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I'd try a ribbon. They tend to be good at filling out thin-sounding vocals.
Chili
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Well, you can defiinitely get a different sound with a different mic, just not sure if it's going to be better. There are so many things that go into quality of the vocals that changing the mic might not help.
The first place to be looking at improving is the singer. Is he putting everything into his performance? No power or boom, hollow and boring seems like things the singer can improve on. Then you have to look at your room you're recording in. Is there treatment to minimize room modes, standing waves, resonance, etc. If not, it can cause a boxy sound with your vocal take. Then you can look at what you do with the vocal track after you record it. Over processing can kill a good take just as easy as under processing. Sometimes the simplest adjustment is all that is needed; a little eq cut around 600hz or something... you have to experiment to find what your voice needs, or doesn't need. Reverb: A lot of people use way too much. Here's a trick, dial in enough to sound good, then dial it out until you just can't quite hear it anymore.
Lots of things to do before looking at your mic. That Nady you have looks like a stage condensor (battery powered is okay, no phantom power necessary=cool) and probably sounds halfway decent, at least for the price.
And of course, we can only speculate without hearing a sample of what you're talking about.
good luck
The first place to be looking at improving is the singer. Is he putting everything into his performance? No power or boom, hollow and boring seems like things the singer can improve on. Then you have to look at your room you're recording in. Is there treatment to minimize room modes, standing waves, resonance, etc. If not, it can cause a boxy sound with your vocal take. Then you can look at what you do with the vocal track after you record it. Over processing can kill a good take just as easy as under processing. Sometimes the simplest adjustment is all that is needed; a little eq cut around 600hz or something... you have to experiment to find what your voice needs, or doesn't need. Reverb: A lot of people use way too much. Here's a trick, dial in enough to sound good, then dial it out until you just can't quite hear it anymore.
Lots of things to do before looking at your mic. That Nady you have looks like a stage condensor (battery powered is okay, no phantom power necessary=cool) and probably sounds halfway decent, at least for the price.
And of course, we can only speculate without hearing a sample of what you're talking about.
good luck
Shadow_7
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What effects do you normally do to your voice?
autotune?
reverb?
compression?
other? Mr. Roboto style stuff? You did say electronic type music...
There are a lot of mics that run on lower voltages. I have an ATM 75. It has the option to be powered by a single AA or by 48V phantom. There's not much difference between the two. It still sounds like a mic on the cheap either way. Relative to some of my other mics. I got it mainly because it keeps the mic the same distance from the source, doesn't need a mic stand, and other extras (comes with a windscreen) that would otherwise prove problematic for certain uses if you had to obtain / make said extras.
If you're going to be doing some heavy processing, you might want a mic with limited frequency response, like the ATM75. Simpler source usually means less problematic when heavily processed. But then again it means what you hear is NOT what you get even without processing.
For my voice I kind of like my AT3035. But then again I don't sing (given a choice). Although I don't particularly hate my voice either. There's a few female college professors voices I loathed. Like listening to fingernails on a chalk board 2+ hours a day.
My STO-2's are pretty honest mics, but that doesn't really do anything for my voice. So it'a recording of my voice talking, instead of me talking. How uninspiring is that... Do you hate your recorded voice, or your natural voice? Or both?
autotune?
reverb?
compression?
other? Mr. Roboto style stuff? You did say electronic type music...
There are a lot of mics that run on lower voltages. I have an ATM 75. It has the option to be powered by a single AA or by 48V phantom. There's not much difference between the two. It still sounds like a mic on the cheap either way. Relative to some of my other mics. I got it mainly because it keeps the mic the same distance from the source, doesn't need a mic stand, and other extras (comes with a windscreen) that would otherwise prove problematic for certain uses if you had to obtain / make said extras.
If you're going to be doing some heavy processing, you might want a mic with limited frequency response, like the ATM75. Simpler source usually means less problematic when heavily processed. But then again it means what you hear is NOT what you get even without processing.
For my voice I kind of like my AT3035. But then again I don't sing (given a choice). Although I don't particularly hate my voice either. There's a few female college professors voices I loathed. Like listening to fingernails on a chalk board 2+ hours a day.
My STO-2's are pretty honest mics, but that doesn't really do anything for my voice. So it'a recording of my voice talking, instead of me talking. How uninspiring is that... Do you hate your recorded voice, or your natural voice? Or both?
S
sonofabit
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definitely compression just to even things out, then a BP eq to create a telephone/radio sound voice, and finally some light distortion to give it a harsher edge (plus light delay/reverb). my sound is more industrial music, but not noise/screamo/harsh. just synthy with a dark sound
that actually sounds ideal for what I'm doing! I definitely want a "signature" sound in this range, so that you'll recognize this effected voice as mine! I like this idea, any other options to consider that might color the voice even more?
definitely both! strangers still call me "ma'am" on the phone sometimes. I don't have a feminine voice, but it is soft.