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#1888035 - 02/08/08 06:13 PM Handheld condenser Microphone ?
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Handheld condenser Microphone :

I want to get a microphone for practice at home, and small gigs maybe. I want to try a condenser. I have looked at some store sites, and saw the AT2010, and in a local store I saw the Samson C05 CL. I would like to get a recommendation between these two, or other models. I only have a mixer with 3 eq, and a dynamic microphone. I understand there may be feedback problems with condenser microphones, and I would like to know if these condenser microphones are likely to have this problem.

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#1888298 - 02/09/08 11:22 AM Re: Handheld condenser Microphone ? [Re: elctro]
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Important consideration: Does your mixer have phantom power. Condenser mics won't work without it.
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#1888331 - 02/09/08 01:03 PM Re: Handheld condenser Microphone ? [Re: Gismo Recording]
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Yes. My mixer has phantom power.
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#1889263 - 02/11/08 07:32 AM Re: Handheld condenser Microphone ? [Re: elctro]
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I have no experience with either of those mics but I have had good results using Samson mics (CO1 and CO3) for recording.
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#1891412 - 02/14/08 06:31 AM Re: Handheld condenser Microphone ? [Re: Gismo Recording]
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If you hold any condensor in your hand and sing directly into it, you're going to experience much greater feedback issues than with a dynamic microphone.

I presume you're looking at some kind of stage use here. If you want to try a condensor, better have IEM's, and one hell of a noise gate, because that condensor will pick up everything else on that stage.
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