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Originally Posted by dave_w  I'm looking to spend around $1200.
What would be your choice? |
That's a terrible way to start a thread. "Here's the money. what to get?"
Don't do that. You'll be sold something that people who don't know what kind of music you make will turn you onto.
What if Portisheads latest albulm "Third" was what you were into.
You wouldn't need a $1200 mic to get that sound,
Only a $15,000 compressor! LOL!
Really, though.
What type of music?
Guitar,vocals,drums?
Beta58.acoustic
Beta58 vocals
Beta58 kick
I wish I had someone tell me this when I was buying mics.
I could make albulms for the rest of my life using only this mic.
You really don't need to capture any other frequencies that this mic can't hear.
You spend all your time trying to "hide" all the "highendness" fancy mics
can provide.Especially if you use mastering pluggins.
Really!
Have you ever created a song that sounded great, but wanted to give it that "pro" zing? So you slap one of those killer master plugs on, and WHAMMO! Sounds killer now, alot more hi-fi, sounds professional for sure, except now you need to tame just a few high freqencies that are poping out,they sound a bit too sizzly or harsh. Now go back and look at the mics you used to capture these offending sounds, and which mics sound great
in the mix afterwards. The average mics now sound great.
This is only an example for those using mastering pluggins, and just something I've noticed. I think badass expensive mics were necesarry
back in the day, but not anymore.
I mean, look what technology has done for pluggin compressors.
CUE THE TOMATOES!!!.
Steelyfan out......(in a hurry)..he.he.