3 Aug
2004
3 Aug
'04
7:59 p.m.
On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 22:43, Alastair Couper wrote:
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.
Don't forget transient response (condenser mics do it better) and
compression (tube preamps do it better).
I am looking a Studio Projects B1, for instance.
I bought a Studio Projects C1 a few months back. The difference between
the C1 and my SM58 is enormous for things that have more high frequency
energy (shakers, tambourine etc), and noticeable for vocals, especially
female. I wouldn't use the SM58 for vocals anymore, but it still works
well as a guitar amp mic.
I played with a Rode NT3 and an AKG C414 a while back, and IIRC, the C1
is a little harsher, but that's probably the gentle glow of memory.
bye
John