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[VolMax Audio]

what is the best china made microphone you can suggest for live bands? thanks...

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Originally Posted by VolMax Audio

what is the best china made microphone you can suggest for live bands? thanks...

Just let me know which microphoen do you interesting ? condenser? if so I think I will help you to get nice products from me .......Alex

[SY]

Why does it need to be from China?

[The Space Egg Corp]

Hi Max Vol

Don't know what kind of live music you do, but

I have recently got 3 microphones made in China for the Californian microphone company SE electronics.

They are all condenser microphones, and are all exellent sounding mics.
They are:-
A matched pair of small diaphram condensers, SE-1a's &
A large diaphram multi-pattern mic, the SE-Z3300a.

Their not cheap, but not exactly expensive either, and to be quite honest my opinion is that you would be hard pushed to find anything better even at 1000's of £$'s.

Whilst these might be considered 'studio' mics, plenty of condenser mics are used on quality stage set up's, and results often depend on the type/vol of the music and the kind of space the venue is.

I would totaly recommend these mics on sound quality & build quality.

I am currently making a clone of the classic AKG of Austria C-12 valve microphone, and just the capsule for this mic clone cost me as much as the 2 matched SE-1a's.

Send me some MP3's of your music if you have some, would love to hear it.

the.space.egg.corporation@gmail.com

Cheers Simon...

[VolMax Audio]

to SY:. . . many misicians prefer to buy china made because its more affordable, its very cheap. . .

[VolMax Audio]

sir space egg,

i do live band music, i'm presently using the china made shure sm 58. can u advice me what to use? is a condenser mic ideal for vocal in live band music?

[Nigel Goodwin]

Originally Posted by VolMax Audio

sir space egg,

i do live band music, i'm presently using the china made shure sm 58. can u advice me what to use? is a condenser mic ideal for vocal in live band music?

I would say not, condensors aren't really very good for live vocals - personally I mostly use the cheap Behringer mikes, they come in a pack of three for very little money and I've found them absolutely excellent.

I originally bought the first three Behringer mikes for an emergency gig, where I had to cobble gear together unexpectedly - the plan was to buy a real SM58 for lead vocals at a later date. However, the cheap Behringers sound so good I decided it was just a waste of money, so bought more Behringers instead.

[VolMax Audio]

Originally Posted by Nigel Goodwin

I would say not, condensors aren't really very good for live vocals - personally I mostly use the cheap Behringer mikes, they come in a pack of three for very little money and I've found them absolutely excellent.

I originally bought the first three Behringer mikes for an emergency gig, where I had to cobble gear together unexpectedly - the plan was to buy a real SM58 for lead vocals at a later date. However, the cheap Behringers sound so good I decided it was just a waste of money, so bought more Behringers instead.

thanks sir, i supposed to buy that behringer pack of three before but i was tempted to buy the warfdale instead, i am not really satisfied with it. . . i will then buy that pack. . . thanks

[Nigel Goodwin]

Originally Posted by VolMax Audio

thanks sir, i supposed to buy that behringer pack of three before but i was tempted to buy the warfdale instead, i am not really satisfied with it. . . i will then buy that pack. . . thanks

I've got two of the packs of three, they cost about £18 in the UK - I also bought a single Behringer mike, at about £18 for one - but I can't say I can tell any difference.

[cbdb]

Yes, large diaphram condensers for studio, hypercard dynamics for live. 2 reasons: (niether being direct sound quality) durability and directionality, the sm 58s for vocals 57s for instruments ( folklore has it that if you cant find a hammer you can use the sm57, theres lots of them out there still sounding great after dozens of hits with drum sticks) these are the reasons you see them (often 20 years old) so often at gigs. Dont know much about the behringers but Ild like to see how well they stand up to micing a snare drum for a few years. The other thing is leakage, record some vocals with a 58 next to one of the behringers and see how much of the rest of the band leaks into them. The more leakage you have the muddier the mix will be.