 57A
BG40