which condenser microphone for singing should I buy? under $300.

everdrone

Hello friends, I would like your advice please I will get a condenser mic soon, I will prolly spend a lot less than $300 but that is the absolute most I will spend. What mic should I get? I like the reviews for this one:

Audio-Technica AT2035

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AT2035

highmtn

I've never heard that particular mic, so I can't really say. I have a couple of Audio Technica 4050's that work quite well. A lot of folks seem to like the Rode NT1, but again, I don't have any Rode Mics.

Bob

highmtn

The SM7B is not a condenser, it's a dynamic mic, but it's a very nice one, and if you like a mellow tone, you might like it a lot.

everdrone

thanks so much highmtn! My vocals are getting better so a good mic is warranted, thanks for the ideas, the Rode keeps coming up, and that 4050 looks very very cool. I wont be treating my room or learning how to truly mix or anything, so the nuances of an expensive mic would be lost on me. I just press record and twist knobs, cheers

everdrone

... I would like to try them all. that SM7B seems to be the ticket since it is not a condenser mic (Ooh the irony) and that is what I need since I will not be sound treating my very small constricted apartment and am on an extreme budget. Its in the crosshairs, cheers THe recording engineers like it for untreated recording and for radio type applications and has practically won a grammy, I had no Idea! Michael Jackson and Steven Tyler and all.

I would like to get a mic isolation shield maybe later on to address the acoustics like this auralex mudguard:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MudGuard?adpos=1o1&creative=54989966161&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKEAjw1MSvBRDj2IyP-o7PygsSJAC_6zodet3Ias7CPSPo5p0gVVAzaw_H_vbDJh2rqpmxHSbTmBoC_H_w_wcB

zacharyo

If you can fork out the extra $50, try an SM7B.

highmtn

Michael Jackson is often quoted as being a user of the SM7B. Ken used one of these mics in his Michael Jackson video. In almost all of his other videos Ken always uses his Neumann M-149. The SM7B helps to get part of the Michael Jackson recorded sound.

Bob

everdrone

thanks much bros!! I pulled the plug on a shure sm7b yesterday prior to reading this revamped thread, deja vu! will post videos/clips, cheers :-)