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ANOTHER vote for the 58, you can't go wrong with it.
I have a Sennheiser E835. I like it.
Dang, that just brought me back to 2005.
The classic Shure SM - can’t go wrong with one of these models
One of the reasons the SM58 is a classic is because of its excellent ability to reject off axis sounds and to resist feedback from floor monitors. The cardioid pattern is tight and there is just enough bandwidth that the voice sounds normal. Home recording track by track with headphones on doesn’t present as difficult an environment as the stage.
Not that a 58 is not handy in the studio, it can be good for rock vocals, voice over/narration (when paired with a pop screen). It lacks detail, air in the high end though, compared to a large diaphragm condenser. The 58 sounds like you’re on a mic, coming out of a PA, the LDC sounds like you’re in the room. They tend to flatter the sound of your voice.
The explosion of inexpensive Chinese condenser mics was a revelation for the low end of home recording. Why not jump in? Be worth looking up a video or sound samples of Chinese condenser “shootouts”.
Multi-pattern is nice if you’re doing everything with one mic, but most of the time you want cardioid, and always with solo voice. Low end roll off (hi-pass) switch is nice, to filter out rumble, but you can high pass in software with the eq in the first plugin slot. Shock mount is good but not crucial, the hard mic mount is ok if you highpass, and don’t tap your foot while you perform. Pop screen is crucial, I wouldn’t use a condenser mic with anyone without one.
You know, this being the iOS forum, the Apogee Mic (with USB/Lighting plugs) has been a great purchase. Nice sound quality, adjustable gain, truly portable with the iPad. Something like that would remain useful as long as you’re doing iOS music, even if you end up getting a higher end condenser mic at some point.
Hmmmm
I’ve been eyeing the Apogee Mic for a while, seems like a great purchase with really appealing specs, I would assume it outperforms the Yetis. I wonder though how to get around the fact that iOS doesn’t aggregate audio interfaces. Does plugging in a usb mic and an audio interface at the same time through a hub cancel one of them out? Or am I missing something? Seems like a multi channel interface with phantom power can easily overcome the aggregate issue, and certainly you can multitrack record audio and midi with separate connections, but can you add a usb mic to this setup as well?
I prefer the Beta 58 over the SM58.
For a large diaphragm condenser, look into MXL. They make some very nice mics in the $75 price range.
No. It’s (currently) just one or the other with iOS. For a studio setup built around the iPad, rather than a PC, it would make more sense to use a multi channel audio interface with midi, and a regular mic.
I believe you can use the USB mics, through a hub, to add USB MIDI with the mic, like, you’re singing and playing soft synths with a midi keyboard. Or vocoding
The apogee, and other usb mics would shine in a portable iOS kit, quick, temporary setups, or in a scenario where you would just record one track with one mic at a time, and you could plug it in and wear headphones when you do. Times when you don’t want to futz with an audio interface just to get a mic going.
Not being a singer, I love it with iOS for the sampling apps, narration, field recording, quick instrumental recording that would be good enough quality to use in a serious type recording.
“I’m in for two and I can pay!”
Me too. I bought a lot of 421n’s in Germany for very cheap years ago. I’ve killed two in kick drums but they were probably on the way out before that anyway.
Ha!!! We have one of them here on the session I’m doing right now. I changed the transformer to a cinemag years ago and that really smoothed the mic out. It now belongs to my songwriting partner, but definitely a cool mic. The other mic from that group buy is at a friend’s studio, he and I split the pair at the time. I totally forgot about that!