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<blockquote data-quote="Chad Young" data-source="post: 130939" data-attributes="member: 699">Re: Difference between Cardioid and hypercardioid polar - Buying a Mic!OP,One thing I would suggest - try a wide variety of mics to see which one suits your style and sounds good with your voice.&nbsp; Mics and voices should be matched with care.&nbsp; Personally, I like to sing using my Sennheiser e935 (cardioid), but the singer in the jazz band I am in (female) uses a supercardiod e945.&nbsp; Both are great.&nbsp; There are many good vocal mics out there in the $100-$250 range that are worth a look (SM57, SM58, e835, e845, and many, many more!).&nbsp; As to cardioid versus hypercardioid, the advice above answers that well enough.&nbsp; I run low enough volume levels typically where pushing the limits of GBF is not that critical so sound quality trumps pattern for me.&nbsp; YMMV.&nbsp; Super-tight pattern mics (Audix OM7 for example) can be hard to master.&nbsp; So, go try a few mics and see what you like.&nbsp; Nothing at all wrong with the e835s or e845s.&nbsp; I have a few of each and like them plenty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chad Young, post: 130939, member: 699"] Re: Difference between Cardioid and hypercardioid polar - Buying a Mic! OP, One thing I would suggest - try a wide variety of mics to see which one suits your style and sounds good with your voice. Mics and voices should be matched with care. Personally, I like to sing using my Sennheiser e935 (cardioid), but the singer in the jazz band I am in (female) uses a supercardiod e945. Both are great. There are many good vocal mics out there in the $100-$250 range that are worth a look (SM57, SM58, e835, e845, and many, many more!). As to cardioid versus hypercardioid, the advice above answers that well enough. I run low enough volume levels typically where pushing the limits of GBF is not that critical so sound quality trumps pattern for me. YMMV. Super-tight pattern mics (Audix OM7 for example) can be hard to master. So, go try a few mics and see what you like. Nothing at all wrong with the e835s or e845s. I have a few of each and like them plenty. [/QUOTE]

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