Small Diaphragm for vocals?

[macros4]

Can a small/medium diaphragm mic be used on vocals or should i invest in an LD? I currently have 2 Rode NT3s - would these work well?

 

[Gidge]

record with them and see if you like it...if not, a LD would definitely be worth a try....

marshall mxlv67
studio projects c1

 

[Track Rat]

Everything works. Somethings work better than others, that's all. I've listened to some stuff I did some twelve years ago when the only condensor mics I owned were Tascam PE-80 small diaphrams. The vocals still sound great to me. Maybe an Elam-251 or a vintage C-12 would've sounded a little better but it still worked.

 

[Meshuggah]

I tried the NT-3 once, but to me it sounded thin somehow.. It was under pretty bad circumstances tho. I ended up using an NT-1....

These days I prefer to use my Octava MC012 for vox. (NT-1, NT-3 and SM57 being the alternatives). It's not the "larger than life" sound, but it's full and rich.

 

[getuhgrip]

I've got a 4033 on the way. I was looking for a good vox/amp mic and thought only a large diaphragm would be suitable, but all the rave I've read here about this mic has made me swing from that premise.

We'll see.

 

[Henri Devill]

Grip ,your gonna dig the 4033..I've got a V67 and I like the sound of the At a little better ..its more open sounding to me..Good luck

Don

 

[philboyd studge]

About four months back I recorded a series of songs with Oktava MC 012's and used them for vocals. Backing off some in proximity but going direct rather than off axis in angle and using a pop screen the results were really good.

 

[h kuhn]

I think stevie wonder normally uses a neumann km86, AFAIK a multipattern sd (that's at least what someone posted on RAP)