I have rarely used a mic for anything, usually I just find a sample for what I want, but I was thinking about getting a mic for the studio mostly to record random percussion ear candy… shakers, bells, clicks, wood blocks, chains, tambourines, or what have you.
Any recommendations for which mic to get for this? Should I just pick up an sm57? I currently own no mics aside from ones used to calibrate studio monitors lol 
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Sm57 is a pretty good Allrounder and it’s durable and inexpensive
SM57.
Plus you can remove the filter, I believe.
EDIT: I should mention… don’t get too hung up on how the raw recordings sounds… A bit of compression will bring out the sounds, not any different mics. The SM57 is a beast.
Yes. Sm57 is the right choice, you can record everything with this one, it’s cheap and indestructible.
I’m sure someone has recorded every known sound with an SM57 at some point in history. It can also handle loud sounds, so has often been used for snare drums and guitar amps.
The 57 definitely colors the sound a little, although not in a terrible way. I recorded a whole band with a pair of 57s once, and everything came out a little nasal-midrangey-57ish. I don’t think you will care, just know it’s not a clinically accurate mic.
Looking at that sound list, I see some upper-midrangey sounds with big transients (woodblocks, tambourines). The 57 will probably flatter those sounds.
Other sounds on your list can have a lot of high end detail (bells, some shakers). Given a choice, I think many recordists would try a condenser mic on these timbres—could be a small diaphragm condenser or large. There are a million different condenser mics available, at all different price points. Most of them will need phantom power, and they can usually record quiet sounds easily.
TL;DR Try using a 57. If you still want more sparkle and clarity, get a condenser mic as an additional option.
If you intend to feature these kinds of sounds prominently, a condenser mic will give them a much more forward sound. The guy I used to record with a lot used the same neumann we used on vocals to record things like shakers and other mild percussive elements.
If your budget is $100 and you want something that can do a little bit of everything, plus won’t crap out because you looked at it funny, as already stated the SM57 is probably the best choice here. The sound is flat compared to a condenser, but still comes across as musical, and the metal grille and smallish profile allows you to position the capsule close to your source without removing a windscreen or messing about much. For any number of background percussive elements or a mic on a guitar cabinet (with or without a second mic that’s a condenser), I think for the price it’s really hard to beat an SM57. Very solid feeling also.
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Pricewise (and technically in that price level) I see only a SE V7 x as a competitor to the SM57.
As allways with mics: It’s a matter of your personal taste. I like the SM57 on my voice and bought it for that “non instrument purpose”, but that’s only my voice and taste. 
Sure. Like I said in my TL;DR, try getting only a 57 and see if that’s enough. If the 57 is working for everything, good.
If someone wants their little bells to sound like the little bells recorded in a movie or whatever—a 57 won’t sparkle like a decent condenser. Like you said, the condenser brings the sound more forward. Whether that matters for the OP’s use, I have no clue; just offered the condenser info as an additional option.
Dynamic vs. condenser is an example of learning to think as an engineer does about the choices you have when capturing a sound. I’m putting that info out there in case the OP finds it useful.
I wasn’t criticizing your assessment, I was agreeing with it, you’re exactly right. The transparency of a condenser mic is absolutely worth the headache and discomfort of turning off all noisy lights, putting pillows around the PC and killing the air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave if the situation calls for it lol
I agree, it’s worth thinking about. You can get a condenser for under $100 also, it won’t be the best large diaphragm condenser but for some situations better than no second mic that’s for sure.
And there’s that, lol. A good condenser mic will tell you all the things about your recording space you didn’t want to know.
and a really bad condenser mic will tell you more about self-noise than you ever wanted to know!
A bad condenser mic is worse than no mic at all.
By now, @HBill has probably ordered a 57 and gone on to more important things….
History is for nerds
skip the 57. Get a Beyerdynamic m201.
I came here to say exactly that 
Interesting, Bandrew picked the m201 also.
Because it’s an awesome microphone. Trust me bro!
Nope, totally stuck still lol. You all have me thinking about condenser microphones now. My studio is pretty well treated and quiet so I don’t imagine it would be too much of a headache to use.
Also, I don’t have a specific budget in mind, I can definitely go over $100. Just want to keep it somewhat reasonable for the task I guess.
I would suggest starting with a 57 or similar, a well-liked dynamic mic. I don’t know the M201 above, but Beyer’s credible, that mic might work too. It doesn’t have to be a 57, or even a Shure.
Once you hear how the dynamic mic sounds, you’ll have more of an idea if you even need to go through shopping and paying for a decent condenser mic.
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