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Affordable/Value Mic for Recording Vocals/Piano
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 67291" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Re: Affordable/Value Mic for Recording Vocals/Piano</p><p></p><p>+1 to what Mike said. The AT4050 is kind of a poor mans AKG414 and useful on about anything you would use a multi pattern condenser on. The SM7B is excellent also and I have cut many vocals with both over the years. I seem to always get a good sound quick with the SM7B and a really good tube preamp on the lead vocal and I have more expensive choices available but usually start with it. A friend of mine likes the Marshall MXL V69 MOGAMI EDITION for an inexpensive tube condenser. I have never personally tried one but he has told me several times the Mogami Edition of that mic is a different animal and they are $299 or so brand new. Generally a tube mic or preamp tends to color and richen up the sound a good bit which is great for a lead vocal but not for everything. It might make a piano or a background vocal a little more forward in the mix than you would want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 67291, member: 277"] Re: Affordable/Value Mic for Recording Vocals/Piano +1 to what Mike said. The AT4050 is kind of a poor mans AKG414 and useful on about anything you would use a multi pattern condenser on. The SM7B is excellent also and I have cut many vocals with both over the years. I seem to always get a good sound quick with the SM7B and a really good tube preamp on the lead vocal and I have more expensive choices available but usually start with it. A friend of mine likes the Marshall MXL V69 MOGAMI EDITION for an inexpensive tube condenser. I have never personally tried one but he has told me several times the Mogami Edition of that mic is a different animal and they are $299 or so brand new. Generally a tube mic or preamp tends to color and richen up the sound a good bit which is great for a lead vocal but not for everything. It might make a piano or a background vocal a little more forward in the mix than you would want. [/QUOTE]
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