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Small Market FM needs new mics.

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TomZ

Greetings,
I will be helping remodel a broadcast studio soon and they might be open to buy some new mics; but budget is the primary factor.

What experiences do you have with >$100 microphones?
Condenser or Dynamic?

Currently I'm leaning towards dynamics but they have a mixer that has phantom power, so powering a condenser is not a problem.

I have experience with Behringer's C-1 in a college studio and we had to remove the 8' overhead florescent fixture because the mic picked up the acoustic noise made by the lamps. Just a little too sensitive....

Anyway, these would be for jocks and guests doing close in speaking.

TIA
TZ
 
Thanks Bengalsfan. I drilled into your suggestion and I see it as an option. 8)

One more thing I'm considering is that some visitors will have no microphone experience, so a mic that's forgiving and also sensitive would be very nice.
 
DO NOT use a condensor mic unles you have a VERY quiet studio, including noise in the hallways outside. You'll hear everything.
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Including the noise emitted from florescent tubes.

OT, I see this button that looks like a typewriter and click it. walla. I'm in teletype mode.... I think ???
 
I have a small production studio in the Sports office with a couple Shure SM-57's in it. Works great and sounds better than expected. The only thing is: to get rid of the plosives and breath noise, you need to use the Shure A81WS, large windscreens on them (link below). The windscreens are kinda pricey - but they work. The mics with windscreens are right around $110/each. Plus, being dynamics, they can take the abuse. If they're good enough for the President to speak through...
-D

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.104214700
 
Shure SM-58 with any type of wind screen sounds pretty good. If you have a good mic processor, or you have good post production processing, you can make them sound as good as an SM-7. The 58 is pretty immune to almost anything.
 
If you look on e-bay there's a business that regularly has Electro Voice 767 dynamics on sale, 3 for $210 plus shipping. I bought two sets from him, one for my church and liked them so much I bought another set for myself. They are new, not refurbished.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ElectroVoice-N-...941?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb4c950e5


These are vocal mics and are similar to the Shure 58 and Beta 58. They sound really good.

Also, if you're considering the AT2020, spend just a few more dollars and get the AT 2035 upgrade as it comes with a shock mount. It's also good sounding microphone.
 
dtube1 said:
I have a small production studio in the Sports office with a couple Shure SM-57's in it. Works great and sounds better than expected. The only thing is: to get rid of the plosives and breath noise, you need to use the Shure A81WS, large windscreens on them (link below). The windscreens are kinda pricey - but they work. The mics with windscreens are right around $110/each. Plus, being dynamics, they can take the abuse. If they're good enough for the President to speak through...
-D

http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.104214700
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Thanks for this link. I drilled into their "Mic Listening Lab" and recorded some of EV's voice samples and from there it was easy to mix the 57 & 58 samples into a L/R stereo track for a realtime comparision.
 
While everything previously mentioned are good choices, I've had excellent luck with some of the mics from MXL. http://www.mxlmics.com It seems their quality control is a lot better than some of the other Chinese vendors. The prices are quite reasonable and they are available from a variety of reputable vendors.
 
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