Microphone for singer

[CastilloHa1]

Looking for a microphone for a singer 

 

a friend of mien does covers but doesn't have good equipment. me and a group of our friends are going to buy her some new things so she can make better sounding music and i said i would buy they mic. doesnt have to be great or the best just something that she can sound good with  

 

something that can hook up to a laptop

25-50 range 

good audio quality 

[Guest]

You're going to have to aim for a higher budget unfortunately. 

[EmoRarity]

Yeah...your budget is....low for your requirements. you would be looking at $100+ for something effective. 
Best I can say is ATR2500, which won't do you well. 

[CastilloHa1]

This is just to start off, nothing big need to be invested into this, so im not looking for anything like that. 

[EmoRarity]

ATR2500 then, it holds to its value for a vocal mic. 

[mr moose]

I think shure do a cheap version of their sm58,  it might be called the pg58 but even then you might be buying something that sounds pretty awful.

 

EDIT: IF you can push the budget to an sm58 you'll keep and use it for years.

[TofuAce]

Shure has the lower end PG48 which looks similar visually to the SM58.

 

A lot of the vocal microphones will require you to get an XLR to USB adapter. (EDIT: i've never used an adapter, i've only used external solutions with XLR inputs.)

 

I would save up money and get something else.

[EmoRarity]

I think shure do a cheap version of their sm58,  it might be called the pg58 but even then you might be buying something that sounds pretty awful.

 

EDIT: IF you can push the budget to an sm58 you'll keep and use it for years.

 

Shure has the lower end PG48 which looks similar visually to the SM58.

 

A lot of the vocal microphones will require you to get an XLR to USB adapter.

 

I would save up money and get something else.

Problem being its not usb and requires more spending to hook it up. 

[TymmVonD]

@CastilloHa1

Samson C01U(usb condensor) or C01(XLR condensor) if you can find a XLR to USB mixer/interface under budget. I use a 2 channel Pyle interface. The XLR with the interface allows you to live monitor your voice through headphones. The USB version has software monitoring which has horrible latency.

 

I've owned both.

[mr moose]

Problem being its not usb and requires more spending to hook it up. 

I missed the bit where it said it needed to be USB, I assumed they had a mixer or something... whoops.

[EmoRarity]

I missed the bit where it said it needed to be USB, I assumed they had a mixer or something... whoops.

All good. 

[CastilloHa1]

Its fine i can always buy and adapter too, that would more likely be easier anyways  

[mr moose]

Its fine i can always buy and adapter too, that would more likely be easier anyways  

Well if that's the case then I recommend a small USB mixer/interface, then you can have your choice of condenser or dynamic mic.  I'd start with the shure because its a good stage mic also.

[t0wer]

Shure sm48's are around $40-60

pg58's are around $50-70

 

and I'd second the small usb mixer/interface