ribbons on vocals

[kroad]

how dose the R84 fare on male vocal
I have a U195 and 414 >
I hear about the great things it dose for guitars and horns ect
will It be generally be to mellow for voices ?

[warhead]

I have a few clips I can share if you like:

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/...2079&alid=1018

I'm not a singer but belted out a line just to make a clip at the time. Overall I'd say it's going to depend on your taste. Typically you would NOT have any sibilance issues with this mic which is a nice benefit. It does have a big proximity boost which you would likely have to roll off on male vocals.

That acoustic guitar clip by the way is a $250 Yamaha FG413S, a decent bang for the buck guit-fiddle that I bought for just in case purposes. Not a bad clip methinks.

Hope this helps

War

[picksail]

Over the last year or so I have found myself gravitating more towards using an R84 on female vocals-almost exclusively. I find that it works very well on tenors. It aids in smoothing some of the shrillness associated with vocalists who operate within this range.

[toolstudio]

I had really unbelievable results with the AEA 44c on female vocal. I did some tracks with an Norah Jones style singer and used the 44c on the lead and on the backings.
Fantastic, really smooth, no harsh "s".

But it's definatly a colour. You need to built the vibe of the song around that.

I haven't tried our R84s or Royers on lead vocals, so I cant commment that. But I used 2 R84s at Blumlein on backing choirs and worked perfect. Pretty dense and naturel.


wolfgang

toolhouse studios, germany

[Ckevperry]

Originally posted by picksail
Over the last year or so I have found myself gravitating more towards using an R84 on female vocals-almost exclusively. I find that it works very well on tenors. It aids in smoothing some of the shrillness associated with vocalists who operate within this range.

Totally agree with this. The R84 is a great soprano mic. If you need more high-end, you can can eq to taste without it getting brittle on top.

Just a beautiful sound on the right voice.

[brownmouse]

i just got an r-84 and i've just got this feeling its gonna be way cool on a variety of vocals...
joshua

[picksail]

Originally posted by Ckevperry
Totally agree with this. The R84 is a great soprano mic. If you need more high-end, you can can eq to taste without it getting brittle on top.

Just a beautiful sound on the right voice.

You are correct Kevin, it seems almost imperveous to any adverse artifacts attributed with dramatic EQing.

The R84 was the perfect mic for a recent OD session which involved tracking some female falsetto parts. I really love this mic.