Mic with highest output and proximity factor?

[dementedchord]

$ .02

geee... not too much to ad after harveys been around..... he talks and you can feel the confusion ebb .... am curious though .. i dont remember you (orig post) anything about what your used to.... or a budget.... no use talkin neumann of your in sm58 territory... champagne taste and ....beer budget

 

[psongman]

Haha, yes, budget is important, I guess. $100-$250, I guess. I wish you could jiust try them out on the stand where you sing and see which one sounds the best, oh no, then there wouldn't be any ponderings, wondering, psongman

 

[robertmetal]

well the ev 767 and the 967 may sound good (i dont know as i havent tried them) but i know they have a tighter pickup pattern as they are both super cardiods which means you will have to be more ridgid in where you sing. you would be better off with a cardiod. the ones i would suggest are the sennheiser e835 (the cheapest of the lot but a quality mic) sennheiser E840 and sennheier e935 (almost the exact same thing as the e840 but with a hotter output and more exspensive). also try an audio technica AE4100. as i said you could go down the condenser route if you dont have incrededably loud band volumes. due to there extra sensitivity they will pick up more.

 

[Brackish]

A pure pressure gradient velocity mic (bi-directional) has the most proximity effect. A hypercardioid is next, then cardioid, then wide cardioid, then omni (with none).

Is the inverse also true, that for distance miking, you
have no low frequency roll off with an omni, less
base roll off with a cardioid than a hyper, and
the most roll off with a figure-8?