Slatfatf Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I need to buy a new vocal stage mic to use for backing vocals. Can anyone recommend one around the 60 to 80 quid mark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinman Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Sennheiser 835? I'v got 3 and they seem pretty good for the money. Beware buying off eBay - lots of Shure and Sennheiser fakes. However, there are a couple of contradictory views. If like me, you play in small places then feedback from reflections etc can be a problem. We have a 31 band graphic that we use to "ring out" the monitors. If you have a a variety of mics then you can introduce more peaks in the response that you have to deal with to avoid feedback at those frequencies so one school of thought is to use the same mics for every vocalist. The other school of thought is that some mics work better than others with individual's voices. Someone is bound to recommend the Shure SM58. Wouldn't disagree but there's another school of thought that better mics for the money have come on to the market in the meantime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 AKG D5. Its what I use, and has a nice warm deep sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1351952343' post='1857228'] AKG D5. Its what I use, and has a nice warm deep sound. [/quote] Same here; excellent mic. We have used only these for live stage vocals for past couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slatfatf Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Ta! Off to Amazon to peruse..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Another +1 for the Senn 835 or 845 - good quality, robust enough and decent rejection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rothers Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Shure SM-58 all the way. It's not the industry standard for nothing. Might be out of your price range though. Beware of immitations too. Only buy from an authorised dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Sennheisers mentioned are good, guys in my band use them. I`d always hated the way my voice sounded through an SM58 (while sound-checking just the mic) til I did a gig with one a few months back. Crystal clear through the monitors, liked the way it sounded in the mix. Went and bought one. As they say, industry standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggybass Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 SM58s are still absolutely the industry standard but not for the reasons you might think. You can buy them virtually everywhere in the world, they sound pretty consistent mic-to-mic, they're almost unbreakable, they're cheap as chips and they've been around so long that an experienced FOH or monitor engineer can do a basic channel setting for most things using an SM58 because they know how they sound. They are also one of the few mics that, if you're really stuck, can do almost [i]anything[/i] reasonably well, even high spl things like kick drums and brass. No-one thinks they're the best-sounding vocal mic (not even Shure) but as a package they are still hard to beat. There are umpteen vocal mics that sound 'better', whatever that might mean to you, because beauty really is in the ear of the beholder. Mics that have a flatter and / or wider frequency response, more useful pickup patterns, mics for specialised applications, there is a huge choice. If you have the luxury of needing to buy a mic that will be used by just one person then try as many as you can, as you'll probably find one that simply suits that voice better than others. Personally I really like the sound of EV mics (especially the RE510) but that's just me. Alternatively just buy an SM58. Everyone else has! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I once spent an hour in the basement at The PA Centre in Denmark Street, irritating the hell out of staff and customers, as I sang (at fairly serious volumes) through all the "favourite" mics, including the obvious ones like the SM58 and the 835. The first point to make is that yes, they really DO all sound different. Second point, though, is that in many cases it's not [i][b]that [/b][/i]different and whether the punters at the Dog & Duck would notice is another matter. My voice is baritone, somewhere between Robert Plant and Barry White. The perfect mic for me turned out to be a Shure SM57 Beta. Which tells you nothing at all about the perfect mic for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 HJ, first time I met you I thave to say I did think, "Well he's a ringer for Bazzer White he is" nice to see I wasn't going mad.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilmour Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Have a look a the Sontronics STC 80. IMO blow the SM58 out the water. I haven't got enough experience of the Sennheiser to compare it to that. I did a review on here an age ago... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/183510-sontronics-stc-80/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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