| here's an empirical approach- time consuming and expensive, but you said money was not an issue. Assumes you have competent engineers.
beg, borrow, rent, or buy as many vocal mics as you can. rent a hall typical of the halls you will be playing. rent a PA typical of the type you be using.
set up your band in the hall with the PA and run through their songs, comparing mics. listen. you'll be able to determine which one(s) best suit your vocalist.
after this, if you think you need compression or eq (beyond that provided by the board), run through the same exercise, renting outboard processors this time. (Although, based on your comments, an 1176 might be very useful for compression.) |