Microphone Advice

[kevina]

Hi Everyone

I have a Macbook that has a built in Mic and Cam but when I record on to this the picture is fine but the sound is awful and makes my guitar sound out of tune (before any wise cracks come, the guitar is in tune ;D). I would like to buy a mic just so it can pick up an acoustic guitar and my Baja played through an amp and of course my beautiful singing voice haha.

The set up would be me sitting somewhere playing and having the laptop sitting close to me, the guitar/amp wont be connected to the laptop in any way.

Would this sort of Mic be ok (See below) for what im wanting it to do or does anyone have something that will do what I require?

www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/c-o1u-usb-condenser-mic/68429



Thanks

[lesblues]

Kevina, I'm pretty new to this mic thing and I was looking for one to record my guitar played through my amp. I decided to go with a shure sm 57. GAK are selling one bundled with a free boom stand and xlr to xlr cable.

The only problem I can think of with the set up you are suggesting is that for optimum recording you want to have one mic set at your amp and another for singing into. I'm lucky as there is no way I'll want to record my singing.

What about the Samson mic you suggested to me (Samson G-Track USB Condenser Mic + Audio Interface For Guitar) where you plug the guitar into the mic it's self and then you could have the mic positioned for singing into.

Have you had a look at this web site?
www.musiconmypc.co.uk/index.php

I found it very useful. There is a section dedicated to recording guitar and voice onto computer.

[kevina]

Thanks for this, its not so much for electric recording as it is Acoustic.

Its really just to record the sound of my guitar as opposed to my terrible singing voice.

I will check out the link and GAK when I get home.

Thanks for this.

[verbosity]

I use a cheap condensor mic I got from maplin, plugged into my comp. in the case of acoustic guitar its best to try to get the miv as close as you can to the guitar, the standard place is a couple of inches away from the hole, though by moving it up and down relative to the neck you can adjust the type of sound you get. closer is better as a rule.


I use the same mic for recording from the amp , in the same case point it as close to the speaker of the amp as you can, in this case slowly crank up the volume slowly, it's rare but I've seen comps broken from a mic picking up a ( in this case seriously ) too loud amp.

[pwfirst]

Hi guys I am new to this great forum. Besides playing in a band in high school and now in church I do some recording in my studio. lesblues is right the sure 57 at $100 is a standard that every one is compared to. Two other options are the Audix 5- I at $115 and if you want really great sound the RODI NTA1 at $250 is very nice . Personally I use the Sure 57 through a tube pre amp and it is a very warm, full sound. It is great for accustics and electrics both and very durable. Phil