I have been a bit slow on posting reviews of the last couple of Dynamic Microphone, but it is time to catch up
Is Radio Shack's Unidirectional Dynamic Microphone Dynamic Microphone a good microphone for singers?
i dont want to spend that much!
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Yeah man any dynamic will be what you in particular will need and all Shure’s are quality. The 55 is a good mic with a decent frequency response so at around £200 it will be a good investment.This is for live performances yeah?
Any mic may be the right mic for a particular application at a particular price point. “Studio quality” is a BS marketing term. Professional recording studios generally have dozens (or at least a few) different microphones for various applications and each will have different characteristics. There is no single spec that makes a microphone suitable for use in a studio.Dynamic microphones in general are used more on stage than in the studio, though they definitely *are* used in studios. Their big advantages include:Less fragile than condenser microphones and much less fragile than ribbon microphonesThey do not require phantom powerThey are usually better at handling high SPLs (sound pressure levels… a fancy way of saying “loud sounds”)Perhaps the most popular dynamic microphone ever made is the Shure SM-57. It’s been used on countless big-time recordings, particularly on snare drums and guitar amps. It only costs about $100. You can spend over $10,000 for a microphone. So expense is not necessarily an indicator of quality or fitness for a purpose.The Coby CMP-45, however, is under $15, so I really wouldn’t expect much from it. While I am constantly surprised by the increasing quality of cheap gear, this is an order of magnitude cheaper than the cheapest microphones used by professionals. There will certainly be mics that do particular things much better than this model, but that is true of every microphone.Ultimately, you should let your ears decide. Do your recordings with this microphone sound like the noises you made when you were making the recording?Also, pop filters don’t increase the quality of a microphone. They may increase the quality of your recording, though. Pop filters are designed to prevent “plosives” or “p-pops” from entering the microphone. Hold your finger in front of your mouth (as in the gesture for silence) and try speaking. Notice the breeze on words with the P sound? That’s a plosive, and it sounds nasty on a recording. All pop filters do is prevent plosives.Good luck with your recording.
If your computer is like mine, it should be right at the bottom of the hardrive. If not, bye one from the store. There pretty cheap now.
If that is all you can afford, then it probably will work ok.If you can spend around $100 US, you can get a decent pro mic:http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/AudioTechnica-AT2010-Handheld-Condenser-Microphones?sku=270384&src=3WWRWXYB&ZYXSEM=0http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Shure-SM58-Mic?sku=270101
1. Some background info:As you have found out, a dynamic microphone CAN work as a low-fi speaker (a condenser mic can’t); a passive speaker can also act as a low-fi microphone. It isn’t what they’re designed for, but they will work.2. THE REASON THIS IS HAPPENING with your iPod Touch and F-V100 microphone:The iPod Touch’s audio jack has 4 conductors. The F-V100 microphone’s plug has only 2 conductors, and it is connecting to the Left audio output (and also shorting out other connections!).Please refer to the pinout (see link in “Sources” below) to illustrate the following explanation of what connections are being made…When you plug the F-V100’s 2-conductor plug into the iPod’s 4-conductor audio jack, the tip is contacting the iPod jack’s tip, which is Left audio (out). The plug’s sleeve (it has no ring conductors) shorts out the iPod jack’s Right audio (out) and microphone (in) connections to ground — and since that is the common ground, it is completing the circuit for the Left audio to be heard out of the microphone.———–The iPod Touch’s microphone input IS available on this jack, but it has to be wired to the sleeve and rear ring connectors of a 4-conductor plug to work.You can make a custom adapter, or replace the 2-conductor plug on the mic with a 4-conductor plug — either way (using the pinout below as a guide), you’ll need to wire the mic plug’s tip connection to the 4-conductor plug’s sleeve, and the mic plug’s sleeve connection to the 4-conductor plugs rear ring, and leave the 4-conductor plug’s tip and front ring connections open.You MIGHT be able to make an adapter with a camcorder’s 4-pin to 3xRCA AV cable by adapting one of the RCA plugs to a mini phone jack — but these cables are not uniform between camcorder brands, (Sony and Panasonic camcorder AV cables are incompatible with each other!) so I can’t tell you which color RCA plug to connect to or even if it will work! Here’s a link to pinouts for this type of cable: http://pinouts.ru/Home/av_jack_pinout.shtml——–BTW the pinout below also shows that a headphone with a (standard) 3-conductor plug can also be plugged into the iPod Touch audio jack and work normally (and that is by design, of course!). It will short the microphone input to ground.
Radio Shack has the adapter – it is a 1/4 inch female to 1/8 inch male adapter:http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102670
It depends on the type of microphone.If it is a dynamic microphone then probably yes as it uses a permanent magnet. Bringing a magnet near might change the magnitude of its magnetic strength.
Your radioshack links don’t work, they just go to the homepage..The sweetwater link is the Shure SM57, this is the ‘brother’ of the more popular SM58 (SM57’s are usually considered more useful for guitar,bass and drums, SM58 for vocals, but this is not a hard and fast rule…)http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/studio/studio_tips.htmProfessional dynamic mic’s such as the SM57 & SM58 would normally be provided with an XLR connector which would need to go through a convoluted process to get into your computer. Nevertheless, it can be done… see here:http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/DIY/vocal.phpNow, the interesting point is…why dynamic for a PC? a dynamic is really best suited to performance rather than recording or any other PC use.Consider instead the increasingly wide range of USB condensor microphones on the market at very reasonable prices:http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/studio/USB_microphone.htmThese offer higher sensitivity and clarity, ideal for recording just about anything… For more on the dynamic Vs Condenser debate see the following:http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/studio/dynamic.htmYou should find all you need by browsing around this site, hope you find what you are looking for.
A condensor mic to record vocalsA dynamic to perform
The 58 is a fine mic for recording an electric guitar from the amp. Most people use a 57, but the only real difference in the two is that the 58 has a bit more proximity effect (bass boost when the mic is placed close to the sound source).Dimebag Darrell preferred to mic his amps up with a 58 live, and his tones were unquestionably heavy. Ty Tabor of King’s X also prefers a 58 on his rig live.You’ll do fine. You just might need to roll the low end on the mic off just a bit.Greetings from Austin, TXKen
have you checked to see if “microphone” is chosen as “recording source”?the system won’t necessarily do anything special when you plug in a micro.go to the control panel, click sounds, and choose recording – look to see that mic is the chosen option and check that your microphone is in the microphone port and not line in/aux
That is a classic mic like the one Elvis used. He probably even used that model.Here is the data sheet for it:http://www.shure.com/stellent/groups/public/@gms_gmi_web_ug/documents/web_resource/us_pro_51_ug.pdfThere is one on ebay right now for $40:http://cgi.ebay.com/Shure-Model-51-Dynamic-Microphone-Multi-Impedance_W0QQitemZ230421974401QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item35a6384d81