Sanderxpander
I use Beta 58s regularly, mostly live, I love that. I have had a regular 57 for ages just cause it's a staple. Haven't used the 57 beta much (mainly incidentally live), thanks for the tip. I think they tend to be a little less hypercardioid? Not really an issue in the studio of course.
Yup. Definitely which is another reason I really like them. They handle movement by the vocalist a lot better. You can back up or eat it or move in from the side (the last of which was kind of one thing I did to control dynamics) and it responds to those movements but it's far smoother in my experience than a regular 57 where you kind of have to stay in the sweet spot and/or be REALLY aware of where your face is at.
It has been a while though but to me that mic felt like "home". I gotta try to save up for one of those and an SM7b (and at least one decent condenser) and I'll be mic happy. Actually I should probably try to find a classic 57 too for micing cabs and in acoustic guitar multi mic set ups but they can be had rather inexpensively.