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Depends what you want to record. There are specific mics for specific purposes. The SM-57 is a good mic for live performance as it is durable. Dynamic mics like the SM-57 are often used on drums in the studio. They are supposedly the mic of choice by some singers in the studio, too, but I think there are better mics for acoustic instruments and vocals. Generally speaking, studio-quality mics don't travel well, so you might keep this in mind. My suggestion is to take a little time and search for usenet discussions or for white papers on microphone types - and I don't mean searching the Musicians Friend on-line catalog... A couple of inexpensive-but-good condensor mics that you might research on usenet groups such as Product.SONAR on the news.cakewalk.com server: Studio Projects C-1 (excellent vocal mic) at about $225 Oktava MC012 (MK012) at Guitar Center for about $99, but you must audition due to QC problems (excellent on acoustic instruments) Rode NT5 (about $250/pair new on ebay) Sold as a matched set and are said to be nice on drums or on acoustic instruments Looping content - Say has anybody here been to the Saturday loopfest at Chama (NYC) lately? Haven't seen much discussion here of same... Dan Ash Subject: Recording tools From: Chris Richards <kohntarkosz@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:35:17 -0700 (PDT) To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com OK, folks, my Fostex VF80 arrived yesterday. I bought it for $525 including shipping from someone on E-bay, and it seems to work fine. Now, I need to ask if anyone has any suggestions about microphones and headphones. I'm looking at getting a Shure SM-57, as it looks like they're available relatively cheaply on E-bay (one guy is selling SM-57's for about 90 a pop, and he throws in a 20 feet mic cable to boot). What about headphones? I imagine those are gonna be kinda pricey. Any thoughts here, folks?