Vocal mic for metal

[Andy666]

Hi guys.

I need a good vocal mic for my home studio (rehearsel space)
We play metal so I need a mic that will handle growl as well as clean vocals.

I´m thinking in the area of 400$
Something like the RODE NT2-A maybe...

What can you recommend?

[Tony Ramone]

Are you going to be recording only or will you want it as a live mic as well?
If you're gonna use it live too I would probably stay away from a condenser.
In fact in your price range you could probably afford a SM7b which a lot of people seem to love as a vocal mic.
I've never been able to justify the expense yet, but I hope to get one some day

[Andy666]

Thanks for answering :-)

It is only to be used for recording.

Yeah I also heard a lot (good) about the SM7B so that is deffinetly a candidate.
I actually just bought the RODE NT1-A so I will check that out first.
It´s a bit cheap but it doesn´t matter too much as it will only be used in the home studio :-)
But later on I will need a better one if the NT1 doesn´t do it for me ;-)

What else in the 500-600$ range?

[paul999]

Originally Posted by Andy666

What else in the 500-600$ range?

EV re-20 is awesome for vox as well. I think a lot of people compare the sm7b to the re-20 and figure the sm7b at half the price is better value for the dollar. At this point I disagree hence I own an re-20. There a thousands of good reviews about the sm7b because it reached the masses. The re-20 hasn't because it is pricer. Don't let that fool you.

[TonyB]

re-20 and sm7b always comes up in these discussions...and for a reason. Pick one! Nuff said!

[Andy666]

Give me some money then ;-)

Thanks for all the inputs!

[brandondrury]

I vote for the SM7b. It's a general studio workhorse that works great on many, many things. It's one of my favorite mics.

Brandon