Samson C01

I have been a musician for 12years and have been working on my own recordings for 8years.
I curently use a Zoom Mrs-8 digital recorder to put down my song but have used and owned pc's and Analog recorders.

I monitor my music thru sony headphones M-audio Monitors and Cheaper multi media speaker(for reference).

The C01 is a Condenser mic.
I Use this on Acoustic guitars and percusion and vocals. CLose and distance miced.
I looked at M-Audio And Mxl mics as well but chose this one as a good inexpensive mic. I am planning on getting a M-Audio Luna, An Mxl Studio Pac +, and the Samson C02, and a Oktava 319 to round out my collection a bit.

I think it sound very nice and warm not much to realy complain about considering the price.
I would definatly recomend this mic as a starter or as a diferent tonal color for any mic collection.

It works well in my diferent situations.

Recording for about 5 years on a hobby basis, PC cubase system, Genelec A1029 monitors + sub.

Cheap, cheap carboid condenser mic. I use it for everything, really, it's the best mic, I've got. Mostly vocals, though.
I'd say it does the job, on some sources even very nicely, but can sometimes come on as a little lacking in presence and warmth compared to an expensive mic ( I work in the radio... nothing but Neumans there, so I know the sound of good mic ).
The off-axis rejection on this mic is interesting; it's kind of terrible, it does not allow for real directivity, but recording something off-axis (about 70 degrees) can give a kind of dirty sound, which can be useful..

I've been recording for 10 years

I've studied audio engineering in college

recording to a DAW

primary monitors: Audio Centron ce6
primary phones: Extreme Isolation phones and sony mdr7506's

Cardoid condenser, non-switchable pattern

used on vocals, drum overhead, acoustic guitar, guitar cabs

Price and reviews made this thing the obvious low-budget choice

Nice and capable, nice transparent sound...wish it had a bass rolloff- i believe the 2 element version (c02) DOES this.

Yes, I'd recommend this mic to others....great for the price, sounds like mic's much more expensive.

I've been playing professionally for about 25 years, and have a fair amount of experience on both sides of the glass, although most of my production experience was years ago in an analog project studio. I'm currently getting back into recording, this time doing computer based, using a PC running Cakewalk Sonar. At the moment, I'm just using the Soundblaster that came with the machine, and I'm running the Samson through a Presonus TubePre. My current monitoring setup is virtually nonexistent, using a set of Infinity powered multimedia speakers and, more often that not, headphones. I test mixes on a Sony hoe theater setup, and a cheap boombox.

It's a large diaphragm condeser mic requiring phantom power, standard cardiod pattern. I use it exclusively on vocals, using close miking techniques, sometimes with a pop filter. I did consider some other mics before buying, but settled on this one because it was such a bargain. On my current setup, I only have an old Shure SM58 to compare it to, and it is infinitely better for recording vocals than the 58. Years ago, I did a lot of work with several different models from AKG and Electrovoice, and I would have to say that the Samson's performance is on a par with those mics, although since I don't have those mics to compare directly, I'm just speculating. Like most cheaper condensors, it can get a little brittle under high SPL conditions, but not really any worse than anything else I've heard in the under $100 category. Seems to be a very good multipurpose budget recording mic.

15+ years experience...Have recorded in well equipped pro studios...starting to transform basement into DAW...Needed to add a condenser mic to clean up some vox!

Essentially and entry level condenser mic (i also picked up the shock mount which works just fine)..I added this unit to my setup @ the same time as adding a M-Audio DMP3 preamp to my signal chain...I have had the pleasure of working with Neumann Mics & high-end studio mics...So, needless to say, the character of this condenser fell short of those units BUT for the price it is a clear, slightly dark sounding interesting alternative...I recently recorded using my ole trusty Shure SM58 through the M-Audio DMP3 preamp & through an ole vintage tube head with reverb & it made me wonder how much better off a guy is with a low-end condenser...My advice would be to shy away from the really LOW end condenser's and try an upgrade to a Rode, AKG or perhaps the M-audio Luna or Solaris...Not bad there Samson, but not exactly oozing professional grade condenser!!

Making music for about ten years. Home recording only, DAW (PC and Sonar 2.0).

Condenser mic, that I use to record vocals. I choose it because it's really cheap, thanks to that chinese guys. I don't know if it's good or not, cause I never had a condenser before (used to record dynamics like Shure SM-58). I recommend it, cause you can't get anything cheaper than this. I mean, you can complain about nothing, unless you are a stupid man that buy a mic for a hundred bucks expecting a huge sound from that. In other words, if you are a homerecorder (as a hobby), you can't go wrong with the mic. Sounds better to record vocals than any dynamic (unless you can't control the noise where you record). Comes with a shockmount (spider), wich increases its value.