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You won't find a better price for a mic stand and cable alone! Plus you'll have a backup mic - all for about $25!

Nady SP1 Microphone and Stand Package

Microphone and stand package includes a Nady SP1 mic with mic clip, 20' mic cable, and a tripod fixed-boom mic stand. The SP1 dynamic mic has a convenient recessed on-off switch and broad frequency response that makes it useful for back up vocals, speaking, miking guitar cabs, and even drums.

If you're just getting started in VO, this mic/stand/cable combo is perfect for practice and auditions. When you start booking sessions you'll want to upgrade to a condenser mic.

This is an excellent option for controlling room acoustics without having to make major changes to walls and windows. Your mic can be positioned within the Mic Thing to effectively prevent or minimize extraneous sound from reaching the mic. The most important thing about good recording is the environment surrounding the mic, and this unit creates a relatively "dead" zone around the microphone.

SMPro Audio Mic Thing Microphone Isolation Panel

The Mic Thing is a portable multi-purpose acoustic treatment panel suitable for minimizing room artifacts and improving separation during microphone recording sessions. Great for a range of applications including helping to control room ambience, minimizing spill from instrument amplifiers, or even creating temporary control rooms the Mic Thing is certainly one handy thing! Good microphone separation and isolation means a cleaner recording and a more controlled end result. Although the question of how much microphone separation is really necessary in any given situation, audio engineers around the world unanimously agree that if given the chance, they would rather be in control of these factors than not. The Mic Thing is essentially a 2" (50mm)-thick acoustic tile housed inside an adjustable lightweight steel frame. Two screw clamps mean easy mounting to tube widths of up to 1" (25mm) diameter. Solid metal panels act as additional sound barriers. The absorbing panel is treated with Ultra-Fresh anti-microbial to control bacteria, mold, mildew, and fungi. The Mic Thing's two winged panels can also be adjusted to create anything from a flat planar absorber to a tight semi-circle enclosing the microphone. This way, the amount of separation and absorption can be easily be manipulated to suit requirements. By tightening the wing panel attitude, greater isolation and a dryer sound can be achieved. Varying the mic position will also affect the result.

This is an excellent option for controlling room acoustics without having to make major changes to walls and windows. Your mic can be positioned within the Reflexion parabola to effectively prevent or minimize extraneous sound from reaching the mic. The most important thing about good recording is the environment surrounding the mic, and this unit creates a relatively "dead" zone around the microphone.

sE Electronics Reflexion Filter

The Reflexion Filter is a portable device for recording live sound sources with reduced room ambience. It is an advanced composite wall which is positioned behind any microphone by means of a variable position stand clamp assembly which ships with the product. The main function is to help obtain a 'dry' vocal or instrument recording. This is especially useful in studios without proper acoustic treatment, but can also be used to help record takes in control rooms, where the performer also has to operate the recording device, or in rehearsal studios to reduce ambient noise. The Reflexion Filter has 6 main layers. Firstly, a strong layer of punched aluminum which allows sound waves to pass through it, diffused, to a layer of absorptive wool. The sound waves then hit a layer of Aluminum foil which helps dissipate energy and break up the lower frequency waveforms, and from here they hit an air space kept open by rods passing through the various layers. The air gap acts as an acoustic barrier. The sound waves then pass to a further layer of wool and then through an outer, punched, aluminum wall which further serve to absorb then diffuse the remaining acoustic energy. The main absorber has 4 formed pieces of state-of-the-art specialist acoustic absorptive material attached to its face via the extended separation rods, which further serve to absorb and then diffuse the sound waves as they pass to the main filter. The stand assembly is composed of a mic stand clamp fitting, which attaches by means of a vertical joint to the horizontal bar assembly onto which both the Reflexion Filter, and any standard fitting shock mount can be fixed. The microphone (in its shock mount) can then be moved both vertically and horizontally along the bar, and the Reflexion Filter itself can be moved vertically to obtain the optimum working position. The various layers both absorb and diffuse the sound waves hitting them, so progressively less of the original source acoustic energy passes through each layer. This reduces the amount of energy hitting untreated walls and other surfaces so there is less of the original source reflected back as unwanted room ambience to the mic. The Reflexion Filter also helps prevent any reflected sound reaching the back and sides of the mic. Its shape and size have been carefully tested to maximize absorption while keeping 'coloration' down to only around 1dB, and leaving the microphone's polar pattern unaffected.

A "Pop" filter will help minimize unwanted breath from hitting the mic's diaphragm and can extend the mic's life.

Nady Metal Pop Filter Black

Metal mesh filter reduces plosives and breath moisture from reaching the mic.

Not an essential accessory, but good to have around when you need it.

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The classic "standard" of copy stands.

Manhasset M48 Symphony Music Stand for Students

The Manhasset M48 Symphony Music Stand for Students is the standard by which all other music stands are judged. The "Magic-Finger" Clutch permits height adjustments from 28" to 50". Desk size: 20"W x 12-7/8"H.

Musician's Friend Heavy-Duty Folding Music Stand Black

Folds up for compact storage and transport.

Hamilton Stands KB500N Folding Music Stand

4-part stand extends to 59" height with its telescoping shaft, and features wire music clips, nickel-plated chrome finish and plastic feet. Its compact folding design makes it very portable.

Musicians Gear Tweed Lo-Z Woven Mic Cable Gold 20 Foot

Oxygen-free copper wire and heavy-duty heatshrunk tubing for strain relief ensure long life and a totally clean signal.

If you want the best, here it is! But this will probably be more than what you really need.

Mogami Gold Neglex Quad Mic Cable for Studio Neutrik XLR 25 Foot

When you get your Mogami Gold Neglex Quad Mic Cable you'll see why virtually every major recording facility in the world is wired with Mogami cable. Mogami is famous for unmatched accuracy, extremely low noise, and remarkable flexibility. Top engineers rave about Mogami mic cable's amazing clarity and silent background. If accuracy in reproduction is your goal, Mogami Gold Neglex Quad Mic Cable is the cable for you.

For PC

A straightforward interface, easy-to-use tools, and loop-based composition with professional power and quality are the hallmarks of Sony ACID Pro. With the addition of multitrack audio and MIDI recording, ACID Pro 6 has become the ideal environment for composing, recording, mixing, and production. It brings its renowned ease of use to these traditional DAW functions, making it easy for ACID users to transition to audio and MIDI recording, and for musicians frustrated by recording software to finally make music on their computer easily.Audio multitrack recording Designed to record multitrack audio live or in the studio, ACID Pro 6 lets you arm multiple tracks with flexible input routing, record selected events, choose from multiple takes, and punch in and out easily. Pro 6 supports ReWire and VST plug-ins and comes with 20 DirectX effects. You can also use VST synths with support for multiple output ports and individual mute, solo, effects, and volume controls for each synth bus. It also supports 5.1 surround mixing, external control surfaces, and project sections that let you rearrange MIDI and audio segments across multiple tracks.MIDI sequencing ACID Pro 6 lets you record and edit MIDI note and controller data on a timeline with piano roll or grid views. You can enter notes through an external MIDI controller or with ACID's onscreen keyboard, then audition before committing. You can edit MIDI events directly in the timeline, quantize data in events, edit velocity value, change duration, or transpose MIDI data. It's also easy to create and edit drum maps for hardware or software-based MIDI synths and drum machines.

SONAR 6 Studio Edition is designed to take you from inspiration to masterpiece faster than ever before. At every step of your production—from composing with virtual instruments, to recording, mixing, and beyond—SONAR gives you the professional tools and inspiring canvas that adapt to your unique style of music creation.At last, project studios and musicians on a budget don't have to sacrifice features for affordability, because SONAR 6 Studio Edition is built upon the same core feature set and pristine 64-bit double precision engine as SONAR 6 Producer Edition.Whether you're a musician, songwriter, film composer, or producer, you'll appreciate the many ways that SONAR 6 was designed to compliment your creative process. SONAR gives you the flexibility to turn your musical dreams into reality with the best music creation tools available.