I totally agree that if you are into recording the best microphone is (are) the one(s) you have. If you have a laptop with a microphone, you have a microphone. If you have a media recorder or smart phone with a microphone, you have a microphone. If you have a gaming headset, you have a microphone. And so on.

I don't know anyone that started out recording with a $1,000 microphone. Everyone starts with what is available. You learn by doing.

Most people's first instrument is dorky unless they have somebody knowledgeable choosing the instrument for them. That is just the way life flows.


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