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biggs1249
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Hello,
So I am just building my mic collection, and for a while had just my 414 BULS, some 57s and would borrow other mics. This worked pretty well for my purposes of demoing songs, tracking guitars, and vocals, sound design (for theater), recording low quality demos of groups and occasionally voice over work. I play/record a variety of styles from jazz to rock, to R&B.
My 414 recently died and I was just going to replace it, but now I am wondering If I could get something maybe a bit better. Since I only have one "nice" mic, and I use it for a lot of different things, versatility is my no.1 concern. I generally run it into a RNP and sometimes through and RNC as well.
Is there anything that does the same kinds of a things but maybe sounds a bit better? I never had a problem with the sound but I have read that many people don't consider the 414 to be a go to mic for vocals, though I think it worked well for at least one of the singers in my band. I guess I am looking for a mic that still sounds good on guitar, sounds maybe better on vocals than the 414, and something that could work as a single drum overhead in a pinch. Should I just stick with the 414? does anything meet that description?
(my price range is generally what you could get a used 414 for. maybe a bit more.)
So I am just building my mic collection, and for a while had just my 414 BULS, some 57s and would borrow other mics. This worked pretty well for my purposes of demoing songs, tracking guitars, and vocals, sound design (for theater), recording low quality demos of groups and occasionally voice over work. I play/record a variety of styles from jazz to rock, to R&B.
My 414 recently died and I was just going to replace it, but now I am wondering If I could get something maybe a bit better. Since I only have one "nice" mic, and I use it for a lot of different things, versatility is my no.1 concern. I generally run it into a RNP and sometimes through and RNC as well.
Is there anything that does the same kinds of a things but maybe sounds a bit better? I never had a problem with the sound but I have read that many people don't consider the 414 to be a go to mic for vocals, though I think it worked well for at least one of the singers in my band. I guess I am looking for a mic that still sounds good on guitar, sounds maybe better on vocals than the 414, and something that could work as a single drum overhead in a pinch. Should I just stick with the 414? does anything meet that description?
(my price range is generally what you could get a used 414 for. maybe a bit more.)