Behringer C-3 Microphone

Beginner in the recording world, but and many years in playing guitar and singing. I use this mic exclusively for studio recording. I plug it directly in my sound card (e-mu 0404) and I mix mostly with Cakewalk Sonar, but some times with steinberg Cubase.

This condenser mic works great for the price. It's the fist time I buy a condensor mic but I have used many dynamic. I noticed some little noise in the background and the sound is'nt as crisp and clear as other condensers, but seriously, for 70$, the ratio quality/price cannot be beaten. For beginners or people who are just jamming at home, this product is great.

I would buy this microphone again any time...

First, sorry for my english, a poor frenchy guy is here ;-)
About 20 years of recording playing (guitar, bass, keyboard) and singing (a little).
I use this mic for home-recording and some live recording. All mixes are made on Apple Mac.

I've bought this mic first for the low-cost and cause i knew Behringer could product very good gears (i use other Berhinger stuff for many years without toubles).
A very good surprise in fact. In all cases of recording this little mic does his job. Voices, acoustic instuments, electric bass and guitar amps. After you've found the good position and set... It does the job. OK, not like a million bucks mic but really correctly.
Dual diaphragm, ommni, omni eight, cardioid, low-cut filter, signal level attenuation... hey it's a less 100???/$ mic !!!
For the price, an absolute value. It can take a good place in a home-studio for long years.

I've played music for 14years and now venturing into recording. I've bought the cheapest gear so far which include the Behringer C-3 Microphone matched with the MIC200 Mic Preamp.

The C-3 is a Dual Large Diaphram condenser MIC. It has selector switches for Bass Cut, Omni, Cardioid and Bi-directional polar patterns.

I have used the C-3 for Vocals and have found the MIC to be very sensitive (as a condenser should). A distance of 30cm or so gave best results. The sound quality can be described as Clear and quite Warm. It is not clinical sounding, but there is a bit of musicality about the sound. It does not have the upper frequency sensitivity as the best MICs do, but is a good compromise between being Clear, but not too clear. The bass response is excellent having a full warm bottom end.

The different polar patterns seem to affect the sound quality. The best setting for vocals I found were Bi-directional and Omni. They have the clearest and most transparent sound. The Omni directional mode seemed to alter the sound quite a bit, having a certain nasal or frequency suck out somewhere.

I like the effortless sound quality of this MIC, however, a little more clarity in the upper reaches wouldn't do it any harm.

The build quality is top notch. It is heavy and is constructed from solid metal. The MIC holder is flimsy, but works okay. The connectors on the base are good quality.

There were no competing MICs for this price at the time, so to get something equivalent would have cost double the price. However there have been some new Axis MICS which are about the same price, but I have not tried these.

I would have to say that based on the price/performance of this MIC, you absolutely cannot go wrong with this MIC.

I wish more people post up their experiences with this MIC as there aren't many reviews on it, hence my effort here.

Once important thing is that because it is a condenser MIC, you MUST have phantom power on your mixer or preamp.