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DayVess t1_ixvdz1j wrote

The AT2020 is great for speech (I have one - AT2020USB+ - for recording narration). Very rich sound. I can't speak to its performance in recording someone belting those high notes though. Shure SM58 has been the go-to for bands and live events I've worked with for years. This mic doesn't plug into a PC, connection is XLR. You'd need a USB audio interface like a Scarlett to connect to computers.

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Ok-Interaction-4197 OP t1_ixvekva wrote

Thanks for the info.

The porpuse is just In house covers (just for fun).

About the last phrase, you are talking about all mics or just SM58?

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PricelessLogs t1_ixwda08 wrote

He was talking about the SM58, but many mics require an audio interface. Basically you need to use a USB connection to connect to a computer, and some mics do have a USB connection, but most professional quality musician microphones use XLR cables. An audio interface is basically a little hub that you plug your XLR cables from your microphone into (or 1/4" cables which are also common but are mostly for other instruments) and the audio interface itself connects to the computer with USB and sends the audio into the PC

Like someone else said, a really high quality, professional, and relatively cheap setup would be a Shure SM58 microphone and a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface. In fact I'm a home studio musician and this is very close to my own setup

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