Microphone recommendation, anyone?

Magnus would sound good on a Tandy lapel mike. He even sounds OK without
a mike at all...

It is not yet approved, but has been waiting for 24 hours now and should
be live in the next 24 - try my mp3.com page and what SHOULD be the top
song on the list, when it's approved, will be 'Johnny He's a-Riding'.
This entire song was recorded using an SE-1 vocal mike ($99), JoeMeek
VC3 acting as a phantom power box as well as doing its
compressor-enhancer stuff (??139, and capable of mixing guitar and other
sources in as well, and feeding a soundcard input), and three different
low-cost Romanian instruments all plugged in directly. The
acoustic-electric 12-string and acoustic-electric jumbo bass cost me a
total of $160 between them added to large wholesale orders as samples!
Even in a store, these are instruments which should sell for ??149.50 to
??199.50 inc VAT apiece (think $200 to $300 US). There ain't many 860mm
scale acoustic electric basses sold for that!

It's NOT in any way realistic acoustic - it's hammed up with
compression, aural enhancement, and reverb - but it gives an idea just
how easily cheap instruments with Artec six-piezo pickups, and a cheap
Chinese mike and a cheap Chinese opto-compressor preampo, can assemble a
home recording.

David
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Magnus,

You headed down a very large rat hole. Stop now and turn back. Only
frustration and poverty lay ahead, unless you just sort of want to mess around.

For high quality recordings:

1. You can't run the computer and use the mic in the same room. The computer
makes too much noise.

2. One mic is not really enough for both voice and guitar. You need two and
for really good recodings, reasonably inexpensive mics aren't good enough.
(The difference between a Schoeps CMC641 and an Oktava MC012 will make parts
of your body fall off. I had a THE small diameter mic here that was not bad,
but it wasn't a Schoeps.)

3. That probably means you need a mixer in front of your sound card. You'd
probably need that anyway unless N-track has really good preamps.

STOP. TURN BACK. IT'S A MONEY PIT.

Regards,

Ty Ford

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Bad news, Magnus, but you'll probably need a mic preamp in addition to
the mic. Low end preamp is about $80 or so for an M-Audio Audio Buddy
or Behringer MX802A. One industry standard mic is the Shure SM57,
about $90. A new item that many people have complimented is the
Marshall Electronics MXL603S - about $80. Some of this stuff is from
inside the EU, some outside, so your prices may vary quite a bit.

You'll also need a stand for the mic, and cables for the mic and the
preamp-to-computer connection.

Have a ball, and remember that you're not just recording, you're going
to mic placement school.

Fran

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I'll second that recommendation. I'm extremely impressed with this mic for
both recording and live use. For the money, I think it's hard to beat.
Bob Dorgan

The Chinese made SE Electronics SE-1 - ??69 for a condensor mike. Only
problem is that it needs
phantom power and does not accept batteries. But the quality for the
cost is srikingly good, and it is very directional.

David