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Originally Posted by Heartfelt  Hey, thanks for the reply.
I am aiming close to the type of sound that the foo fighters use for "Stranger things have happened" YouTube - Foo Fighters - Stranger Things Have Happened
That sounds amazing. It is intimate and powerful. I love the shy use of ambience compared to many others that are washed in verb.
I know I don't stand a chance in making it "just like that" but I want the flavor. |
Well, to my ears, it indeed sounds like he is quite close to the mic and the ambience is added/manufactured. Either that, or there are 2 mics and the 'far' mic is mixed underneath the primary.
Anyhow, to me it sounds very much like a dynamic or even a ribbon mic. It lacks the massive resolution and top end that a lot of condensers have. Either that or a very nice, dark tube condenser. If I had to guess, I'd say something like an SM7B. It just has that dark, trimmed and whispery quality that this mic has (I have 2 and use them OFTEN!).
Also, there is certainly compression on this vocal (I'm listening as I type). It is subtle, but there. Sounds like the type of sound you can get from an LA2A, or similarly smooth and slow compressors with a small amount (-3 to -5 (on the louder parts) db GR).
If I were to attempt to get that sound using equipment I own, I'd do the following:
Shure SM7B into LA-610 channel strip. The LA-610 is very smooth and rounded. It really enhances the personal aspects of close micing a vox with a mic like the SM7B. I would put the singer (or me/you) about 3" to 6" off of the pop filter and instructh them to 'work the mic' by about 3 to 4 inches when singing louder/quieter. I would then set the preamp up for 'smooth' gain staging. That is to say, NOT to drive the tubes too hard. If you keep both knobs at 5 or below (or compensate for eachother) you can keep the sound very silky like this. I would then roll 1.5 to 3db OFF at ~7k to 10k, shelved. Then put the compressor in compress mode (no limiter) and run the compression dial up until I was getting in the neighborhood of 2 or 3db GR on the 'regular' parts and more on the louder parts.
Then for 'ambience' you can use a verb room plugin, an outboard room or a room mic, far away and mixed in underneath the lead vox. If it were me, I'd either use my IK CSR suite or my Lexicon MX400. My ISO booth is too small to get a lot of room ambience. I have been known to leave the door to the booth open and put a mic outside. This has actually worked quite well as long as I use and omni or figure-8 mic.
This can be accomplished in plenty of other ways. I was just going off of the top of my head, using my own stuff. But that hopefully gives you an idea of what 'I' think is going on. I could be 100% wrong!
