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[dcp10200]

One mic I can recommend is ....

Microphones are like people, each one is different to the next. And like people, we don't always get on with one another! It's not wise to recommend a mic for this reason, because ultimately it's down to how the individual's vocal works with a particular set up and NONE OF US can predict that. The only way to get the right mic is to try different microphones out in controlled environments and with decent monitoring (i.e. in a controlled environment!) so assessment can be more reliable. a bedroom or a crappy practice room with poor monitoring conditions and uninformed ears won't help with assessment. But ultimately it depends how professional you want to be, and how many peeps you want to impress with your audio quality. But if the mic/vocal combination doesn't work properly (the voice is king in a song), then what happens?

I suspect one of the reasons they are considering a dynamic mic is because of the level of rejection it affords, so they can use it in a room without acoustic treatment? Irrespective of this, it's unwise to think an untreated room can be circumvented. Indeed, the low frequency material will be strong enough to bang off the walls and add to the direct source, colouring it and smearing it's clarity more than ever. Given the sm7b is already a warm mic, I would anticipate problems during mixing which can't be fixed.

Just because someone raves about a mic, it doesn't make it the right choice....I'm amazed, given how much discussion this subject raises on the web generally, that people are still uninformed.

Apologies for the off-topic post, but the point is critically important to let pass without comment.

I only made a suggestion, I'm very sorry if this offends you. I'm not here to cause a riot, I just gave my 2 cents like you.