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What should I look for in a microphone?

I have a small amp and sing with an acoustic guitar. There are about 200 varieties of microphones ranging in price from 30 to 400 dollars. What do I need to know?

Update:

Good point. I need it for vocals.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Have a look at the following:

    http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/studio

    you will find a section explaing how mic's work and a section for which mic's work best for different instruments or voice.

    The Shure SM58 is a good standby for vocals - not so good for acoustic guitar though.... For studio recording, you should consider a condenser mic, for live, the SM58 would be worth thinking about for vocals at least, everyone uses them and they are really cheap ($100).

    Hope this helps

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    sm58 . not too expensive, very , very good and take a lot of punishment. Got 3 myself

  • 1 decade ago

    It depends on what you are going to use it for. Vocals, micing drums, recording...

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