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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Paul Radelat:
Well, I tell you microphones and voices are very weird things... I have seen mics that work very well on one voice and not as complimentary on the next, and there's nothing wrong with either voice, nor are they that dissimilar...

Expensive is not always the ingredient to success... For instance, take the studio projects C1.. A lot of people like it and use for a lot of vocal recordings... It goes for $199... However, there have been posts of people who like the Studio Projects B1 better on their voices and that goes for $79... For some people, the sm58 works real well in the studio too for their voice... Craig Anderton is one of these people... The Rode NT1, I've seen some posts that state that works well with a baritone voice...

The other side of the equation is the pre-amp... If you have $2000 mic and a lousy pre-amp, the mic is not going to sound that good... So, what kind of board do you have? Do you have a dedicated pre-amp? The good news is that there are some out there that are better than the preamps on cheap boards... But you may find that the mic sounds good with your present board... Try that first...

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Thanks again,
I am actually just putting together a home studio, but I did'nt want to get away from the topic of this particular board on mics and vocals. The short answer is I hav'nt gotten a preamp, but was planning on researching them before I got one (along with the mixer). Thanks for the mic suggestions. I'll consider them and then look to another board maybe on what preamp would work well with what I decide on.

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