Mic Check
 

i would post this in audio assistance, but id never get answered. i need to buy a mic because im starting to record and im buying it off of musiciansfriend, and im using a laptop with cool edit pro and all but i dont know what i need for the mic

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...c_tid=topseller
^thats the mic but im not sure what i need to hook it up to my laptop so help me out and let me know.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...ase_pid/484020/
^also do i need this if im using a laptop to connect the mic to, if there is a way to hook it up to the laptop tell me what i need and drop a link for it because if anything will make it sound better im going to buy it
thanks for the help pc

ok lets see...

1. you need a pre-amp if your getting that condensor mic...better yet if you get a condensor mic period your gonna need phantom power aka a pre-amp.

2. you will need 2 cables, there is a imput and output on the pre-amp, you plug the cable that leads from your mic to input. so you will need a cable with male and femal XLR connectors. this cable goes from your mic to the input. now you need a 1/4"-1/8" cable (1/4" connecter on one end- 1/8" connector on the other) this will plug into the output directly into the microphone jack of your laptop

hope that helped

yea man that hel[s a lot thanks but do u have any links of these on musicians friend so i can jus add it to the cart n buy them

and also wats a condensor mic do that a regular mic doesnt, does it have better quality sound?

How much money U wanna spend?
cus I'll give my exact set up.....cus I'm basicly the same as you.

i wana spend around 150, but more if i need

150 for the pre-amp (external)(M-Audio O-Zone)
50 Boomstick Mic'Stand
15 Mic'Cord
100 Microphone (MXL 990)
___Lookin at about_____315.

oh yeh an headphones. 375 all together.

If you're looking to do it under $150, radioshack is your only hope. jsut get any mic from there (snice they're dman near all the same) and but a 1/4" to 1/8" reducer. That's abotu as far as you can get for 150. Or just buy a Shure SM58 which is a step above radioshack, but still gonna sound liek ass.

honestly if you know how to work cool edit and download some plugins you can get your songs (quality) to sound like someone who has a $400 set-up...or something close.

oh yea and download t-racks its like a nice little mastering program...just make sure your .wavs are under -2db

shit....

I had top quality outta a socom navy seal ps2 headset for a good 6 months.

just know how to mix

how the FUCK is that "top quality"? That shit was sibbilance central. man, wTF are you talking about. Stop smoking the horse shit.

alotta kids got nice equipment but dont know how to use it. so once you've mastered ya plugins and shit then upgrade.

^^^^sound like ass compared to a 200-300 dollar mic...maybe


but...c'mon...kid really shud be concerned with mixing and editing...cuz even with a 400 mic, his vocals can still sound like shit if he doesn't know what da fuck he's doin in mixing/editing process

and I agree with New Method...get Antares Mic Modeler


fug wut u heard

yeah, I agree with thta - but check it, its liek this: Software won;t make a $50 mic sound liek a 400 dollar mic. at most it'll make it sound liek a $50 mic. However ,software on a $400 mic will make it soudn liek a $400 mic...istead of a $50 mic.

You cna get a $70 mic that sounds liek a $400 mic righout otta the box though. it's called the MXL 990 ;)

the software can let u choose a mic that creates a sound right for ur voice...I got my shit set to the AKG right now

but...in a coupe weeks, Imma have a Real AKG and my quality will go up cuz it is a better mic and I won't have to do as much processing of the vocals


But...I still stick by what I and New Method said, master mixing and editing technique before relying upon a 400 mic to boost quality, because it won't necessarily.