On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:11:55 +0100, Laurence Payne
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:21:30 +0100, Glenn Richards
wrote:

ion. At the moment I have an el-cheapo cardioid mic from
Maplin (kind of like a poor man's SM58) that I've had since I was about
15. It works to a point but I need something a bit better.

I find the Rode NT-1 a useful workhorse.
http://www.dv247.com/invt/10229/


Dunno about workhorse, but this is definitely the go-to mic of first
choice. It is really only if you want a mic that "does things" to the
sound that you need to look elsewhere. If the sound is already what
you want, and you just want to capture it, go for the NT1-A.

d