Hi,
I'm about to make the move 'up' from low-budget dynamic microphones (SM57) to (I hope) a better quality model for use with (mainly) vocals (and probably, occasionally, acoustic guitar), and would like some suggestions, advice and opinions.
My needs for the mic. are:
1. Should be in the $400 - $800 (CAN.) range
2. Should be able to 'thicken' my voice, as I have a very thin sounding voice in the mid. range
3. If the mic. adds a kind of 'warmth', I don't want it to be muddy
4. I would like the mic. to retain some kind of 'bite' or aggression, i.e. the 'thicker' sound should NOT have a 'smooth' characteristic
As you can see from the above, I am not looking for a mic. that is totally neutral; I actually want it to colour my voice in the ways I described above.
A couple of years ago, I did a comparison of two Rode models (the K2 and NT2000, I think), with a Neumann TLM 103, and liked the K2 and the Neumann (in that order) on my voice. I actually found the Neumann to be fairly sibilant in the high range, and to not be thinner (maybe it was more 'accurate') on the mid-range frequencies of my voice.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks,
I'm about to make the move 'up' from low-budget dynamic microphones (SM57) to (I hope) a better quality model for use with (mainly) vocals (and probably, occasionally, acoustic guitar), and would like some suggestions, advice and opinions.
My needs for the mic. are:
1. Should be in the $400 - $800 (CAN.) range
2. Should be able to 'thicken' my voice, as I have a very thin sounding voice in the mid. range
3. If the mic. adds a kind of 'warmth', I don't want it to be muddy
4. I would like the mic. to retain some kind of 'bite' or aggression, i.e. the 'thicker' sound should NOT have a 'smooth' characteristic
As you can see from the above, I am not looking for a mic. that is totally neutral; I actually want it to colour my voice in the ways I described above.
A couple of years ago, I did a comparison of two Rode models (the K2 and NT2000, I think), with a Neumann TLM 103, and liked the K2 and the Neumann (in that order) on my voice. I actually found the Neumann to be fairly sibilant in the high range, and to not be thinner (maybe it was more 'accurate') on the mid-range frequencies of my voice.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks,