Spec me a mic (for recording music)

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Looking to do a little home recording with my acoustic guitar. Only going into a 3.5mm through a PC, nothing major, but would like a decent quality mic for around £30 to get the job done!

So far I've seen the Sony FV420B.CE7 and Hama Dynamic Microphone DM-65, both look pretty good.

Any other suggestions?
 
Got 4 of those, they are pretty decent mics. Far better sound that many others around that price IMO.
Well it's been around for over 30 years now and still as good as ever. ;)

I'm after a 2nd one as well in fact but the cheapest I've seen them is for around £90...

I'm tempted to go for a used one though, especially after watching this vid:
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Would you know of any places that sell them for less than £90 that aren't a competitor to ocuk?
 
Personally I'd go for a SM57.

SM58's are mainly vocal mic's which I've used for decades on stage but SM57's are regarded as all rounders for mic'ing up cabs and drums (not bass drum though).
 
I'm massively new to sound hardware. What kind of plug does that Shure lead to? I'm guessing not 3.5mm...

I'm looking to wire this into my PC, not a... large black thing with lots of sliders that sits at the back of gigs.... or amp. I'm purely looking to record, not perform.

Thanks for the suggestion, though. Looks like a top mic.
 
I'd go with the SM-57 too - the 58 is best suited for live vocals and rarely seen in the studio.

Pete.Dakota - these mics will have an XLR connection. In theory, you could have an adaptor which converts XLR to 1/4" Jack and then use a Jack to mini-Jack (3.5mm) cable, however you'd be best off getting an external device and connecting it directly to that.
 
Got it - Recording Interfaces!

Found a few that look good. Line6's Pod Studio UX1 looks pretty good and comes up in most searches. However M-Audio's 'Fast Track' also looks decent and is the same price. Is there a make or break between these two devices?

Considering I'll probably be using an SM57.

Thanks so far.
 
Got it - Recording Interfaces!

Found a few that look good. Line6's Pod Studio UX1 looks pretty good and comes up in most searches. However M-Audio's 'Fast Track' also looks decent and is the same price. Is there a make or break between these two devices?

Considering I'll probably be using an SM57.

Thanks so far.

Go and download Line 6 Gearbox to see the interface and what you can get out of it.
Excellent piece of kit for the price and a good forums too.
 
I'd personally go with the M-Audio as you could use it with Pro Tools if you wanted to later on down the line.
 
Yeah I saw that. How much better is Pro Tools than other generic recording suites? Is its popularity purely in its compatibility?
 
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You can use Line 6 stuff with Pro Tools :confused:

Pro Tools can be found in every top studio in the world mainly because if you went to College/Uni it would be the software everybody learned on.
It is an excellent piece of kit but virtually every popular DAW out there can emulate it.
I personally use Sonar Production Studio which I've grown up since Cakewalk v1 in the early 90s.
In the 80s I used to be a Steinberg 24 (Cubase) user which used to be the choice of studios.

All DAWS basically work the same but it comes down to your preference and how you like to work.
I chose Cakewalk > Sonar because I likened it to using a Word Processor at the time (create, cut, copy & paste) but they can all do that anyway.
 
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Really?? I wasn't aware that it was compatible with Pro Tools software, due to the fact that you need suitable hardware in order for Pro Tools to run.

However, with the recent release of Pro Tools 9 I believe this may have changed.
 
Really?? I wasn't aware that it was compatible with Pro Tools software, due to the fact that you need suitable hardware in order for Pro Tools to run.

I stand corrected but I know when I installed a dodgy version a few years ago I got my guitar to record into Pro Tools.
I messed about for a day and went back to Cakewalk.
 
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