Microphones –there’s a love-hate thing going in the biz about mic’s. There are very very expensive ones, and very cheap ones. And yet, for us, the midpriced ones seem to work, technically (and wallet-ly) the best.
STUDIO MIC’S
The studio blowhard Prima Donna type announcer will insist upon ‘his special’ mic, or even bring his own into the studio in it’s own velvet bag. It’s possibly a high end condenser mic, or, a ribbon-velocity mic, by Neuman, Blue, Uher, or others costing thousands.
We’ve tried the lot of them, and have chosen for voice-over studio work the MXL 990 ribbon by Marshall (of the Marshall Amplifier fame). This world-class company has opened and oversees a huge factory in China where the best affordable mic’s are now made. This fine ribbon transducer costs under $100 and compares to the ones costing 2 grand from Germany. This is the mic the famed voice-over artist Don LaFontaine used in the Geico commercial. This is the one you need in the studio –not only for vocals, but instrument and overhead.
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