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| Gear Head Joined: Dec 2005 Location: London
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Thread Starter | Avalon VT737SP, API Launchbox or Neve 1073 or 1081 for R&B Music. (e.g.) Usher Ray j
I am an up and coming producer singer songwriter, who wants to know which is the best mic pre for that american r&b sound when recording vocals think usher, ray j, mario, marques huston, chris brown and tyrese. In fact what would be an excellent vocal chain. (e.g) Mic>Pre amp>Comp>Eq. REMEMBER R&B MUSIC, NOT ROCK OR POP. |
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| Moderator Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Boston,MA Providence,RI
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Preamp: Neve 1073 or similar (Brent Averill 1073, Aurora Audio GTQ2mkIII) Compressor: La2a or 1176 type compressor (purple MC77, Summit TLA100a, Tube Tech CL1B) EQ: Avedis E27, Pultec, Focusrite ISA110 As always, it depends on the vocalist... but this would be a great start and very typical of the music you are doing.
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| Gear Head Joined: Dec 2005 Location: London
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any other suggestions or opinions.
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| Gear Guru Joined: Jun 2002 Location: New York City
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| Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2004
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Tony, I was kind of surprised to see you place the peluso 251 right up there with the sony.. Just cause the sony has been a long accepted standard and the peluso is fairly new.. NOT to doubt your judgement, and i'm TOTALLY NOT trying to start a peluso vs. xyz thread.. just wondering if you've found, in your personal experience, that mic to be a modern staple of this style. As for the original question, love it or hate it, i think the avalon 737 has found it's way into many r&b vocal chains and is worth a look.. although a dream chain would indeed be the c800-1073-1176+LA2A thumbsup |
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| Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005
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The 800 to a 1073 pre is not a real winning combination to me. The 251 is a nice mic and for the price cant be beat! I tried to tell people about the 251 for a while but when peluso came up the 2247LE was the mic everyone talked about. I still think the 22 251 is a nicer mic than the 2247LE.
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| Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2006 Location: Inside the Outside
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