Smart man here. Look into Audix (OM5, OM7) mics. They are great, affordable and are designed to eliminate/deter feedback. Shure SM58's may be industry standards but there are better mics out there.
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What's a high quality microphone?.....Shure SM58???
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Like everyone is saying - the SM58 (not the BETA 58) is the industry standard and has been for many, many years. Very good, very solid workhorse, almost indestructible. That said, I prefer the ND767 and IME have less feedback issues with the EV, BUT, like someone else said, I'm not convinced that just changing a vocal mic is going to fix your feedback issues, certainly won't hurt and may be the best starting point.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Having recommended Audix mics, I will say, I own several SM58's and have never paid full new price for them. I see them on Craigslist all the time. Most I paid was $60 dang near brand new with bag and clip. Lowest I paid was $40. Dented wind screens are easily replaceable and cheap around $6.
I thought I was the only one who felt this way! I love the SM58. I keep one in my gear box in case the sound company or band I'm working with has anything else. The Beta gets on my nerves. The only other mic I have ever really liked was a Rhode vocal mic, but I don't recall the model.
hard to beat a 58. But I like the Sennheiser E35 better than the 58. Same price range
but the Senn seems to cut thru a live mix better and has fantastic feedback rejection.
IF you want to step it up one notch look at the Shure Beta 87....they have equally fantastic feedback rejection and sound much better than the 57/58 series mics. I keep a 58 and a Beta 87 in my gig bag and choose which to use based on the sound guy....yes some sound guys don't have a clue so for those I use the 58. But one of the bands I play in uses E35's exclusively for all the vocals.
but the Senn seems to cut thru a live mix better and has fantastic feedback rejection.
IF you want to step it up one notch look at the Shure Beta 87....they have equally fantastic feedback rejection and sound much better than the 57/58 series mics. I keep a 58 and a Beta 87 in my gig bag and choose which to use based on the sound guy....yes some sound guys don't have a clue so for those I use the 58. But one of the bands I play in uses E35's exclusively for all the vocals.
It's easy to push out dents with the end of a broom handle. You have to be careful about buying Shure mics off CL. I had a chance to buy a bunch of Beta58As for $60 apiece. Sounded too good to be true. It was. They were Chinese fakes, and not even good ones. The was from the same guy I had bought a couple legit SM57s off of. (How's that for a double hanging preposition?)
1. Your instruments are up too loud
2. You need to EQ better
3. You need to watch speaker and mic placement
4. I guarantee you, your instruments are up too loud
My band's guitarist/sound man swears by the 767. He convinced the singer and drummer to buy that model, and when I dropped and broke my Sennheiser a few months ago, he suggested that I purchase a 367 (EV describes it as being tailored for the female voice). I was skeptical, but since it was about the same price as my old SM58, I bought it. It definitely sounds better to my ears. As a plus, when a drunken woman knocked it over onto a hard floor, it didn't break.
The EV 767 seems to be a much hotter mic than the Shure. My wife sings through that mic, and swears by it. I am using some old Audio Technica ATM61HEs that I bought in 1994. It works for me, and I also have a couple different EV and Sennheiser condensers. I don't have a single Shure mic. I think my wife has an ancient 58 that she uses only as an emergency backup.
There are as many different mics as different basses, and as many reasons to try them out as your individual singing style is different than each other's individual playing styles. Your voice; your tone; these are all yours alone, and it's worth trying out some good hypercardoid mics for stage.
Since it hasn't been mentioned, I thought I would chime in with a question/suggestion.
How far away from the mic is your vocalist? If she is singing softly, generally speaking, she needs to be no farther than a hand's width away from the screen, or else there is no mic that will solve the problem. Nose to the hose, baby!
How far away from the mic is your vocalist? If she is singing softly, generally speaking, she needs to be no farther than a hand's width away from the screen, or else there is no mic that will solve the problem. Nose to the hose, baby!
dunno about all of this. in one of my bands, we use some nady crap i bought "3 for $49" from gc. we play loud. we play in a concrete and cinderblock basement. we use a pair of kustom pw50's for vox (cheap powered 2x4" boxes). we hear the vocals fine and never get feedback. seems to me it's a bunch of bs and the OP (nice zombie thread resurrection btw) or anyone having this problem should just do everything wrong, maybe it'll work out for you like it has for us.
but really, we shouldn't (a) be able to hear the vox with 100 total watts through 4 4" speakers (b) have the speakers behind us (c) use the cheapest mics in the world (d) play unreasonably loud with such a wimpy pa (e) play in a basement surrounded by unfinished cinderblock with a concrete floor and no obstructions.... but we do and everything is fine (except maybe our hearing). i couldn't even guess as to what the op's group is (was) doing wrong.
but really, we shouldn't (a) be able to hear the vox with 100 total watts through 4 4" speakers (b) have the speakers behind us (c) use the cheapest mics in the world (d) play unreasonably loud with such a wimpy pa (e) play in a basement surrounded by unfinished cinderblock with a concrete floor and no obstructions.... but we do and everything is fine (except maybe our hearing). i couldn't even guess as to what the op's group is (was) doing wrong.
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The 57s and 58s have been around a very long time, and sound engineers know well how to use them. Because of their consistent performance and reasonable price, they have become a standard, but they are far from the best mics.
I have an old AKG D1000E that just kills the Shures, and as mentioned, the Audix mic line is superb updated technology and outperforms most all other similar mics.
I have an old AKG D1000E that just kills the Shures, and as mentioned, the Audix mic line is superb updated technology and outperforms most all other similar mics.
Yeah, I use an SM 58 for vocals and an SM 57 to mic my cabinet (when I DO mic the cabinet).
Not wanting to start a new thread I thought I'd throw this question in here:
This item is being offered in fleabay and the seller just happens to be in my hometown which makes it very convenient....so here's the question: can these instrument mics also be used for vocals? I'm talking garage band here boys...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audix-F9-Dy...=US_Pro_Audio_Microphones&hash=item3cd1033045
This item is being offered in fleabay and the seller just happens to be in my hometown which makes it very convenient....so here's the question: can these instrument mics also be used for vocals? I'm talking garage band here boys...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audix-F9-Dy...=US_Pro_Audio_Microphones&hash=item3cd1033045
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