I am looking for a mic for general recording purposes. I will use it mainly for recording voice overs and sound effects.

I've heard some good things about Shure sm 58 for its price, any recommendations?

I am looking for mics in the medium-low budget range..

thanks!

Has anyone tried one of these? How do they compare to the R121?

Thanks,

Pete

Do you all listen to the source in isolation? With the tracks/band playing? I don't have a separate control room, and am trying to get better sounds at the mic. What sounds good to me sometimes ends up a bit soft/warm/undefined in the mix. I know experience will help here, but I'm wondering how you all know when you find the sweet spot for an instrument. Thanks for your replies.

I'm a musician who is putting together a home studio for demoing and possibly recording a 4 piece rock band. I've never used anything outside of a portable 4-track casette studio by myself, but have spent time in a pro studio recording an album. I got a very nice deal on a PC-based Pro Tools LE system with a digi 001 which I'll be setting up in an insulated, mid-sized basement space.

I am new to MS Micing and want to try it. I understand you need to use a figure 8 mic and make a cord where one input is out of phase with the other.

I've been do my own recording in my basement with some complete crap equipement (a tube preamp, 4 channel mixer, sm-57, large diaphragm condenser mic, 4 other dynamic mics), and a laptop. My budget is severly limited (university student here).

HI!

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Thanks for you input!
Cheers,
Stefan

HI!

Hi friends,
I will be soon recording a Horns Band, with 35/40 very young but good musicians on a budget project.
I have previuosly recorded nice small Camerata CDs and horns section inside my studio, but now it will be a complete different approach.
I have the following mics on here:
2 AT 4050
2 C3000B

Whichmic and pre combination would you use?
I'm tracking 8 tracks of drums (well 6 cause I don't have the tom mics yet) I'm tracking to HD.
This is what I have for drums:

Pres
8- Neve 1073
2- Neve 1081
2- Avalon 737sp
2- API 512c