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most of the small digital recording systems offered up now have phantom on or off at least on one channel. The problem with the condensor mics is their cost for a decent one, a good large diaphram one will run a person at least 350.00 bucks like the sm7 or something like that, but if you are looking for a mic that will not require phantom, has decent vocals both recording and live the the sm 58 should be the mic of choice, i have seen some of those suckers that look like trucks rolled over them time and time again and they still work as good as the day you took them out of the box.



The definition of decent tends to differ I guess. A $100 condenser mic is all a hobbyiest needs in my opinion for recording vocals. I've used the SM57 on recording vocals and it tends to give a thicker/bassier sound the farther you get away from it. It forces you to be right in there on the mic to keep it crisp and consistent and still needs a bit of eq afterwards.

I use my SM57 for guitars and snare drums, but they do sound good live through a PA as well. My SM58 is my main vocal mic at practice. Yeah theyre built like tanks, but we're talking about recording a couple tracks in the living room. So what if a cheaper condenser mic cant be run over with a truck?

Hell, I just bought a $100 tascam field recorder with 2 small condenser mics built in and the thing is amazingly responsive for something so cheap. I had it outside during the summer recording guitar in a small headphone amp outloud with crickets singing in the background and jets flying over head...it sounded amazing for something so small and inexpensive.

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