On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 22:43, 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. Don't forget transient response (condenser mics do it better) and compression (tube preamps do it better). > I am looking a Studio Projects B1, for instance. I bought a Studio Projects C1 a few months back. The difference between the C1 and my SM58 is enormous for things that have more high frequency energy (shakers, tambourine etc), and noticeable for vocals, especially female. I wouldn't use the SM58 for vocals anymore, but it still works well as a guitar amp mic. I played with a Rode NT3 and an AKG C414 a while back, and IIRC, the C1 is a little harsher, but that's probably the gentle glow of memory. bye John
