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Old 30th May 2008, 04:05 PM   #1
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I'm looking to buy a new microphone for my rap artists. Most of them have a grimey/gangsta/wicked/dope dealer type of tone. Powered by an RNP preamp, which mic do you think I should look into buying?


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Old 30th May 2008, 09:01 PM   #2
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Most of them have a grimey/gangsta/wicked/dope dealer type of tone.

lol. Good description of tone.

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WTF is a grimey/gangsta/wicked/dope dealer type of tone ?

my bad...i read this and dam near fall to the floor laughin.
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Old 30th May 2008, 09:31 PM   #4
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WTF is a grimey/gangsta/wicked/dope dealer type of tone ?

my bad...i read this and dam near fall to the floor laughin.
i wondered that too. So I just wrote mics in that range that i've had good experiences with.
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Old 30th May 2008, 10:34 PM   #5
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wow... LOL.... Thats the wildest description ever.... In my opinion there is no such mic.... Its all personal preference as to which mic works for you and your customers ears... A mic I would suggest is the peluso VTB but thats in the $1000-$1500 price range.... But again that is the mic I like personally... As suggested in many other post on GS, rent a few mics and see which mic pleases your ears... Good luck mah dude...
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I'm looking to buy a new microphone for my rap artists. Most of them have a grimey/gangsta/wicked/dope dealer type of tone. Powered by an RNP preamp, which mic do you think I should look into buying?


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What kind of "tone" does a dope dealer have??

I do however,have an old aquaintance named Tone who was a dope dealer,but hes doing twenty at San Quentin.

Oh well
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What kind of "tone" does a dope dealer have??

I do however,have an old aquaintance named Tone who was a dope dealer,but hes doing twenty at San Quentin.

Oh well
lol

you either wind up dead, in prison or putting out weak records.
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Old 1st June 2008, 03:07 AM   #8
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I'm looking to buy a new microphone for my rap artists. Most of them have a grimey/gangsta/wicked/dope dealer type of tone. Powered by an RNP preamp, which mic do you think I should look into buying?


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This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time!

Try the cheapest mic you can find, cause one day when your expecting them to show up to the studio, they won't show and then you'll hear from them about 2 years later!

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Old 1st June 2008, 11:28 AM   #10
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I'm looking to buy a new microphone for my rap artists. Most of them have a grimey/gangsta/wicked/dope dealer type of tone. Powered by an RNP preamp, which mic do you think I should look into buying?


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A Crack Pipe 47 maybe?... seriously though, I never knew grimey/gangsta/wicked/dope dealers all had a specific type of tone.

Anyway I will give you a suggestion. The Shure SM7 is going to be one of your best choice IMO for the preamp you are currently using. The RNP is incredibly transparent, so any mic that sounds too boring is not going to cut it. Other mics you can try are the Neumann TLM103, AKG C414, Rode K2 or Studio Projects C1 if the artist is not overly silibant on the mic. If anything bring gangsta down to your local music store and audition a couple of those mics and see what works best, or rent a few and audition them...
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