Don Pearce wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:39:43 +0100, "TonyL"
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:
If you are recording, you definitely do not want a mic designed for
vocals - they all have a peculiar frequency response. Can you give us
a clue as to budget? That'll make a short list a whole heap easier.

Definitely sub £100.

OK. Behringer is a good manufacturer for everything. I would go for a
pair of C-1 mics. They are decent cardioids, and Dolphin Music are
doing them at £28.95. They are condensors, so they need phantom power.
If you don't have that available, get yourself a small mixer. The
Behringer UB802 with four mic inputs will set you back about £45. That
is the basis of some really very high quality recording capability for
£100.

The C-1 is a large-diaphragm condensor mic. These can sound somewhat
coloured off-axis. You might be better off with a small diaphragm
condensor mic. The Neumann, AKG and Calrec types mentioned by Dave
Plowman fall into this category, but cost several hundred quid apiece.

Although large-diaphragm condensor mics are popular with the home
recording crowd, that's partly because they look impressive. A
small-diaphragm condensor mic is a more versatile general-purpose mic
and I would recommend going for those first, especially for acoustic quitar.

Fortunately, the Behringer C-2 appears to fit the bill and at the same
price. I've not used them but at around £56 for a matched pair including
stand adaptors, windshields and stereo bar they seem worth a look.

http://www.behringer.com/en/products/C-2.aspx


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Richard Lamont wrote:

Although large-diaphragm condensor mics are popular with the home
recording crowd, that's partly because they look impressive. A
small-diaphragm condensor mic is a more versatile general-purpose mic
and I would recommend going for those first, especially for acoustic
quitar.

Fortunately, the Behringer C-2 appears to fit the bill and at the same
price. I've not used them but at around £56 for a matched pair
including stand adaptors, windshields and stereo bar they seem worth
a look.

http://www.behringer.com/en/products/C-2.aspx


OK, thanks.

BTW, I've just seen them on Ebay for around £45

TonyL wrote:

Richard Lamont wrote:

Although large-diaphragm condensor mics are popular with the home
recording crowd, that's partly because they look impressive. A
small-diaphragm condensor mic is a more versatile general-purpose mic
and I would recommend going for those first, especially for acoustic
quitar.

Fortunately, the Behringer C-2 appears to fit the bill and at the same
price. I've not used them but at around £56 for a matched pair
including stand adaptors, windshields and stereo bar they seem worth
a look.

http://www.behringer.com/en/products/C-2.aspx

OK, thanks.

BTW, I've just seen them on Ebay for around £45

I would say they are a very sound low-investment best buy for your immediate
needs.

Graham


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