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[Alkaline]

Well to clear up. We, Genevieve, use an SM57 for vocals and acoustic and i can pretty much say that the results speak for themselves. You actually have to know what you're doing in the recording/mixing area so maybe that's what your problem is.

[HairyScaryMark]

Originally Posted by emergency72

If money's no issue...the Sennheiser MD441 would be an ideal all round choice...great on vocals and great on acoustic instruments, very low noise, high signal handling... it's a dynamic mic but with a frequency response similar to a condensor, plus it looks fantastic

So is AKG C414, which admittedly is about 3 times as expensive so my point maybe isn't valid.

Sennheiser MD421 are the industry standard for toms and the main dynamic mic used in professional studios along with Shure SM7, which is mainly used for vocals.

Originally Posted by emergency72

The classics never die

True and they are probably the mics to get unless you have good experiences with other ones or can try them out for yourself.

Originally Posted by emergency72

May set you back up to £500 though...or check eBay

Nonsense, Thomann has them for £220. Most expensive I have seen them for is around £300.

[Doc Ascension]

haha what a delightful comment... you're recommendation is wrong. You may use a SM57 but there are much better mic's out there to use for this particular applicatoin. FACT.

If he wanted it for other applications not just vox and acoustics then the sm might be a good choice but as it stands and SM is not the correct choice, regardless of how many personal insults you have stuffed up your tighened arsehole

Originally Posted by Alkaline

Well to clear up. We, Genevieve, use an SM57 for vocals and acoustic and i can pretty much say that the results speak for themselves. You actually have to know what you're doing in the recording/mixing area so maybe that's what your problem is.

thats pretty good going, getting good results with that mic. i hate them. well done though for getting something usefull out of it!

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Doc Ascension

haha what a delightful comment... you're recommendation is wrong. You may use a SM57 but there are much better mic's out there to use for this particular applicatoin. FACT.

If he wanted it for other applications not just vox and acoustics then the sm might be a good choice but as it stands and SM is not the correct choice, regardless of how many personal insults you have stuffed up your tighened arsehole

Of course there are better mics out theres oh exalted power metal man. But i think you'd be hard pushed to find one that's more versatile and has as sturdy build quality as the SM57 at the same price.

The guy was after all asking about a good mic so unless he has around £500 to spend then you're on the wrong page

Good, affordable, well made, versatile mic= Shure SM57. FACT.

[stuartmaxwell]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

oh exalted power metal man

[emergency72]

Originally Posted by HairyScaryMark

Nonsense, Thomann has them for £220. Most expensive I have seen them for is around £300.

Which Thomann site are you visiting?? SENNHEISER MD441-U - U.K. International Cyberstore

[HairyScaryMark]

Originally Posted by emergency72

Which Thomann site are you visiting?? SENNHEISER MD441-U - U.K. International Cyberstore

My mistake
I thought you were speaking of the MD421. Sorry.
That was the page.
SENNHEISER MD421U-2 - U.K. International Cyberstore

SM57 is versitile but isn't the be-all and end all of microphones. I wouldn't even say it is the most versitile. The microphones I have found to be particularly sucesfull on a range of applications are actually large diaphram condensors (AKG C414 and Behringer B1).

The best guitar cab mic'ing results I have had were actually when most of the sound came from AKG C414, I also preferred the sound of Behringer B1 over the SM57 on the guitar cab. C414 also gave me the best acoustic guitar sound (when mixed with the pickup and distance mic's)

Behringer B1 also doubles as a good bass drum mic (particualrly for the non-kick side).

It is certianly worth having a few SM57s but there are other microphones worth concidering also.

I am not even the biggest fan of SM57 on Snare. Small diaphram condensors such as AKG C1000 often do a better job, in my opinion.

[soundian]

I think I'll throw in my tuppence worth before this gets ugly.

My initial thought would be a large diaphragm condenser but I'm pretty sure the Zoom won't have phantom, so it's either something like a AKG C1000 (I'm sure they take batteries) or a dynamic mic. I'm also pretty sure the Zoom won't be at the cutting edge of sound reproduction so spending more than about £150 with no plans to upgrade your recording facilities is pissing money away.
With no idea what the vocalist sounds like it's hard to recommend a mic, it really does depend on the voice.

SM57's, jack of all trades, master of none. If I was allowed one sub £100 dynamic mic it would probably be the 57, but more because it's versatile and I know what I'm getting with it than anything else.

The MD421 may be the industry standard on tech specs but I'm struggling to remember the last time I saw one. If you were to insist on me naming an industry standard tom mic it would have to be the ubiquitous senny604.

[HairyScaryMark]

Originally Posted by soundian

The MD421 may be the industry standard on tech specs but I'm struggling to remember the last time I saw one. If you were to insist on me naming an industry standard tom mic it would have to be the ubiquitous senny604.

I was referring to being industry standard for recording toms in professional recording studios, not live. The Sennheiser E604 are primarily live microphones, although sometimes used in studios.

I think the above post by Soundian is probably the most useful so far on this thread.