I recently bought a Focusrite 2i2 and am amazed by the quality of the line in. The signal to noise ratio with my (really) cheap microphone is impressive, and sounds great using X2's Breverb and FX chains.  I now want to do more vocal and acoustic guitar recording.

So I'm hoping you guys might have some recommendations for the best mic for vocals & guitar based on your own use with SONAR. Of course, I'd love to get the most "Bang for the buck", but I do understand that quality means money.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be, as always, greatly appreciated!

Best,
Rob

I posted a similar thread in the Coffee House a few days ago that had a lot of good suggestions. Check that out. Can't be arsed to search for the link right now. 

Cheers.

Good music on your website Rob!

My best guitar amp mics are an Audix i5 and a shure SM57. If I had the funds I would get a Royer ribbon mic . Best Vocal mics around here are a shure SM7b and a Peluso 2247LE. I just sold a Shure KSM 27 on E-Bay because I wasn't using it anymore. You should really try out mics on your own voice to find what works best for you.

Rocky

shure sm 57 akg 451 tlm 193, your good !!

I have tested a LOT of mics in the past few years; the one I always come back to is the Gefell M930.

I even ran it up against the Neumann U87ai, which costs almost 3 times more, but the Gefell is still sweeter. It took me some time to really get to know how to use it however.

Thanks, Beepster... I figured this had been discussed before.... I really have to start searching around more before I start redundant threads  I haven't been to the Coffee House yet. This will be a good introduction. 

EDIT: Wait... how do I get to the Coffee House? 


Musicroom... Thanks man! Will check out yours shortly.


Thanks all for recommendations. I now have a great jumping off point for my search for the perfect mic.

Best,
Rob

rcrees

EDIT: Wait... how do I get to the Coffee House?

Trust me ... you don't want to go there. There's this guy named Bapu who's having an online affair with this guy named Mooch4056, but they're in denial.

It's getting ugly ... 

...

but if you insist ...

Scroll down and click where it says 'Jump To', and scroll through the drop down menu until you see 'Coffee House'. It's one of the sub-forums here.

Hi Rob,
A couple thoughts about mics. I own a few of them and I'm of the opinion that frequently one of the things that money buys is versatility. There are specific mics that are super cheap that some folks sound great on, but when it comes down to it, if I put my u87 in front of something, run it through a Great River pre and an 1176 it almost always sounds pretty damn good on just about anything. The same thing cannot be said of my cheaper mics. I own a couple of mics that I'd put in that same category of reliably sounding good...my Beesneez and Gefells come to mind. So, if it was me looking to purchase my first nice, quality mic, I'd probably start at an 87 if at all possible. I've not heard the m930, but the Gefells that I do own are great, so it's probably not a bad place to look as well. A couple other places to look, particularly if the 87 is a bit pricey: Oktavamod does some good things for remarkably little money. I own one of their LDC's and like it quite a bit. Look at the nicer stuff from Blue as well...I like my Bottle Rocket Stage II a bunch, and the caps make it very versatile.

Oh, and demo something if you can...preferably several somethings. Ideally you should A/B/X a bunch of mics so you can really hear differences.

Good luck,
Dean

rcrees
EDIT: Wait... how do I get to the Coffee House? 

HERE!!!!


(don't say I did not warn you)