I use a rode studio microphone. I'm not at the studio so I can't give the exact model. It cost me around $500, and i absolutely love it. It's very warm, and a lot of users on the net have also compared its quality to that of a neuman Omar Binno Website: www.omarbinno.com AIM: LOD1116 Skype: obinno1 ----- Original Message ----- From: D!J!X! To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 1:03 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about microphones I heard of a $300 mic, the project studio c1 or c3, that is supposedly just like a numan! I think Phil uses or has one, so he might know the exact model... I remember reading about it from a link that he or somebody else provided a while ago. D!J!X! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Len Viljoen Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:58 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] question about microphones Hi all. I'm thinking of purchasing a good quality vocal microphone for myself for studio recording purposes. I hear and read that capasitor or microphones are used these days instead of dynamic microphones and that they use phantom power. I understand those things but now I must purchase a good one. The shops hear don't keep stock of those kind of microphones so it is very difficult to get one to test with. I just wondered what some of you guys are using? I know you get mikes that are very expensive like the numan u87 and so on but I don't have that kind of money haha. I think this can be a gnice discussion. Kind regards Len Viljoen