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Old 27th March 2006   #1
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Male, "mid-range" voice: which low end mic?

With this thread I try to be more specific than the usual questions about low end mics, I hope you can help.
So here we go... which are the best (let's say up to 300/350 euros) options for this situation:

- male, mostly mid range voice, intimate/soft/close vocals (I like the style of blue nile's p.buchanan, chet baker, d.sylvian, r.wyatt, postal service among others, but as said my voice has not the gift of nice lows and I do not use falsetto). I'd like/need the mic to "warm" and "strengthen a bit" my voice, which tends to be a bit thin.

- electronic based, experimental jazzy/pop material

- (at the moment) a bit noisy room

- RME Quadmic preamp

- other sporadic needs: recording little xylophone, accordion, melodica, little percussions

Final statement: I already read many threads and reviews about cheap mics like SM57, Studio Projects, AudioTechnica, etc. but I don't know what in my specific situation would fit better, since it seems that some of these option are not so versatile.
I forgot to add: I can't test many of these brands because I do not have a shop selling them close to where I live.

Thanks
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