keith.rogers
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I got one of these to try out because I'm always trying to find a dynamic mic for my voice that makes me sound good 
. No, actually, I'm slowly getting rid of stuff, and trying to do like a 2-out/1-in thing, or just keep 1 of something, and before the trusty old SM58s go on the block, I thought I'd check out a couple of the fancier dynamics. This one intrigued me, because, first I like the company's stuff - I bought and we used their mics in a band I was in back in the 70s, and they were as durable as the Shure's, or nearly so, and sounded great. (Couldn't tell you what they were - some dynamic that, IIRC, looked vaguely like the current M88, though probably had a sliver mesh.) And, the DT770 phones I've had for at least 10 years have been great. They replaced a cord for $25, and gave me the inner diaphragm cover when I couldn't track ones down to buy. But, I digress...
I haven't actually done anything with it on vocals except maybe a scratch track, but it's on the stand and I've been using it to do quick recordings where I'm setting at the desk, and the SDCs are parked elsewhere. It does a darn good job on guitar and mandolin, at least for my "back porch" kind of mixes, and, unlike most of the spendy dynamics, which can be huge, it is maybe smaller than an SM57.
I'll use it for a vocal next time I get my bud over and we try some more tunes, but in the meantime, here's a guitar backing track I did in one take while driving Logic in front of me, followed by a mandolin part (practicing for an online lesson). I didn't use any EQ save HPF. There is a tiny bit of reverb in this mix, and it's compressed/limited just enough to hit like -15.5dB LUFS, I think...
I know, blah, blah, blah...
. No, actually, I'm slowly getting rid of stuff, and trying to do like a 2-out/1-in thing, or just keep 1 of something, and before the trusty old SM58s go on the block, I thought I'd check out a couple of the fancier dynamics. This one intrigued me, because, first I like the company's stuff - I bought and we used their mics in a band I was in back in the 70s, and they were as durable as the Shure's, or nearly so, and sounded great. (Couldn't tell you what they were - some dynamic that, IIRC, looked vaguely like the current M88, though probably had a sliver mesh.) And, the DT770 phones I've had for at least 10 years have been great. They replaced a cord for $25, and gave me the inner diaphragm cover when I couldn't track ones down to buy. But, I digress...I haven't actually done anything with it on vocals except maybe a scratch track, but it's on the stand and I've been using it to do quick recordings where I'm setting at the desk, and the SDCs are parked elsewhere. It does a darn good job on guitar and mandolin, at least for my "back porch" kind of mixes, and, unlike most of the spendy dynamics, which can be huge, it is maybe smaller than an SM57.
I'll use it for a vocal next time I get my bud over and we try some more tunes, but in the meantime, here's a guitar backing track I did in one take while driving Logic in front of me, followed by a mandolin part (practicing for an online lesson). I didn't use any EQ save HPF. There is a tiny bit of reverb in this mix, and it's compressed/limited just enough to hit like -15.5dB LUFS, I think...
I know, blah, blah, blah...
