anone recommend a gritty, warm, condenser mic?

[Haze47]

so...following on then from my RODE thread....what is a good gritty, "wu tang" style mic <------plz dont crit me for dropping a name - yall know what i mean....looking at between $200 - $300 - also plz take into account ebay/second hand values....

Safe

 

[thedreampolice]

why a condenser? generally for hip hop vocals I like a dynamic better like the MD421 or the sure SM7 (not the SM57)

 

[Ash Holmz]

ghostface uses the sm7b (sm7..same thing) alot ... cant go wrong with it .. u can find an sm7b for about 300 on ebay... i got one and its pretty much dead on to what u described ..its not a condensor though... but it makes ur voice weigh a ton... its not a light airy detailed mic .. but its heavy and in ur face... u need a really good preamp to use with it though cuz it takes mad gain to drive... alot of low end/soundcard/interface preamps wont cut it..

 

[thedreampolice]

yes I agree %100 get a nice preamp for any mic you use!

 

[karlman]

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[Ash Holmz]

.. not that massive but thats a good price ... they usually go for about $350 new .. but they usually sell for around $300 on ebay .... so what does that tell you? .. ... quality... quality..

 

[thedreampolice]

Good mics dont go down in value very much! That is a good thing.

 

[Haze47]

its gotta be a condensor, cuz imma do other things with it as well, im recording a band in the new year, and i got a dynamic mic....i jst want some clean sounding vox, none of this bullshit you hear all over myspace, with shit recordings, IMO a good recording singles you out in the underground....PZ


but....imma get one of them sm7s as well haha

 

[thedreampolice]

well typically condensers are not gritty. I have a choice of many many mic when I track a band and I find my self using condensers very often. They are a bit more versatile. That being said I really like the sure KSM27. Or the Nueman TLM103 thats a nice one.

 

[Haze47]

seen a ksm27 second hand recent, ill have to check that shit out....

 

[Agent Smith]

check out (if you can find it) an oktava ml-19. they're vintage russian microphones...this one in particular is a ribbon mic...really warm but loses some on the high end. i got one off e-bay for 200. very unique sound but it takes getting used to.

 

[thedreampolice]

ya I love that mic. Oktava mics are always interesting. That is not a condenser mic however. It is always nice to have a few ribbon mics to choose from. You will need a nice preamp to drive it.

 

[open mind]

yo how about this one here?

http://i19.ebayimg.com/02/i/05/ee/a5/04_2.JPG

 

[Agent Smith]

i think that's the "won it at the county fair by hitting stuffed clown heads with softballs" model. otherwise known as "W.I.A.T.C.F.B.H.S.C.H.W.Sb.78". those are dynamic mics though...they sound like ass too.

 

[open mind]

lmfao...

 

[Haze47]

yea ribbons is cool no doubt, but i heard if you blow on em too hard it can fuck em up, i mean what kind of placement do you need on that like 4ft or something? or can you get in close?

 

[thedreampolice]

It just depends on the ribbon. Newer ones are much more rugged, but still you can not use them like you would other mics for hip hop. You really shouuld not "eat" the mic. Other than that a few feet should be fine.