Behringer Xm8500 XLR Microphone (Unidirectional)

Have been browsing countless sites and reviewing various brands and specifications of microphones, then accidentally stumbled upon this product.Then going through so many reviews and videos all overwhelmingly positive, decided to go ahead and get this mic.There so many excellent reviews about this mic and mine will be lost in the endless response and comments, but I felt that I should give my views.Packing: Ergonomic packing. Solid plastic box with foam coated mic holder and clip.Quality:Did not disappoint. It's built solidly, full metal set up. Built to last considerably longer.Plugged into the Scarlett interface without Phantom power, very pleased to note that it picked very minimal background and white noice. If there are some feeble noice this could be very easily rectified.Voice recording is more prone to low ends, suitable for high pitched vocals.Though it sounds a little darker when one gets closer. An ideal distance 3 to 4 finger lengths will provide that full richness to the voice.The gain has to be set at 2 to 3 o'clock or litte more to get the desired results.Low gain sounds feeble, but could be post processed.To get benefits from proximity effect, using a wind screen or pop filter would be more sensible, it not only blocks plosives but also protects the mic from spits and moisture.It's better not to have a on and off switch. These are prone to wear and tear.Handling noice is little on the higher side when hand held.Use a stand or boom arm.PROS: Fantastic for the price.:Great entry level mic.:Sounds full and warm that will be ideal for many.: Comparable to many higher end mics with a little tweak.CONS: So far None.Overall: A great cheap entry-level product suitable for Home studios, and live programs. You will be very pleased with the purchase. Go ahead.

This is purely a budget friendly vocal mic. Sounds very good in accordance with this price range. Good for local rehearsals and pilot tracks.

I've been in music for 2 years. I bought a Samson C-01 condenser mic for my studio as a start up mic which is an excellent mic for its price. But the problem with all the condenser mic is that it picks up too much of the room. If our room is not properly acoustic treated it will pickup lot of reverb and ambience of the room. But for budget home studio owners like us it's too expensive to treat our room. We mostly record only vocals and use VST instruments for background music. So we need the vocal recording dry (without reverb) so that we can properly fit it into the mix. I was looking for lot of cheap solutions and finally decided to buy a dynamic mic in budget.Now coming to xm8500. This is the best budget dynamic mic you can get , period. The build quality is superb. Would love to have a on/off switch but it's ok. Now the main part, sound quality. As a dynamic mic the first thing you expect is low self noise and xm8500 is brilliant. Then as expected it picked up all my vocals really dry (without reverb) which is what you need for studio quality recording. The frequency response is not entirely flat. But u can work it out with the help of little EQ.Final verdict. If you are home studio owner in less than favourable acoustic environment just go for this mic it won't disappoint you. Record your vocals use proper EQ , compression and reverb and no one will know you are using low cost dynamic mic. This will be really good on vocals and percussive instruments like drums.If you want record bass or high frequency instruments like flute better go for a condenser mic.

This microphone is excellent build quality and sound clarity

It's an low price sm 58. Dnt waste ur money on sm 58 or e835 . This behringer microphone is killer. Little bit eq and effect add by daw then boom.its giving u studio type quality. Thanks bajaao and behringer. At the end Singer par bhi depend krta hai.

I am into Studio recording and all. I own lot of microphones like SHURE 58, AT2035, Shure-SM7B , 3-4 microphones from ahuja. SO i know what I am talking about.To be frank i bought it after looking into so many reviews, and Boy i was so disappointed with its sound quality. It is dull and boomy. My 1K ahuja mic was sounding more richer then this one.PROS- handling noise is minimum.- seems very durable.- Good interview mic.CONS:recording tone is average.

Comes with a box which is a major plus point for portability

Lot of noise while recording even in sound proof, waste of money.. over rated item but not working properly, first one day it worked nicely.. next day it works very badly