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Out of all the components in the home recording studio, microphones offer the most choices and opinions on which ones are the best. Since this is a home recording studio article, we'll stay under $1,000 with our recommendations. The good news is every mic we recommend here sounds good. The bad news is they all sound different. The same mic even sounds different depending on who's using it (male, female, tenor, bass, etc.). Some mics have a sharper EQ type sound, the tube mics add harmonics to the vocal which gives it warmth, the shure handheld mics are kind of in the middle of sharpness and warmth. Technically, you can get a decent to great sound out of any of these mics. If the vocal track is recorded clean and mixed well, no one listening to your music will not like your song because you used one of the mics below. No one will even consider this. Remember, compression, EQ and effects are eventually added to the vocal track, so you're not necessarily stuck with what the mic gives you during recording. One thing you'll find is it's easier to make a warm mic recording sound sharper using EQ and effects, than it is to make a sharp EQ mic recording sound warm. VOCAL MICROPHONES
Here are a few of our vocal mic recommendations for a home studio:
Remember, when it's all said and done, all that matters is the sound of your recording. You want your vocal track to sound great using a mic that fits the singer's style. We've had LOUD rock and roll singers who just didn't sound right using a $4,000 mic, but sounded excellent using the $99 Shure SM57. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) always records using a handheld mic. He's done pretty well with them! Related Articles
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