Mic/Pre setup for beatboxing

[Scalez]

hey, i'm wondering if anyone here has experience recording vocal beatboxing and can suggest a decent mic/pre setup for that. (obviously a pop blocker is needed.) i'm shopping for a mic and a pre and my budget is about $700.

it would be cool if the setup can also handle rap vocals, acoustic guitar, hand percussion, DI's (for bass & electric guitar), and mic'd amps. People tell me the SM57 has this kind of versatility but I've never heard anyone say they've beatboxed with one.

Multiple mics and/or pre's within that budget is another option i'm open to. Are my expectations unrealistic with this kind of budget?

 

[sleepy]

A lot of times, a sm58 does a good job. No pop filter needed and with a decent mixer, not even a pre amp if you use the mixer pre-amps. Just let the beatboxer cup the mic and do what they do.

SM57 with a nice pre-amp does a good job also fot acoustic guitars and other instruments.

 

[houseofthesun]

sleepy is right, a dynamic mic would give you some more flexabilty with beat boxing, where you wont need a pop filter the beat boxer can hold the mic and even cuff it to create different sounds.


"Are my expectations unrealistic with this kind of budget?"

LOL ( no offence) people keep forgetting, some of the best albums have been recorded on tascam 4 track and 8 track porta studios, its not the equipment its how you use it. as for the sm 57 and 58 you will have no idea how many albums you would have heard with the guitars miked up with a 57 toms other percussion instruments remeber the shure sm 57 has been around since 1957 ( hence why its called the sm 57) its been an industry standerd for years. its i mic you sort of cant go wrong with, but there people out there that say there crap like allways go with what you like, and these days theres sooo many mics out there look around, but best thing to do is get a sm 57 and compare other mics to it, its the industry standard for dynamic mics in that range so there will be better and worse but you sort of cant go wrong with it.

as for pre amps if you are really serious with music recording go and save up and get something out of the focusrite platinum range or really save up and get an avalon vt series pre. but there are a few gems out there that will give you a good sound for your buck, brands like personus are good for this, once again shop around try before you buy, and when trying pre amps bring in your mic and test it with that, not with some expensive neuman mic that in the shop you go wow that was amazing then go home and scratch your head and think you just got ripped off cause it sounded better in the shop than it did at home.

 

[Scalez]

sleepy and house, thanks both for the wisdom dropped. i'm definitely getting the 57 now, and i'll save for a eureka or a focusrite. Other than with my turntables, I don't have a mixer as I do my mixing all in software. i have a delta 1010 that until now, I've just used to pipe in from my mpc and tables. it's happening slow, but my setup is all coming together. again, the help is golden. i appreciate it.