Wanted: a top-notch vocal mic.

Icarus · 28th June 2007

Hello all,
This will be my first post on this forum, and I'm glad I registered at last. My story is this:

I am a singer/songwriter looking to build a project studio. I play primarily acoustic/alt/folky stuff, which lends itself to a smaller work environment (4 channels of pre's/converters.)
I have a budget of around $20k +/- and I can allocate around a quarter of that to a vocal mic. My vocal style is close-mic'd, hear-every-breath-and-movement sort of deal. I'm looking for the creamiest, intimate, delicately colored LDC that any of you know of. That is, without breaking $5k.

Feedback greatly appreciated, thank you.

DeeDrive · 29th June 2007

Maybe post in the High end category or the So much gear, so little time category. This is the Mp3 upload section. I'm sure you'll get a lot of opinions with a budget like that.

venuestudio · 29th June 2007

You can't go wrong with a Neumann U87, they run about $2800. Paired with the right preamps, you would be in heaven. Speaking of pres, look at the Shadow Hills line, including the Gama. I think I would look into an API lunchbox, maybe an couple of API 512's, Shadow Hills mono Gama, Purple Audio, or A Designs. You can equip a lunch box with 2 or 3 flavors and have room for a nice compressor to boot...

28th June 2007	#1
Icarus Gear nut Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 105 Thread Starter	Wanted: a top-notch vocal mic. Hello all, This will be my first post on this forum, and I'm glad I registered at last. My story is this: I am a singer/songwriter looking to build a project studio. I play primarily acoustic/alt/folky stuff, which lends itself to a smaller work environment (4 channels of pre's/converters.) I have a budget of around $20k +/- and I can allocate around a quarter of that to a vocal mic. My vocal style is close-mic'd, hear-every-breath-and-movement sort of deal. I'm looking for the creamiest, intimate, delicately colored LDC that any of you know of. That is, without breaking $5k. Feedback greatly appreciated, thank you.

29th June 2007	#2
DeeDrive Lives for gear Joined: May 2005 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 986	Maybe post in the High end category or the So much gear, so little time category. This is the Mp3 upload section. I'm sure you'll get a lot of opinions with a budget like that. __________________ "When life gives you lemons, just say f@*k the lemons and bail" http://www.myspace.com/mattdistad http://www.myspace.com/froghollowdaycamp

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29th June 2007	#3
venuestudio Gear interested Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 21	You can't go wrong with a Neumann U87, they run about $2800. Paired with the right preamps, you would be in heaven. Speaking of pres, look at the Shadow Hills line, including the Gama. I think I would look into an API lunchbox, maybe an couple of API 512's, Shadow Hills mono Gama, Purple Audio, or A Designs. You can equip a lunch box with 2 or 3 flavors and have room for a nice compressor to boot...