Thanks folks for the further replies. I did try a condenser for a few days an AKG that I got from amazon a few years ago. As I have a totally unsound proof room I returned it as I felt it really was picking up a lot of room noise as well, maybe I should have given it a better try to work around the problems.

just out of curiosity the spec of this cheap shure mic is,

frequency response=50-15,000Hz,

600Ohm

-52 dBV/Pa (1000 Hz)


I believe the sm57 has spec,

Frequency Response 40 to 15,000 HzPolar PatternCardioidSensitivity (at 1,000 Hz Open Circuit Voltage)-56.0 dBV/Pa (at 1,000 Hz)


Don't know if anyone can see anything there that might account for its lack of sensitivity, unless in the frequency response being 50 instead of 40 in the cheaper mic

Thanks again
Musiclover

Last edited by musiclover; 03/19/15 05:43 AM.

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