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Old 18th July 2005   #26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson
A stock 67 without using a windscreen and with just a touch of high frequency eq. to taste is very very hard to equal for vocals. Brighter mikes (and modded 67s) can sound better flat but they can't be eq'd to fit into a mix the way a stock U67 can. Most other condensers are also useless for vocals without a pop screen.

So true. The mic tends to sound a bit dark when just speaking through it, but as Bob says, a little EQ and the sound of a thousand hit records is in the room.

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