On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 10:43:47AM -1000, Alastair Couper wrote: > Yes, I should state the intention. I have a SM58 knockoff (by Fender) that > I use on hand drums. My interest de jeur is to record a female vocalist. > > I am an electrical engineer by education, so am amenable to freq charts, > THD, spatial plots and such. But the "warm" thing seems to me empty. Seems > like judicious EQ should get you what you want, given that the transducer > is coming up with a clean reproduction to begin with. But then one gets > into subjectivity and black magic again. > > I am looking a Studio Projects B1, for instance. Get thee to the ProSoundWeb forums and read Harvey Gerst's many many posts on related topics. Harvey is a great engineer with decades of experience who runs a "bottom-feeder" studio and has a knack for finding the stuff worth having at the low end of the price range. http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/f/32/0 There's also "the big thread" that in its slightly edited PDF form is a great read about mics in general... 80 pages on theory, specs, mic choice, placement, etc. You're bound to learn something. http://www.kset.org/music/pub/ChatWithHarvey.pdf -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com
