Reddit reviews Behringer C-2 Studio Condenser Microphones, Matched Pair

First, the most important thing is mic placement. Get those mics up and over the choir, angle them down, and follow the 3:1 rule.

As far as what micc to use, the Behringer C-2 are a great mic for the money. They come as a matched pair for only $60. I encourage you to watch the video and read the reviews before dismissing them based on name or price. I've used them on choirs, drums, guitars, and just about everything else and they always do a great job. They come with basic windscreens, but you can put some dead cats on them if you're in a really windy environment.

u/RedditSilva - sadly, the Videomic GO is an unbalanced amateur mic with a narrow 100Hz to 16kHz frequency response and 34dB of equivalent noise. I'd send it back

For less money, you can get a set of phantom powered Behringer C-2 balanced XLR condensers with 20Hz to 20kHz of frequency response and 19dB of self-noise.

Nice review here.

Here, here and here are musical examples recorded with the C-2.

You can plug these professional XLR mics into your camera's mini-XLR input with a $19 cable.

Again, hope this is helpful!

AT2021 - 79$: https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-AT2021-Cardioid-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B005OCZOA0/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1538709519&sr=1-1&keywords=at2021

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Behringer C2's - 69$ for a PAIR of 2: https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-C-2-BEHRINGER/dp/B000CZ0RLU/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

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Samson C02's - 99$ for a PAIR of 2: https://www.amazon.com/Samson-C02-Pencil-Condenser-Microphones/dp/B0002D0KBE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

I know that Behringer is sort of a bad word on this subreddit, but the C-2 pair is an offer that cannot be turned down: http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-C-2-Condenser-Microphone-Cardioid/dp/B000CZ0RLU

They even come with a case, mounting bar, and windscreens!

These might not be the best for anything above a project studio or outdoor/live setups, but if you're looking for something to abuse, these are it.

They also have pretty rave reviews across the web, mainly for the bang-per-buck factor.

The Behringer C2 are $60 for a pair on Amazon. Condenser mics like these will need a mixer with phantom power, an audio interface, cables, and stands. You should be able put together very functional good sounding recording setup at around $200 if you shop around and are willing to not buy into the hype of the gear ads and product bias.

As a side note, a band mate of mine put the C2s into a dummy head for a nice sounding homemade binaural recording setup.

I really like REAPER personally. While it's not technically free, the trial never expires. It also comes bundled with a bunch of basic-but-decent plugins that can do things like noise removal.

I have two suggestions regarding microphones - one "traditional" for asmr and the other less so. The "traditional" option is just buy a USB blue yeti mic, it's the simplest option that requires the least know-how.

The more flexible option is to buy a digital audio interface with at-least 2 XLR inputs (like a used scarlett 2i2), two xlr cables, some sort of mic stand, and a pair of cheap pencil condenser mics like the Behringer C-2 kit. The biggest reason I'd consider it better is that it lets you play around with different stereo mic setups, like AB, XY, ORTF, etc, all of which sound different for the purposes of ASMR (i.e. you can mimic some aspects of a binaural setup if you want to). That said, if you're not into learning more about mics and stuff, keeping it simple and enjoyable is likely going to be much better than getting burred in technical issues and lingo you don't care about. You want it to be a fun thing you can do easily, not an over-complicated thing you regret buying.