Simon.

heres my opinions.

for lots of song creators with no money something is better than nothing.
i once set up a studio for a group of musos with no money to help them.
(CDN fyi)
i told them 'this isnt the best gear you realise ?'
but they were very appreciative as finally they had 'something' as a starter to create songs.

in fact on gearspace.com is a whole forum called 'low end theory' which offers loads of interesting threads on affordeable gear.
the question is how big a gap is there tween spending over 1k on a mic viz a mic under 100 bucks.
and of course there are many audio examples of this comparison (cheap versus expensive) on you tube of course.

its like anything else in life...just gotta sort the wheat from the chaff.
(it took me a looong time to find my nice wife for example. my song in my sig
'a man and a woman' tells the tale...lol includeing a little joke bass run.)
yes there is junk gear out there not worth the low price but there is also good gear at a low price imho.

here is a link to a sweetwater shootout with audio examples of various audio interfaces. i said to my wife can you hear the diff ?
her reply...'all sounds the same to me'....lol.

https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/best-audio-interfaces-shootout/

as ive said before ive used big boys gear many timews ...but ive also had nice results from cheapo gear many times..
(some pg users use behr interfaces and some rme.
i havent yet had someone be able to tell the mic diffs on my various songs vocs.)

you and mike make good points and they are the reason i record tracks and listen back a la the sweetwater audio examples method.
ie 'proof in the pudding'.
listen to the femme vocs video upthread useing the dirt cheap isk 'little gem' mic. amazeing AMAZEING femme vocs on a religious song.
50 buks for the mic. i cant even get one to test as they are sold out.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 05/14/25 07:46 PM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)