The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300

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bullo
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2008/10/07 10:28:53 (permalink)

The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300

Hi there:

I would like to know your opinion on this. Choosing mics and speakers comes to actually have the chance to A/B them or playing with them for a long period. I tried a few mics in a store in New York. I'm looking the best vocal/ general purpose mic for $200-$300.

What is your opinion?

What do you think on (classics for the price)?

1) Audio Technica AT3035 (and other AT line, like AT2020, AT2035, AT4040, etc.)

2) CAD M-179

3) Rode NT1A

4) MXL V69m

5) Any other on the price range you would like to comment.

I would like to thanks everyone on sharing your thoughts.

Danny Bullo
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    ohhey
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    RE: The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300 2008/10/07 10:30:55 (permalink)
    The Studio Projects B1 is only $100 and sounds great on most stuff. If it's just for vocals maybe the MXL V69m.

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    Lanceindastudio
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    RE: The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300 2008/10/07 11:21:23 (permalink)
    http://www.pssl.com/Search?q=sp1&x=0&y=0&by=s

    this mic is ridculously good- look up mca sp-1 on the forum and see what I mean... 40 bux man

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    RE: The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300 2008/10/07 12:08:08 (permalink)
    For vocals, you might want to take a look at the Shure KSM27. It's a nice mic that works great for vocals and it priced nice as well...

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    RE: The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300 2008/10/07 15:30:24 (permalink)
    +1 for the AT-3035... love it... I use it for a lot of stuff, actually...

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    RE: The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300 2008/10/07 20:57:00 (permalink)
    THANK YOU All!!!!

    at3035 seems to be a goos 'one-size-fits-all' mic. A read reviews where people use it as drums overhead too, as RRabbi stated.

    Cheers!

    Danny Bullo
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    RRabbi
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    RE: The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300 2008/10/07 23:02:56 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: bullo

    THANK YOU All!!!!

    at3035 seems to be a goos 'one-size-fits-all' mic. A read reviews where people use it as drums overhead too, as RRabbi stated.

    Cheers!

    Danny Bullo


    yeah... I want to buy another one to use for overheads... might pair it up with an SM57 too when mic'ing guitar amps/cabs... apparently, supposed to be really nice for that too...

    Dave

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    RE: The vocal/ General Mic for $200-$300 2008/10/08 11:46:33 (permalink)
    I, too really like my AT-3035, versatile, clean, and more 'air' than you'd expect for the price. I've also had good luck with CAD C195's as overheads and room mics for live recordings. They are about $125 each in Canada.

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