akg c 414 xl 2

During recording sessions in London I have tried for a new ep this mic instead of the of the neumann u 67 I used on a previous album.
Both microphones are off the charts, but are different.
I have quiete a thin voice but I confess that the Akg give to it little push in my recording session, and fights better with the guitars.

with the ua 6176 preamp it's sounds amazing on my voice;
But this mic is not only dedicated to vocals, since it takes a lot of ambience you can use it for ambiance or overheads.

You have to be careful on the acoustic of the room. This microphone takes everything, the bad and the good, close and far far far. It's not a mic I would handle easily to record myself without a audio engineer; But If you in sudio, next time ask for this mic and give it a shot!