I know, this has been discussed over and over again. Once and for all I want to gather the whole genre at the same table for all of us to bark at. This is mostly to help all my friends asking about this all the time. I might get some of my own if I find a good one.
This kind of mic is mostly used on vocals. Being a budget mic I think the buyer wants to use the same mic for both female and male voices. Too much coloring is not good since the mic has to flatter everyones voice. The mic has to be able to get good results on an acoustic guitar, bongos, harmonica, recorder, flute, and pretty much anything found at a beginner recording enthusiast's parents house.
My example of a helpful post:
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I have experience with TSM MT87 (100eur), Rode NT-1 (190eur), Neumann TLM-103 ($$$eur). I find the 103 bright enough to be called thin, NT-1 is very close to TSM although TSM has a bit more natural sounding high end. From these, TSM was my choice for my own voice, and has served me really well even with guitars, guitar cabs, even drums.
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I am going to make some testing when our shop gets some MXL's. It might take a while, and I want to know what mics I should gather up for testing. MXL 770 looks inviting regarding the frequency curve.
So go ahead, shoot!
-Aki.
This kind of mic is mostly used on vocals. Being a budget mic I think the buyer wants to use the same mic for both female and male voices. Too much coloring is not good since the mic has to flatter everyones voice. The mic has to be able to get good results on an acoustic guitar, bongos, harmonica, recorder, flute, and pretty much anything found at a beginner recording enthusiast's parents house.
My example of a helpful post:
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I have experience with TSM MT87 (100eur), Rode NT-1 (190eur), Neumann TLM-103 ($$$eur). I find the 103 bright enough to be called thin, NT-1 is very close to TSM although TSM has a bit more natural sounding high end. From these, TSM was my choice for my own voice, and has served me really well even with guitars, guitar cabs, even drums.
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I am going to make some testing when our shop gets some MXL's. It might take a while, and I want to know what mics I should gather up for testing. MXL 770 looks inviting regarding the frequency curve.
So go ahead, shoot!
-Aki.
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