What's the best cheap mic.

[1NerdUnderGod]

My friend and I have a little internet movie thing starting up and we were wondering what is the best microphone you've found for a budget?

And if you're interested, here's the link for our Temporary Site. I'm working one making a better one in HTML. East Coast Smosh

[Adidaas]

Best cheap microphone I ever got was a microphone on a Logitech Headset for $24.

[Daddy-L-Jackson]

At 6/21/08 09:47 PM, Adidaas wrote: Best cheap microphone I ever got was a microphone on a Logitech Headset for $24.

Linkage?

[DavidOrr]

What are you going to be using the mic for? And, what does your budget look like?

[Rucklo]

Shure SM 58 is alot of mic for the money. It's a durable dynamic mic, mainly for vocals.

[SMA]

At 6/21/08 10:29 PM, Rucklo wrote: Shure SM 58 is alot of mic for the money. It's a durable dynamic mic, mainly for vocals.

The PG series is good too, and even easier on the wallet.

[mariomusicmaker1]

http://www.tomleemusic.ca/main/livesound .cfm?details=1&id=189&inv=81808
that is what we used, it picks up a lot of ambiance but it is cheep as hell.

[Ace-57]

I used to use a Karaoke mic. off a Karaoke machine i got at the dollar store, I then converted into having a PC plug using one of those converters that switch the big plug on those really nice headphones to regular headphone plugs.

[JJDaminator]

just dont use computer mics they suck

[1NerdUnderGod]

At 6/21/08 10:23 PM, DavidOrr wrote: What are you going to be using the mic for? And, what does your budget look like?

We're going to use the mic. to improve the quility of sound for our videos and (hopefully) some music videos for some very bad original songs/ parodies. So some thing that can pick up most sounds within a 5 foot radius. As for our budget something around $100 but the cheaper the better.

[SinJim]

Might want to take a look at this one:

Blue Snowflake

It's $60 and it's a usb mic - doesn't require you getting a preamp or anything.

I haven't personally used this one, but Blue is a pretty reliable company and the reviews say this thing is pretty good. For $60 it's probably going to get what you want done.

~SinJim

PS - Search other usb mics too, there's some pretty cheap ones out there. If you're not going usb, I'd definitely suggest a Shure (the one in the link above).

[DavidOrr]

At 6/22/08 10:13 AM, 1NerdUnderGod wrote:

At 6/21/08 10:23 PM, DavidOrr wrote: What are you going to be using the mic for? And, what does your budget look like?

We're going to use the mic. to improve the quility of sound for our videos and (hopefully) some music videos for some very bad original songs/ parodies. So some thing that can pick up most sounds within a 5 foot radius. As for our budget something around $100 but the cheaper the better.

But what are you using it for? Imrpove the quality of what sound? Voice? Instruments? Sound effects? The more specific the better. Every mic has its own strengths and weaknesses, so if you're using the mic for vocals, you wouldn't want a mic designed for recording a bass amp!

[1NerdUnderGod]

At 6/22/08 01:27 PM, DavidOrr wrote:

At 6/22/08 10:13 AM, 1NerdUnderGod wrote:

At 6/21/08 10:23 PM, DavidOrr wrote: What are you going to be using the mic for? And, what does your budget look like?

We're going to use the mic. to improve the quality of sound for our videos and (hopefully) some music videos for some very bad original songs/ parodies. So some thing that can pick up most sounds within a 5 foot radius. As for our budget something around $100 but the cheaper the better.

But what are you using it for? Improve the quality of what sound? Voice? Instruments? Sound effects? The more specific the better. Every mic has its own strengths and weaknesses, so if you're using the mic for vocals, you wouldn't want a mic designed for recording a bass amp!

Sorry David, I'm new to the audio part of all this. What we will be doing is mainly Vocals and a bit of guitar. The Vocals for Dubbing over video and recording songs.

[DavidOrr]

I'd agree with Rucklo and recommend the Shure SM-58. That's a pretty cheap mic, yet is very rugged and has a great sound in a variety of applications.

Another option with a similar price would be the Audix i5, but that is intended more as an instrument mic. It'd be something to consider if you think you'll be doing more instrumental recording rather than guitar work (and I have used an i5 with a pop filter for vocals before and had very nice results). But, since you said you'd be doing mostly vocal work, I'd go with the tried and true SM-58!

[DavidOrr]

At 6/22/08 07:27 PM, DavidOrr wrote:

It'd be something to consider if you think you'll be doing more instrumental recording rather than guitar work

Opps, I meant if you think you'll be doing more guitar work than vocal recording. Sorry about that!

[1NerdUnderGod]

At 6/22/08 07:32 PM, DavidOrr wrote:

At 6/22/08 07:27 PM, DavidOrr wrote:

It'd be something to consider if you think you'll be doing more instrumental recording rather than guitar work

Opps, I meant if you think you'll be doing more guitar work than vocal recording. Sorry about that!

No problem, I thank you and all those who posted and helped East Coast Smosh out.

[Fireglass]

Logitech Desktop Microphone

This is a cheap mic that works well for even its retail price of $30. Obviously, it's easy to find it much cheaper than that.