Mic strictly for vocals.

[Pier Calacino]

Hey all,

If you had your choice for a Mic to be used strictly for studio recording for a tenor voice, which would you chose in the $1000.00 and under arena.

I already have a Marshall MXL V67, Studio Projects B1 and a Shure SM58.

Thanks
Pier

 

[Son of Mixerman]

KSM44


SoMm

 

[DJL]

Checkout the AT4050 and KSM44 and see how you like them with your voice and project. Oh, and also try the NTK and GT66... I've never used them, but they seem to get good reviews on this forum.

 

[chessrock]

Blue Dragonfly would probably top my list.

DJL and SOMM also make some great suggestions.

On the lower end of the "less-than-$1000" scale, Nathan Aldred seems to like the ADK's a lot (the TL and TC's, if I'm not mistaken) . . . and the Audio Technica 4047 and CAD M9 seem to have a lot of fans.

 

[c9-2001]

KSM44 would be at the top of my list with a Adk A51Tc, NTK and At4050 to follow.

 

[chessparov]

If it HAD to be one microphone (without hearing your tenor voice),
it'd probably be the AEA R84, as it's reputed to be similar to the
RCA 77DX and RCA 44. Both of these ribbons have an established
track record over many years.

TWO microphones opens up many more candidates as they can cover
an extremely wide variety of voices.
I think you'd be better off getting two or three microphones, as you
may want different ones depending on the key of the song, or whether
it's a ballad or uptempo tune, etc.

Chris

P.S. Sometimes you get "lucky" and find the microphone(s) that match
your voice great, like the Beyer M88TG does with mine.
The M88TG works better for me than a Neumann U87ai BTW.
Still evaluating the EV 666 and Beyer Soundstar MKII,
and they could also be on the same "level" for my voice.

 

[Henri Devill]

AEA 84 looks like a nice option..Also the AT4060 can sound nice..For cheap MXLV69 is pretty good..So many choices so little cash LOL


Don

 

[Picker]

Anybody know how the Soundelux U195 is for vox?

 

[Innovations]

If I had that much to spend on a microphone (which I certainly do not) I would be tempted to look at the Royer ribbon microphones, whose street price might be under your limit.

 

[littledog]

Some people like them, but i've never had much luck with my Royer 121 on male vocals. Always seems a little dull...

 

[Pier Calacino]

Thank you all for posting.
I will check out the mics mentioned.

Pier

 

[Fletcher]

Anybody know how the Soundelux U195 is for vox?

Usually, pretty damn good... but it will still depend on the singer and the tonal arrangment of the song as to whether or not it will be the "best" tool for the application... or not.