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maltingsaudiomaltingsaudio Frets: 3098
edited January 2021 in Live
Did this a fair few years ago on here and the resounding winner was the SM58, so this time going to ask the same question and post the results in a couple of weeks.
I’m happy to add a couple of extra categories so the categories are:
live vocals
Home recording
Instrument mic

not interested in drum mics 


Please be honest so as not to skew the results 
www.maltingsaudio.co.uk
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7732
    edited December 2020
    Gonna be 'that' annoying person

    Live vocals- EV n/d 767 or Heil pr24 if more cut is needed
    Home vocals- Pearlman Tm-1 & Sennheiser Md-421
    Acoustic Instruments - SE voodoo ribbon or SE Gemini ii


    I don't own a shure mic
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  • CMW335CMW335 Frets: 2034
    Live - Shure Beta 58b 
    Home - Neumann U87
    Imstrument - Neumann KM84 for acoustic guitar
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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9098
    Live:
    beta 58a

    home:
     marantz m1000,
     blue baby bottle,
    also have access to Akg C12 VR
    just grabbed a condenser that when you take the price of the accessories out of the equation prolly costs about 50p :)

    instruments:
    sm57 (if it ain’t broke etc), 
    Sennheiser 421 or any of the others
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  • Live vocals: I have 3 SM58s. It ain't broke, so I ain't fixing it 
    Live guitar cabs: I have 2 SM57s. See above.

    Studio: 

    Aston Stealth. 

    For just about everything now. 4 voices, built in pre-amp if you want it. Records vocals, cabs, acoustic guitars even drums brilliantly. 

    My Trading Feedback    |    You Bring The Band

    Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you
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  • RolandRoland Frets: 8591
    Sennheiser 845s, but I don’t use it for singing, just announcements and clapping.
    Tree recycler, and guitarist with  https://www.undercoversband.com/.
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  • Danny1969Danny1969 Frets: 10357
    For vocals Senn E945 or Ramsa D55 depending on what band I'm in. 
    For guitar mic Senn  E906 or SM57 depending on what band it is
    www.2020studios.co.uk 
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  • MusicwolfMusicwolf Frets: 3627
    Vox - Sennheiser e845 live, Rode NT-1 studio
    I don't need to mic my guitar as I'm Kemper in studio / Helix live but I throw a Behringer b906 (£40 copy of an e906) on the other guitarist's cab for IEM mix.  The Behringer is pretty good for the money but, if the other guys want something better, then they can go buy something themselves.
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  • slackerslacker Frets: 2216
    edited December 2020
    Live sm58 recording when I did it some black thing with 9v battery in it.
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  • Live - SM58 but that's just what I bought in a sheeplike fashion and have never researched or tried anything else. 

    Home recording - For convenience, mainly the mic on the iDevice (for capturing ideas) and a Shure Motiv MV88+. For vocals, an SE X1. 

    Instrument - I don't record guitar amps with a mic - although I should have another go, I feel. Rode M5 (or pair) for acoustic guitars. 
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  • SH55. 
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  • ESBlondeESBlonde Frets: 3576
    Live vocal Shure Beta 57a. I carry spares so I can sort out other vocalists when the need arises! Having a single type of mic makes monitor mixing/feedback elimination much easier that 3 or 4 different brands/flavours especially if they are on a single mix.

    I haven't done much home recording, I owned a RED5 large dia condenser which seemed decent enough for stuff I did which was never published.

    Instruments, Sennheiser M409u on brass or guitar cab.



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  • StratavariousStratavarious Frets: 3598
    edited December 2020
    HOME RECORDING: SM58 is permanently on a boom in my studio as my go to mic for voice and acoustic instruments.  I add a pop filter in front for voice work. Got an SM57 on my mesa rig.

    INSTRUMENT: I have just done a load of kids TV music from home with a couple of acoustics and mandolin and it was all the single SM58.

    LIVE:  SM58 for vox at gigs.
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  • SnagsSnags Frets: 5327
    I'm still fumbling my way in the recording side so:

    Home Recording
    Samson Q7
    Behringer XM8500 (surprisingly good)
    Sennheiser E906
    MXL770

    Live
    To date have mostly played open mics/shared stages so whatever is put in front of me. In the post-Covid world will most likely use the Behringer above for a bring your own
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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 23964
    Home recording: Rode NTA-1


    Live: TC Helicon MP75. A/B against a 58. Just liked it better. Got it in 2014 and it's still going strong.
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    edited December 2020
    Live Vocals:

    Sennheiser 835  (similar to Shure SM58, but more resistent to feedback IMHO, YMMV etc)
    Shure SM58

    Instrument:

    DI if humanly possible, carry around SM57, but try to avoid using it.

    Home Recording:

    Ocktava MK 012-01 Condenser
    Got a pair of TBone overhead condensers, but never needed then.
    Did have a TBone large diaphragm, but donated it to God-son.  Thinking about getting another or maybe a Rode NT1A
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

    Feedback
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  • Bill_SBill_S Frets: 103
    I use an Aston Origin for recording vocals and acoustic guitar in my studio. For over 10 years, I used to use a Rode NT3 for the same purposes, it was good, but the Aston blows it away. The only mic I will ever need. 
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  • Trying to do more singing recently, so thought it would be sensible to own my own mic. Now have an Aston Stealth.
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  • JCA2550JCA2550 Frets: 431
    So,

    live vocals - My personal mic of choice is an Audix OM2, A female vocalist friend I used to gig with sounded great with one and wouldn't use anything else. So, I bought one and have kind of stuck with it ever since. Occasionally use a SM58 Beta with the Boxwood Chessmen.
    Home recording - ADK - A51s Type V, a great workhorse, sounds great with most things
    Instrument mic - either the ADK - A51s or a Shure SM57 Beta
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  • Beta58A
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71960
    Live vocals - I don't sing personally, but for the use of those who do - SM58
    Recording vocals and acoustic instruments - Rode NT-1A
    Instrument amps - SM57

    SM58 because it's an industry standard completely known quantity so no soundman should have trouble with it, and it has an easily removable pop shield which can be taken off and cleaned.

    NT-1A because it was the cheapest studio-quality condenser mic worth having when I bought it.

    SM57 because like the SM58, if you can't get a good live or recorded guitar sound with it the problem is not the mic.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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