Mic for radio announcer?

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I am setting up a home studio for my wife, who is a radio announcer. Several of her peers have recommended that she use a Sennheiser MD421 dynamic mic. They say it gives a nice warm sound. I don't know what this means but I haven't seen this mic recommended by musicians. Do radio announcers have different requirements than singers? Does this sound like a good recommendation? They are also recommending the Event/Gina sound card and Mackie 1402-VLZ Pro, but I can't figure out why she would ever need a mixer other than as a pre-amp. All the editing will be done on the computer and output to CDR. Can anybody tell me why these recommendations might make sense to a radio announcer?
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BadChad
 
The mics I've seen most often in radio booths would be the Electro Voice RE20 or Shure SM7A. The Shure would be the cheaper of the two.
 
They're all nice mics for broadcasting.

The RE-20 would be the most versetile though.
 
For sure the RE 20, or better yet, a RE 27 n/d, if you can find one. A 421 has a boost in the high end. I can't imagine someone actually suggesting it for radio broadcast, especially for a female voice. Stick with the winners. The Re 20 or 27 are winners.

Ed
 
My friend who works at a station in nashville like the shure sm-7 the best. That is the mic that Sheryl Crow used on the global session album too. It is great sounding, and works especially well for females. The Sennheiser MD421 is also very very nice but usually is for males, especially used for talk radio.

MIKE
 
I LOVE re-20's, get that. As for a mixer/PC card - what exactly are you tring to burn onto those CD's - is it your wife announcing and cross-fading music? please be more specific on that.
 
The cdr is just our output device, as opposed to dat. In many cases, her output may just be emailed to her client. It will always be voice tracks only. An engineer at the radio station might mix in background music later, but she won't. There may even be times when she wants to connect by phone (ISDN) to another studio who will actually do the recording. I'm still not clear what extra equipment is required for that.
My daughters sing, play guitar, piano, cello, and violin and they may want to mix some music and make cd's, but that's just for fun.
Thanks for all the replys.
 
The Re20 is a winner.
Also the CAD Equitek is designed for
broadcasting.

You should get a quality preamp though.
I love the Mackie stuff, but Depending on your budget I would try a DWFearn or Great River this type of quality.
The mixer will come in handy if you want to have multi sources, but otherwise is overkill.
There is software that will do the same job for a 3rd the price and it will stay digital.
 
One day, I'll own a D.W.Fearn; oh so beautiful; oh so damn expensive.
 
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