| Upgrading my mic for vocals [message #303643] |
Tue, 08 January 2008 20:02  |
 Tris Banfi
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Registered: January 2008 |
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I currently have an Equitek E-100 hooked up to my Mac G5 via Edirol Firewire FA-66.
My question is this- I have no idea whether or not this is a good mic, and I am wondering what I should consider as an upgrade, since I have some money to spend. I only use the mic for vocals.
Thanks
Tris
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| Re: Upgrading my mic for vocals [message #303904 is a reply to message #303650 ] |
Wed, 09 January 2008 16:22  |
Halfway Competent
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Agreed, you're lacking some important details in your first post. 
From your description, it sounds like your Eiderol pre might be your weakest link. You might consider a higher-end audio interface/preamp. Ever check out the Mackie Onyx boards? The Onyx preamp sounds actually pretty nice, and there's that optional FireWire interface. Might work for you, or might not.
Since I don't know what kind of sound you're looking for, or what you want to spend, I'll just give a bit of review to microphones I've used with good success.
Audio Technica:
AT4047: ($600) This is a cardioid, FET mic that has a warm tone to it. I've used it on vocalists, both male and female, and it does a good job of warming up a soft or thin voice. Backing off the mic a bit reduces the bass. It has a very smooth midrange and a bit of high-end presence. I've used it with a dbx 386 tube pre, and the internal preamps in my Digi-002R, all with good results.
AT4033: ($400) Also a cardioid mic. Its tone is "cooler" than that of the 4047, and sounds great on most instruments I've stuck it in front of. It's the "desert island mic" of my arsenal. I bought two of these after doing a side-by-side comparison with the AKG 414. I've not recorded final vocals with it, but as an ensemble mic with vocals coming through, I can tell it would work very well, particularly on a bass-voiced singer who would sound boomy thru the 4047. It worked resonably well as a choir mic (I probably would have been happier with the result if the room hadn't sucked).
Shure:
SM94. This is a small-diaphragm condenser that sounds better than it has a right to, at its price ($180 street). I used it as a spot mic for soloists when I recorded a high school choir concert. At a distance of a couple feet, the vocals sounded excellent (when the singer was good  ). This was just through a Mackie 1402-VLZ preamp.
Anyway, enough of my blathering. Go try some stuff out. =)
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| Re: Upgrading my mic for vocals [message #303965 is a reply to message #303643 ] |
Wed, 09 January 2008 18:49 |
M Carter
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Registered: August 2006
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I recommend getting a 414 (even the ULS, which people seem to not dig all that much around here). It's a good all around microphone, and you can pick one up for around 600 bucks on EB.
Matt
Matt Carter
Studio Manager
Legacy Recording Studios
www.legacyrecordingstudios.com
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