[linux-audio-user] Re: OT: Microphone info

[Aaron Trumm]

"warm" means good low end :)

it is NOT true that EQ in the mix will fix problems created with your mic selection - not at ALL - one of the obvious things is that you can never ad back in what wasn't there to begin with, but there's more - better to spend your money/effort on good and/or workable mics (and the accoustic enviroment you're recording in) than on EQ and gadgets to "fix" it later - you really can't fix a damn thing, honestly

now then - I probably wouldn't use a 58 (or knock off) on hand drums - I would use a 57 though - as far as female vocals

a nice solid condensor is good - I have a Cascade MT20 that I use like i would use a u47 if I had one - it's about 400 dollars - AKG 414s get used a lot on vocals, they are about 1000 - AKG makes (or made) a tube version of the 414 - that's a great mic but I found it a little sibilant and harsh on some female vocals

madonna uses a 57 for her vocals

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----- Original Message -----
From: Alastair Couper
Sent: 8/3/2004 2:43:47 PM
To: linux-audio-user at music.columbia.edu
Subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: Microphone info

> Yes, I should state the intention. I have a SM58 knockoff (by Fender) that  
> I use on hand drums. My interest de jeur is to record a female vocalist.
> 
> I am an electrical engineer by education, so am amenable to freq charts,  
> THD, spatial plots and such. But the "warm" thing seems to me empty. Seems  
> like judicious EQ should get you what you want, given that the transducer  
> is coming up with a clean reproduction to begin with. But then one gets  
> into subjectivity and black magic again.
> 
> I am looking a Studio Projects B1, for instance.
> 
>