Simple guitar/vocal recording

bob

it will be a lot better than your phone but not that great. It wont be able to take a lot of level but it will be an improvement. You can get some decent mics pretty cheap. SM58 copies and that sort of thing.

Sun

Thanks again bob, but I still got one more question... As I said, I'm going to mainly record myself singing AND playing guitar, so if I want to record some accoustic stuff, do I need one mic for my vocals and one for the guitar?

And for that mic I found, if you want to know, it's this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/GLS-Audio-ES-58-ES5 ... dZViewItem

Appearently it's a really good copy of the SM58s

bob

Two mics is preferable as it will give you more options later on. One mic will be fine if you carefully place it and try not to move too much (the balance between guitar and vocals will change if you do).

Sun

A little late, but...

Thanks again bob, this is my last question (I think...)

So I'm buying this microphone, and then I'll obviously need some kind of cable from the microphone to my PC. Recently I came across this microphone package on eBay, and just wondered: is that cable that I get with the microphone what I'm looking for? (is compatible with PC?)

http://cgi.ebay.com/GLS-Audio-Mic-Pack- ... dZViewItem

By the way, is this a good microphone to buy at all? To me it looks great, but I wanna be sure...

Thanks!

nirvana23freak

i dont know about the mic, but that cable alone wont go into your PC. i bet you could find a cable that will plug into that then to PC though

bob

That is an XLR cable. It's the standard for microphones.

You can get XLR > Jack adaptors that will allow you to plug one into your pc. You can also get XLR to jack cables that will allow it without the adaptor, though you lose some of the benefit of the cable.

I have no idea if that is a good mic. I've never heard of the company and it's my guess that it's just a very low end sm58 copy that wont sound very good.

bob

someone said: Close-up of GLS Audio "State Of The Art" Metal Ends

The state of the art metal ends are absolutely standard for XLR and nothing special at all. If anything it looks like a very cheap low quality XLR cable.

This mic actually looks like a pile of crap. Avoid.

Almost all mics will come with a case and clip. An xlr cable isnt anything special when its a 2.99 job.

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