Musical techno-geekery: can anyone recommend a half-decent reasonably priced microphone?

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Mostly recording straight to Mac, wherein vocals will be mixed in with some music MP3d by a mate.

― rock and roll super stardom awaits, Tuesday, 4 April 2006 11:16 (twenty years ago)

Shure SM58

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 16:34 (twenty years ago)

I just realized last night I was talking to the singer from belle and sebastian and he had been touring using my equipment and I was afriad he would ask to use my SURE sm-58 - $100 and they sound great

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

If you're recording straight to Mac, you'll either need to rely on its internal analog-to-digital conversion, or purchase an audio interface (M-Audio is among the more popular inexpensive brands), or ...

... you can get a USB microphone, which converts to digital within the microphone and sends the results to your Mac via a USB cable. I have a Blue Microphones Snowball that works this way and I recommend it highly if it fits your budget.

http://www.bluemic.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Products&file=index&prod_id=18

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

I have a very inexpensive USB condenser microphone from Samson, which I'm really quite happy with -- $80, no interface needed, and certainly gets the job done for vocals.

― nabiscothingy, Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:34 (twenty years ago)

MXL 2003 is very good for vocals, and often come bundled with a small diaphragm condenser which is good for guitars. You will need phantom power, though, and some kind of decent preamp.

― andy ---, Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

a. SM57
b. SM58
c. Who cares?

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 19:47 (twenty years ago)

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