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Originally Posted by dchapp
an even bigger part of the sound is her voice....
That is the most important aspect of the whole thread.
Substitute just one of these items, and tell me which makes the most difference:
1. Microphone
2. Preamp
3. Compressor
4. Singer
If you picked "4", you are correct.
This is what is wrong with the hyper-technical orientation of many of the questions I see these days. The human factor is marginalized, I think mostly because producers and engineers want to be the stars themselves. So the tech aspect is magnified out of proportion.
Mariah Carey has tone and chops for days, whether you personally are into her style or not. As such, there are at least 8-10 great mics that would deliver her undamaged. Same with preamps and compressors. But you're not going to get her tone without her standing there, whatever you do with the electrons, and what works on her may not happen for somebody else.
Failure to understand the above will lead to a bunch of frustration, ultimately.