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Beta 58s and 57 do not sound good. The sound is hyped, which is why some like them, but if you run a mic analysis chart on individual mics you'l find that the presence peak is really raggy - even worse than standard 58s and 57s, which are none too smooth to begin with. If you'll run it on several samples you'll find that the ragginess doesn't come close to matching from mic to mic, which will play hell with your monitor eq.
Standard 58s have a similar problem, but not nearly as pronounced. If you want a really good sounding vocal mic that has presence without the random ragginess, try a BeyerDynamic M69N(C) - you can use it with a 58 eq curve but can get 3-6 dB better gain before feedback. Audix also makes a nice vocal mic, I forget the number....... but the Beyer rules. M88s are even better, if you can afford 'em.....
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