OK, so the being urged to sing has brought me to looking for a decent inexpensive vocal mic.

Recommendations?

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

I've always used the same Shure 57, but I have only ever butchered back up vocals.

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give this a look..always seems to work great for me..not too spendy

Sennheiser e845 S

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/E845S/



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SM57/58 Industry standard and not too expensive.

Shure designs and builds solid microphones. I've always liked the SM58 for vocals and SM-57 for mic'ing amps, but at a recent jam a guy had a less expensive Shure PG-58 and it sounded just as good as the SM-58, in my opinion.

I believe the only difference is that you hear more "handling noise" if holding the PG and moving around...if on a stand, it seems a mute point.

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Can't really go wrong with Shure. SM57 or 58. I like the 58 a little better for vocals and the 57 for amps and acoustic instruments. Either way around a hundred bucks unless you find a sale.

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This is just my opinion.

The Shure SM58 and 57 are standards for good reasons. They are solid mics with a proven track record.

I personally like the Sennheiser e835 for vocals and the e609 for micing my guitar.

While I use the e835 for my vocals and we have one wireless that the drummer uses and we use it for announcements. One of the other singers uses the sennheiser e945 for vocals and the 906 for his guitar.

We use the Electro-Voice N/D767a for the other three singers. One of them is a woman.

I also have an SM58 and SM 57 that we have as a backup for any of these mics. We've never had a failure and all the mics sound pretty good to me.

I would not recommend going any cheaper than the $99 you'll spend on an SM58 or e835. If you look around online you might get one of these for a little less. You should be happy with any of them.

I just ordered a MXL990 mic and a Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer (with phantom power). They should work great for what I want.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Lots of them out there too, can usually find used ones at even better price. I've had the same 57 and 58 for over 15 years and they still keep plugging along.

Sure is always a good choice. Keep in mind that with a 57 you have to really be willing to be up on it "kissing it" as the term goes. It's a more concentrated field that picks up a lot less side noise. With a 58 you can back off it more or go to the side a little if you need to belt something.

I only use a 57 vocally in a practice room setting to keep from feeding back. For gigs I personally think a 58 is a better choice.

Another good mic to use is an Audix OM3xb. It has a really good natural sound. Or believe it or not, an Audix i5. One of our singers likes using the i5. It's a nice middle ground as far as how much it picks up in the center and the sides. It's not as concentrated as an SM57 in the center, and allows less side noise than a SM58. He's been using it for a year now and seems to like it a lot.

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Shure SM57/58.

Sounds like Chet is sorted so...

But just to throw something different into the mix for anyone else. If it's for recording and a condenser mic might be a nice alternative then I've been getting excellent use out of several ADK mics I have, small and large diaphragm models. (Not to be confused with AKG mics...)

I have a few and use a stereo pair as drum overheads, a pencil mic on hi-hat, a large diaphragm mic for guitar cab mic'ing and another for vox (though you don't want to hear what I do with that one ).

At their various price points, very good performance - to my ignorant ears.

Here's the pro range:

http://www.adkmic.com/catalog/index.php

And here's the budget version G Series - also an excellent product for the money:

http://www.adkmic.com/catalog/projectgseries/

Some options...

Cheers - C