Shure - BETA 87C

This doesn’t work for everyone. Yes, if you want to let a singer hold a $500+ mic you can get the same quality. If you have a chill venue, I’m sure it’s fine. But for those of that run a wild ship, it doesn’t work. Besides physical damage, I’d worry about them walking out the door. You will sound great on my corded Betas, you will have 25’ of leeway. I’m not cheap, at all. But it’s like lipstick on a pig sometimes 😉

Have you tried the KSM8? It’s kinda sorta smooth around the mids, very little proximity effect, doesn’t emphasize 800–1.2 kHz area. If budget’s tight, good old Beta 58 or 87 are worth to give a shot. Before cutting 350–400 and 750–800, I’d first sweep around 900–1.2 kHz and put a gentle dip there. Then add a small cut near 350–450 Hz, plus a dynamic EQ band around 800–1 kHz to duck on big vowels. HPF around 100 Hz, and if it sounds dull, add a touch of air. What I also find useful is playing with the mic angle and aim, try 20–30° off-axis and aim just below the lip line. That often takes the edge off. You can test and try to figure out a sweet spot for your singer. If you sprinkle in some VST magic like Waves F6/C6 and pair it with the right capsule and mic technique, that works best. Why I like F6/C6 in this case is; F6/C6 let you set per band thresholds, ranges, and time constants, even sidechain a specific band, so you can make the 900–1.2 kHz dip only when it pops out without dulling the whole. Metering shows exactly which band is working and how much, which makes dialing faster. Many decent modern consoles built in dynamic EQ is also great and close enough. If your desk already has per band dynamics with good metering, you can use that too. Plugins mainly win on ergonomics and precision.

Shure beta sm87 for lower stage volume band or Shure sm58 for loud band. The 87 has more top end and cab be more difficult to control at higher volume levels. Sennheiser e865 or e965 are also good choices. Truth is you should demo any of these before purchasing. At least do a lot of research if there's no place near to demo them.

i saw you're working with SM58 caps. which are good, let's state that first off. but instead of trying to get a mic that has *less* nasality, let's get a mic that has *more* detail and air, which are the frequencies you're really going to need to ensure are highlighted- and so relatively it will have *less* nasality compared to the *more accurate* detail and air just about every mic ever is going to pick up *plenty* of 2khz and below, we don't really need any mics that we would claim to have a boost down there. most often i'm making band cuts 2khz and below *just to get* 2khz and *up* reproduced accurately. so let's not make more work for ourselves in getting a warmer or beefier sounding mic lol i would look towards live condensers, namely the Beta 87, cardioid or supercardioid depending upon your monitoring situation. they have a much more detailed and "accurate" response 2khz and up, compared to an SM58 or Beta 58. since there is more energy up there than before, our band cuts or boosts at the console don't have to be as deep or high but you should still do some EQ tailoring no matter what. do "seek and destroy", pull up a medium-sized band +6dB and sweep around the midrange until you find the band that sounds the worst, then cut it. don't just guess. the RTA will probably give you strong clues, too

The ship I was one used Shure betas for our standing sets. Sm57s for sitting

On the go I use the DJI Mics, they're convenient and sound ok. At the desk, depends how lazy I am...sometimes I just grab the DJI ones, sometimes I use my Yamaha audio interface and will plug in one of my live sound mics - I have SM58's, Beta58's, Beta57's, SM57's, Beta87's, SEv7's, SEv3's, Audix OM11, and obviously a bunch of instrument mics that don't make sense for vocals :) Personally I like the sound of my voice on the Beta87.

Love them. But not the mic for everyone. The vocalist needs to be situationally aware, you know backing off when singing loudly and all that good stuff. But they are great when the situation is right. Good call