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Are these mainly for if you want to record vocals or "Ambient" noise and not for micing your amp up for recording.
I'm wondering about the Focusrite Scartlett Studio package. You get the Interface, Headphones and Condenser Mic, but there is no point in me getting it if the Mic is useless to me as I do not sing.
I'm still not sure which recording route I'm going with yet but thought I'd clear this query up.
Thanks.
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You can use a condenser mic for an amp. Some larger capsules can be damaged by large movements so up close and personal is not recommended with a 100w stack at full tilt. For lower level recording (home recording) there is no issue.
The strange challenge you find with condenser vs dynamics for guitar is frequency range. By and large condensers capture a larger range of frequencies. When used on a fairly empty track with just one guitar, a vocal and not much else, that's a good thing. On busier tracks things can become cluttered - although this can be countered with strong EQing.
The reason dynamics like the SM57 gain so much popularity in guitar dominated music is their frequency capture and mid push just puts guitars far closer to the ball park area you are looking for at mixing. In a band situation they are also more directional so cut down on spill.
In short, and very roughly put - for guitars in isolation I would tend to reach for a condenser. In more common busy tracks I would prefer an SM57 (or the like) mainly because I know at mixing time there will be less work to do.
@digitalscream
Thanks. It seems a condenser mic will also do the trick then
I'm a bit of a novice with this so forgive me. I'm still tempted to go the Line 6 UX1 route which Barny mentioned in my other thread.
That and the headphones should do for what I want to record for now but I also wanted to invest in a mic for micing up the amp as well and was going to go the SM-57 route.