Hey i am looking for a mixer to hook up my shure sm-58 onto. Will any regular mixer do with a mic(in port)? Or do you need a powermixer to make at least some decent quality from it?
Well that all depends on whether or not the mic needs phantom power. Look it up online...it probably doesnt. If is doesn't then any half way decent mixer that isnt buzzing will work fine.
SM58 is a dynamic mic. It doesnt need phantom power.
Powered mixers are usually referred to as the type that have a built in amplifier to power speakers. Ususally to power a PA a gigs etc.
You wont need this at home if you have active monitors.
Any decent mixer will have phantom power anyway, it's only the really little ones ie 4 channel behringers, tapco etc and other low end mixers. Even so for yourself they would be fine as you have a dynamic mic anyway.
The SM58 is usually used as a stage vocal mic - you'll see them pretty much everywhere as they're great for live use. Good enough quality for pub & small venue gigs, club mc'ing. They're really durable as well. I've done live demo recordings with SM58's both on vocals and (unfortunately) on guitar also. They're good enough for a first demo or capturing a live performance for reference. You wont get amazing recordings from it.
Having said that for home use, with vocal and instrument recording you'll probably find the sounds quality more than acceptable. I've done a couple of bedroom recordings with really old Shure dynamics and they came out pretty well.
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Yawn: 14-03-2009 09:24.
Originally posted by Yawn
SM58 is a dynamic mic. It doesnt need phantom power.
Powered mixers are usually referred to as the type that have a built in amplifier to power speakers. Ususally to power a PA a gigs etc.
You wont need this at home if you have active monitors.
Any decent mixer will have phantom power anyway, it's only the really little ones ie 4 channel behringers, tapco etc and other low end mixers. Even so for yourself they would be fine as you have a dynamic mic anyway.
The SM58 is usually used as a stage vocal mic - you'll see them pretty much everywhere as they're great for live use. Good enough quality for pub & small venue gigs, club mc'ing. They're really durable as well. I've done live demo recordings with SM58's both on vocals and (unfortunately) on guitar also. They're good enough for a first demo or capturing a live performance for reference. You wont get amazing recordings from it.
Having said that for home use, with vocal and instrument recording you'll probably find the sounds quality more than acceptable. I've done a couple of bedroom recordings with really old Shure dynamics and they came out pretty well.
i do all my vocal recordings with sm58 because i don't have a sound proof room, and durable, i have seen these thins go through friggin dry walls and still work, you can dunk them in a bucket of water.
so it use to be get a great mic to get great quality, but with digital EQ and EFFECTS now, you can change almost any mic sound. before if ou had to use more eq's to fix a problem with mic sound, it would add more noise to the mix, because it's going through analog circuits. so now, pfff, whatever.
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yeah man they're rock solid. I've seen them thrown around, stamped on, crushed with stacks, dribbled on, screamed into and they take it. Without a flinch in quality too. Probably one of the best mics ever made for amateur productions and live work.
