Vocal Mics what do you use?

[maltingsaudio]

I hope we can get some facts from this. What I would like to know is what vocal mic do you actually use, not the one you aspire to or your opinion on what is best. If we could keep it to one mic per reply so if you use one mic for rock vocals and one for the deep and meaningful stuff post two replies. After a couple of weeks if anyone is interested I'll collate all the responses and post up the results. Should be interesting.

Mine senn E845

[Danny1969]

For live vocals a Senn E945

[stickyfiddle]

Sm58 atm

[stickyfiddle]

(though I'd prefer a Beyer M88TG)

[samgoldshark]

Akg D5

[jalapeno]

Sennheiser 835

[koneguitarist]

SM58s for the whole band. not the best, but they always work.

[ESBlonde]

Shure Beta 57a, I like a nice directional mic and this seems to work with a wide range of voices and sound systems with great foldback control too.

[thebeagle]

Senn E835/840.

[erictheweary]

I use a cheap SM58ish copy I bought a few years ago for £30.

I use it for shouty BV's and harmonica. When I use better mics it is noticeably louder ( volume being the only quality level ascribed to my vocals) but more prone to feedback and noise when using the harmonica ( harmonica blowing into the mic and hands around the mic).

In blues band days I used a seperate mic for the harmonica but that was nicked and these days I just want an 'acoustic' blowey noise rather than a Chicago blues type ( ie valve amp distortion). Ideally I'd want a mic that handled both well.