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Well for guitar micing a Shure SM57 dynamic mic is first choice and also in your price range. But for recording vocals it isn't that good. For vocals a condenser is better.
A condenser micing a guitar cab can also be a cool choice but only a bit away from the cab to also pick up the room sound. For close micing it's not a good choice.
So after all i think you will have to make a compromise. If i were you i would buy a SM57, then you have a very good mic for your guitar amp and it's quite ok for vocals. When you have some additional money buy a condenser for singing. I don't think there is a choice of mic in that price range that does both good.
Have you thought about a mic preamp ? That's quite a important thing in your signal chain. A good mic can sound sh!tty when going through a bad mic preamp. Don't use the mic preamp of a soundblaster card because they are not good for recording. Also if you plan on buying a condenser you will need 48V phantom power to power your condenser and that's something the soundblaster mic preamp won't deliver.
So either you should use a mic preamp built in a mixer or if you only need 1-2 channels of amplification it's better to buy a stand-alone mic preamp. There are quite some cool, cheap choices out there like the Audio buddy.
Flo
A condenser micing a guitar cab can also be a cool choice but only a bit away from the cab to also pick up the room sound. For close micing it's not a good choice.
So after all i think you will have to make a compromise. If i were you i would buy a SM57, then you have a very good mic for your guitar amp and it's quite ok for vocals. When you have some additional money buy a condenser for singing. I don't think there is a choice of mic in that price range that does both good.
Have you thought about a mic preamp ? That's quite a important thing in your signal chain. A good mic can sound sh!tty when going through a bad mic preamp. Don't use the mic preamp of a soundblaster card because they are not good for recording. Also if you plan on buying a condenser you will need 48V phantom power to power your condenser and that's something the soundblaster mic preamp won't deliver.
So either you should use a mic preamp built in a mixer or if you only need 1-2 channels of amplification it's better to buy a stand-alone mic preamp. There are quite some cool, cheap choices out there like the Audio buddy.
Flo
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