mic for female vocals

[sash poask]

right, so its time to admit it....i do not own a single mic. ive just been recording guitars with my mackie onyx blaa blaaa

anyway next month im gonna get my first mic...at the moment i think im going to be primarily recording female vocals

so any recommendations?

budget: student lol, so quite cheap

 

[Metaltastic]

Oog, tough call - dynamics can work for male vocals, but for female I'd be much happier with some sort of condenser, even a cheap one; I think I'd go for an Audio Technica AT3035, may be a bit of a stretch budget-wise but anything cheaper is probably gonna sound harsh! (most cheap condensers do)

EDIT: Looks like it's called the AT2035 now; also, check out the AKG Perception 200 (now called 220, but my housemate has a 200 that sounds decent, I'll try to record some clips with it tomorrow)

 

[AudioPhile777]

quite cheap = anything you can get your hands on...

 

[alan1990]

new old stock at3035s go on ebay all day for 100bucks grab one i like it alot, Also joeymusicguy used to use one for his vocals check out his old recordings for samples

 

[jrt12]

well, i've never recorded fem vox before, so i'm not sure it would work. but i used the Behringer b-1 for about a year and was pleased with it. i mean for $100, i def got my moneys worth from it! had some decent warmth to it.

caveat: i wasnt doing deathvox/cookie monster vocals though. not sure how it'd stand up to that. but for regular singing and aggressive rock vox it was decent.

 

[Metaltastic]

new old stock at3035s go on ebay all day for 100bucks grab one i like it alot, Also joeymusicguy used to use one for his vocals check out his old recordings for samples

Hmm, for that price, that'd definitely be my vote, no contest!

 

[sash poask]

yeh originally i was going for sm57....but been told condenser will sound better for clean vocals

AT2035 looks good, and im a fan of joeys stuff, you know what albums he used it on?

stupid exchange rate though they are going for £130 here.....might have to bite the bullet though

thanks guys