Most decent mics suitable for this will be capacitor mics and phantom
powered - which usually means using them in conjunction with a suitable
mixer, and would be hard to achieve new within your budget. However, good
secondhand mics etc are available on the likes of Ebay.

There are a few mixers under £100. Does anyone know their suitability!
They are at

http://www.jbsmusic.co.uk/validate07...orig_rowid=525
http://www.jbsmusic.co.uk/validate07...orig_rowid=149


I'm not sure about your portable sound proofing booth. It's likely to make
the sound very 'boxy'. I'd prefer a slight amount of natural room acoustic
- even if this means a slight increase in background sounds, which you're
unlikely to eradicate with a booth anyway. Experimenting with the mic
distance will give a good compromise.


I was thinking of creating a soundbooth with double layered styrofoam
kind of material with dimensions of approx 6ftx8ft. Would it still give
boxy sound or would it be fine. I need quite good quality sound but
after counting the amount of hours possibly needed for all the voice
chaps at studio, the bill seem to run too high, hence the home recording.

Thanks
sreekant