Need some vocal equipment advice

1) What is the best microphone I can get if I'm a poor bastard who absolutely cannot spend any more than $50 on a mic, but I need one that will work straight into my PC (Or at least I can use an adapter to plug it into the PC for recording) and will also be able to be used with distortion such as a guitar distortion pedal or something.

2) What would be the best thing for me to use to get pitch-shifting as close to LDOH's Hymns of Indigestible Suppuration as possible?

Thanks in advance for any help.

A Blu Snoball,
i got one for just over 40$ from Guitar Center, it's what I record all of my drums for!

Sweet, I'll check that out. Thanks a lot, Ian.

Also, I guess I edited the second question in there a bit too late. Know anything about the second question?

I have no diea about that one man, i'd like to know myself, i'm also really wanting to know what pitchshifters Regurgitate used on Carnivorous Erection....

nobodys going to fucking tell you. ive tried to contact pulmonary fibrosis about what they use too. best ive seen are those boss pedals, i use a digitech v200 every now and again, and i think some people use an apple plug-in for their vox.

I see. I'll just try experimenting with a distortion pedal, then.

I use the Digitech Vocal 300

Fred Sanford wrote:

I use the Digitech Vocal 300

tell me how you bank yours. i hate that shitty "monster" effect, i made an oka custom setting but it is not gurgly at all.

Shure SM57!! Thats a really good microphone.
I got one, but I dont use it often
I use an old fucking microphone from like the 60's when I record my vox to make it sound raw.

GrinchX wrote:

Fred Sanford wrote:

I use the Digitech Vocal 300

tell me how you bank yours. i hate that shitty "monster" effect, i made an oka custom setting but it is not gurgly at all.

Shit man I just mess around with it myself! I'm not all to happy about the effects on there! But you can make some bubbly liquid sounds on there with the monster effect. I'm going to start messing with it more over the next few weeks so if I get some good effects going I'll let you know what's up. I've had the processor for 3 years now and only used it about 10 times. Methadone Abortion Clinic uses that shifter by the way so I know it can make some sick effects.

well damn. i need to fuck with it more i guess, i still have the manual and everything.

i did something really funny.. I plugged in a bass synthesizer to the microphone and it sounded like tumour vocals when I experimented abit with it.. sick shit

if you want a good dynamic vocal mic, *omnidirectional* is best. get a SHURE mic, they have a few under $50. i highly recommend a Shure, they are amazing mics. we use them all the time in my studio recording class. if not a Shure, a Yamaha or Sony mic will work just fine i am sure?

Guitar Center is having a sale since it's labor day weekend, and a Shure SM48 (I think) is only like $29, so I'll definitely get that.

yes man. an SM48 will work very good i bet. we use SM57s in my studio engineering class all the time for vocals. and a 48 is just a new notches down. get that shit

Well they were all sold out when I got there and the only thing they had that I could afford was a Digital Reference DRV100, which I got. I also got an adaptor for my bass to go into the PC and a USB port for the mic. When I get some good money I'll definitely get the best Shure SM mic I can get.

As for the pitch-shifting, using "-50 Change" on Audacity's Pitch Changer option works fuckin' fantastic.