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Originally Posted by etrose  . . my girlfriend . . . wants to get into recording and engineering. |
Off subject; but why is she still only a girlfriend? Why did you not lock that in with a ring as soon as she said this? My wife and I have nearly ZERO common musical grounds except Fair to Midland.
Any who: Is this for compueter recording, 4-track, or stand-alone recorders? That's the important part. From this list it sounds like you won;t be doing any drums so these mics are a good choice. I'd also get into a
pair of small diaphram condensors in the $200-300 range. That MXL is do-able for some alternative percussion and accoustic stringed instruments, but the sounds of a well-placed stereo set is amazing on almost everything accoustic, especially guitar. Check out Rode N5 or Shure SM81 for a pair.
Totally agred on better mics stands that will last forever, and more of them. Even for simple acoustic stuff, you will want to have a few mic stands for the instruments, but also if you require talk backs (back and forth), 2nd performers, room mics. The more the merrier. Same with cables, never can have too much.
Oh, I just saw what the Xcoropio thingy was. You can go ahead and throw that away. If you have a budget for an SM57, you have the budget for something better than this. Check out these:
Presonus 2-channel USB Protools compatable 2-channel Tascam classic, comes with Cubase 6 mics at once for only $300