what is the best vocal studio mic ???

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Hello i would like to know what is the best vocal studio mic, that i can buy with $1000 or 1000 euros.

thanks
 
ahhh gabriel! you have asked a very good question.

knowing full well that there can be no definitive answer to a question of opinion, I've heard the Neumann U87 is a well respected readily available vocal studio mic.
 
Gabriel Sousa said:
Hello i would like to know what is the best vocal studio mic, that i can buy with $1000 or 1000 euros.

thanks
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It depends.
 
stonepiano said:
ahhh gabriel! you have asked a very good question.

knowing full well that there can be no definitive answer to a question of opinion, I've heard the Neumann U87 is a well respected readily available vocal studio mic.
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U87 is about $2000 and i have only $1000 :-(
 
stonepiano said:


I see... sorry Gab. I get it now.
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what you think about:

Neuman - TLM-103 or AKG - C414 B-TLII or AKG - SOLIDTUBE ??
 
RODE NTK (válvula)

Olá Gabriel,

Give the RODE NTK a try. It sells for less than € 1.000,00

I've heard lovely things about it and it's going to be my first Mic for vocals in my future FADO studio.
I don't know who is selling it in in Portugal, but maybe the shops from Valentim de Carvalho can get it for you or tell you where you can buy it.

Regards,
Lusitano Vagabundo
 
E-mail keeps coming back

I got your e-mail and tried twice to reply, but I keep getting my e-mail back!
The message is "No such e-mail address..."
 
You really shouldn't give a topic a subject like this, then put a budget limit within the post. I think (and this is purely a subjective opinion, but I voted with my money) the Brauner VM-1 KHE is the best studio vocal mic in current production - but it costs about 9 times your budget.
As you have been told, this question has been asked and discussed more times than I can count. There is no answer. FYI "It depends" means it depends on way too many variables to give a meaningful answer. For instance :
Best for what type of voice?
Best for what type of music?
Best compared to what?
What medium will it be recorded to?
What electronics chain will it be recorded through? (i.e. what mic preamps, EQs compressores, A/D converters, etc.)
What does the room sound like that it will be used in?
What do YOU (and your clients, if any) consider to be the "best" vocal sound?
What is the purpose of these recordings? (Major releases, small independent releases, artist's demo, songwriting demo, archiving performances, etc. etc.)

As you can see, there are a lot of variables - and the above are by no means ALL of them - that you need to take into account before even attempting to answer a question like the one you posed. And to top it all off, you had to cripple us all by setting a limit that is unfortunately below the crop of world class, but still reasonable mics that are currently available.
Do what the rest of us did when we tried to answer the question "Which mic is best?" and use fair means or foul to get your hands on as many mics as you can (even for a few hours) and have as many good singers as you can find sing through them. That's the ONLY way to answer your question.

Scott
 
why is everyone telling people what to ask, and how to ask it?? I reckon if someone doesn't like the question(the post), they should just read it, say :"Ohh What an Idiot" (sorry Gabriel I don't think you are) and just keep reading other posts....why do you have to type for a few minutes and still not give him/her the answer;)
Some times we are smarter when we keep quiet ;)
 
Roker1 -
If that was directed at me, I WAS trying to answer his question. I was also trying to explain why the question as stated was unlikely to get him a meaningful answer. He specifically asked what "It depends" meant, so I told him what I thought it meant. Some of us try to be helpful even when the question, as asked, is difficult or impossible to answer definitively.
The bit about the Brauner at the beginning was just a little left-handed bragging on my part :D Sorry about that!

Scott
 
DigitMus said:
FYI "It depends" means it depends on way too many variables to give a meaningful answer. For instance :
Best for what type of voice?
Best for what type of music?
Best compared to what?
What medium will it be recorded to?
What electronics chain will it be recorded through? (i.e. what mic preamps, EQs compressores, A/D converters, etc.)
What does the room sound like that it will be used in?
What do YOU (and your clients, if any) consider to be the "best" vocal sound?
What is the purpose of these recordings? (Major releases, small independent releases, artist's demo, songwriting demo, archiving performances, etc. etc.)

Scott
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well is to record pop/rock music, for pop vocals, it will be recorded to PC with a MOTU 2480 mk3, with presonus pre-amps.

what is the best mic (budget limit $1000) for this job ?
 
Soundelux u-195

Get the soundelux u-195. It's modeled off the old neumann u47fet. I personally don't like the 87, I hear an unpleasant mid-range bump. There are much better mics out there for the money. The soundleux is a mic i do own and is the best deal out there in the 1000 dollar range. It's a versatile mic with a fat switch for some added bottom end, combine that with low-end roll off and it makes a very nice tight lowend. The mic has worked very nicely so far on my baritone voice and acc. guitar and I have heard it is a superb bass drum mic.
It also has a transformer which adds to its warmth in comparison to the tlm-103( which i decided against in an a/b test with the u195) Its a great mic and the quality of mic is apparent as soon as you pick it up. I love mine.
 
DigitMus...

I don't know about that (the Brauner VM-1 KHE that is) it is an incredible mic, but I think the Sony C 800 G is just as good, not better but as good...

Although both of them cost so damn much I don't think I will have either for A LONG time!
 
DigitMus,
Didn't mean to be "hard" on you or anything, I was just saying generally, coz I came across people saying: "Why do you ask this. why don't you ask that etc, etc..."
but it doesnt really matter...I just don't waste time typing sometimes, that's all....
but stay cool and funky man... I didn't mean anything bad
 
Gabriel Sousa said:


what you think about:

Neuman - TLM-103 or AKG - C414 B-TLII or AKG - SOLIDTUBE ??
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No, No and possibly.

I sold my 103 when the C1 came out. The C1 blows it away, IMO. The 414 is my favorite workhorse mic in the studio, but not for vocals – unless you have a very rough, gravel-like voice.

Best vox mic in the $1K range, IMO, is the Soundelux U195. It's also a stunning mic on acoustic guitar.

I know the availability in Portugal may be limited and the prices may be higher. My next favorite vocal mic under the U195 is the Studio Projects C1 or C3.
 
Dot said:


No, No and possibly.

I sold my 103 when the C1 came out. The C1 blows it away, IMO. The 414 is my favorite workhorse mic in the studio, but not for vocals – unless you have a very rough, gravel-like voice.

Best vox mic in the $1K range, IMO, is the Soundelux U195. It's also a stunning mic on acoustic guitar.

I know the availability in Portugal may be limited and the prices may be higher. My next favorite vocal mic under the U195 is the Studio Projects C1 or C3.
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and the T3 "• A superb vocal microphone with warm natural transparent character" i can buy it for $1100 ?
 
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