I'm looking for a microphone to use for vocals, electric guitar, and keyboar!


Question: I'm looking for a microphone to use for vocals, electric guitar, and keyboard!. Any good suggestions!?
I'm going to be starting a metal band with one of my friends!. Since we need to make up for man power, we're going to be wearing multiple hats and playing different instruments!. So I'm going to need to record everything and then mash it together through my music maker on my computer!. I need a good, versatile, unidirectional microphone that can handle:
-Metal Vocals
-Drums
-Electric Guitar
-Bass
-And an electric keyboard!.

If you can come up with anything that isn't too expensive, (It should've gone without saying that as a metal vocalist, I don't have that big of a budget to waste on a simple little project,) then please give me a hand here!.Www@Enter-QA@Com


Answers:
As a vocalist, you need to invest in a decent microphone!. You will have to provide your own for some gigs you go to, and usually you want to avoid the house mics (they tend to smell like puke and beer, at least if you play at the places I've played)!.

If you are going to limit yourself to one microphone, I would say go for the Shure SM-57!. I've gotten decent results with it for recording all of the above!. It's not the best for vocals, its better for instruments, but it will work decently!. They are usually about 100$, and I've never seen one on sale!. I've gotten the best results by recording with two different microphones at the same time!.

The Shure SM-58 is a great lower cost microphone for vocalists!. Its pretty standard!. It's also 100$!. It's voiced for singing, and has more warmth for the voice than an SM-57!.

No microphone can do it all - each instrument has its own frequency that it's best at, and microphones sound good when they boost certain frequencies over others!.

If you want clear treble, then use a condenser mic!. You won't be able to use these live, and you'll need phantom power, but the clarity is absolutely amazing!. More delicate and usually a little more expensive, but if you want higher quality results, that would be the way to go!. The best results I've gotten were from using an SM-57 or SM-58 and a condenser at the same time!. Condensers don't seem to pick up bass frequencies as well as the dynamic mics, but it's sooo worth it!

If this is a "simple little project" and you don't want quality results, then go buy some Audio Technica 50$ mics or whatever!. It's one thing to not have a budget (as a new father, I can relate), but it's another to skimp on quality because you want to save 20-30 dollars!. Consider well!.


SaulWww@Enter-QA@Com

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