Microphones ?

[mooney]

Rhode NT1 or NT2
and DONT BUY A SHURE SM 57 or 58 for recording
its the difference between a demo a decent track
those shure mics are live mics and don't have a tailored frequency response.
Roone
Mooney is right on the money
but you need batteries or a desk with phantom power to run a condenser mic

oh yea, that last part is important. you never specified which kinda recording you were looking at - if it was studio time, they'd have condensers mics as standard, obv a desk and of course phantom power.

But as I ARE ESS says, its its more a home recording, demo kinda thing in which you wanna record vocals and instruments, then an SM58 shudnt set you back too much...

[I ARE ESS]

i learned this in college but have also experienced it in practice too.
when my band are recording just demo ideas sean oursinger uses a 57 and we d.i the guitar and we get just demoish sounding tunes,
whenn  we use a proper studio sean uses a rhode nt2
and all the guitars are mic'd up properly with microphones with a tailored frequency response and it makes all the difference.
check out www.myspace.com/lifelinerock our emo punk may not be your thing but you can hear the difference between the demo tracks (Orca, Ashes, Good Secret) and the final tracks (censored networks, heartburn, Atom Bomb) as we have a mix of both up at the moment and the difference proper mics can make is apparent

[Dynamite-Chicken]

That's my choice:

Sennheiser Evolution 865S



http://www.soundland.de/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/220173

[Fit2be]

That's my choice:

Sennheiser Evolution 865S



http://www.soundland.de/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/220173

Isn't this the one Sting from The Police is using; because I almost feel like this being so!

[Dynamite-Chicken]

Isn't this the one Sting from The Police is using; because I almost feel like this being so!

i think it is! it's a hell of a mic, as you hear every movement of and within your face.