Hi all,

Setting the scene...

I'm looking to get a good stage mic to use for vocals on a alto/tenor-range female vocalist who is just a little breathy...

I'm looking to spend

Shure Beta87
AKG C535EB
Beyerdynamic M-88 (might be over $300?)
Beyerdynamic TG-X 80
Beyerdynamic Opus 81
Electro-Voice N/D767a
Electro-Voice 367

I am a bass player by trade and want to start recording my gigs. I will be using my SP C4's into my JB3. Usually the stages are small and we are cramped pretty close in a corner of the room. There are guitar bass and drums. From a few bad experiences with drunk people I do not set my gear off of the stage while I am playing. What would be some options for making a decent recording?

Last fall I did a multitrack recording of my friends band playing live. So I went to order a 100' 16-channel stage snake. Unfortunately at time of purchase I was down to the wire with time and bought the only one I could get which was the horizon 100' 16/4 stage series. Did the recording and the snake seemed to work just fine.

I am in the on-stage engineer for my band and all our live instruments go through an fully automated submixer linked into Abelton Live where they have been optimally mixed for each song.

A fair amount of my work is recording live concerts - usually acoustic music - not rockish things. I have a few SM58s - sometimes they do the job, sometimes they leave a lot to be desired.

I'm looking for a 40ft. 12 channel XLR panel/XLR stage snake for recording drums in a different part of the house. I was thinking about getting a ProCo one, are there any other high-quality brands out there that I should also check out?

I sing bass in a southern gospel quartet. I don't have a great voice, it doesn't have the edge or presence I wish it had. It seems to have to much at around 200 Hz with the mic I am using. I know you can't buy a voice but I think I could improve my sound with a different mic. I am currently using a Shure beta 87-A, and when I get up into it it seems to muddy.