Arnold Krille wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 11. April 2007 schrieb Loki Davison: >> Thread hijack so i changed the name... I want to record acoustic >> guitar and vocals. Price limit is < AUD$300 so i'm thinking of 2 >> behringer c-2's ($75!!) and stereo mic pre or a single SM Pro mic 1 >> condenser and pre. you are talking about the "most important" part of your studio: mic+preamp! - you'll want a compressor, too - but not for $300. aah don't forget the to add the budget for a Spider and Popper-Stopper, but a nylon and some wire does the trick, too ;) >> Are cheap condensers better than sm57/58 of the >> same price? Any recommendations? for acoustic guitar probably yes. - but a sm58 always comes in handy as does a sm57. ;) i suggest to get one mid-class Mic eg. AGK200 or AT4033 and a (mono) tube-preamp (eg. presonus). unless it's just s tmp. hobby I suggest you rob your piggy bank.. over here, 500 euro seems to be the pedestal for a basic good home recording. 2000 for a proper. 12000 to start a studio... - a Shure is always a good tentative solution.. when recording acoustic guitar place the condenser in front of the it (does not need to be close) but put the SM58 close to the neck-end. (a sm57 is even better) If your guitar has a built-in pick up, record it as well. adding *a little* of those other mics will greatly improve the ambience of many home- recordings! > Since some time I do have a strong urge not to buy behringer. They make same > good stuff. And they are certainly worth the price. But nothing more... > And while the headphone-amp of behringer is kind of a standard, the mics are > most probably some cheap imitations (like there mixers). > > My band-leader owns a Tube-Mic (a Fame from musicstore) which was cheap (ie. > in the price-range you mentioned) but sounds warmer than my C4s and so we use > it for vocals and guitar. Both for acoustic guitar and for electric-guitar, > altough the guitarist would be satisfied to directly plug in I think going > through his (not so high-quality) amp and the tube-mic adds some great value > to the signal. i can second that. - but there's some magic in high-end analog audio equipment that is just unbeatable... > I wouldn't go for cheap condensors (<100� per part). ack. you will regret it. - there are a few cheap but good condenser-mics though. even below 30 euro. Some of them beat "brand-name" products in the 100 euro range... > If you want to use your mic(s) on stage too, I would go for Shure SM58 or even > better Shure Beta58 (or 57 for instruments-only). The later one is also > usable in studio for recording percussions. > > For live the SM57 can be substituted by thomann the.mic mb75 if you are on a > budget... > > Have a nice day, ditto, robin > Arnold > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
