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Is it really all that?
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Nick, what exactly are you asking?
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On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 7:39:44 PM UTC-7, PStamler wrote:
Nick, what exactly are you asking? Whether it's popular because it's such a great mic for voiceover. I could post dozens of links to people using them, and I don't know the mic. |
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On 18/03/2019 4:13 PM, nickbatz wrote:
On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 7:39:44 PM UTC-7, PStamler wrote: Nick, what exactly are you asking? Whether it's popular because it's such a great mic for voiceover. I could post dozens of links to people using them, and I don't know the mic. It's OK. RE20 is better IMO. Check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcGEukqFfTA https://www.gearsavvy.com/blog/sm7b-vs-re20 geoff |
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On 18/03/2019 6:20 PM, geoff wrote:
On 18/03/2019 4:13 PM, nickbatz wrote: On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 7:39:44 PM UTC-7, PStamler wrote: Nick, what exactly are you asking? Whether it's popular because it's such a great mic for voiceover. I could post dozens of links to people using them, and I don't know the mic. It's OK. RE20 is better IMO. Check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcGEukqFfTA https://www.gearsavvy.com/blog/sm7b-vs-re20 geoff Oh, and the robotic-sounding dude in the video could have done a better proximity test by moving away and back in a continuous manner rather than in steps. It may have demonstrated the RE20 lack of proximity effect better. If you can tell anything via YouTube audio .... geoff |
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nickbatz wrote:
On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 7:39:44 PM UTC-7, PStamler wrote: Nick, what exactly are you asking? Whether it's popular because it's such a great mic for voiceover. I could post dozens of links to people using them, and I don't know the mic. It's clean, it's directional, it's not too huge-sounding, and you can eat it without popping. When I started out in radio, the popular announcer mikes were RCA ribbons but they were quickly being replaced with the more fashionable Sennheiser 421. Then those were out and the RE-20 was in. Then the RE-20 was out and the SM-7 was in. Then the SM-7 was out and the RE-27 was in. All of these are fine mikes for a wide variety of voices. The SM-7, with switches set flat, is not as bright as what people today like, but I consider that an advantage. Don't use the switches, use external EQ if you want to EQ the thing. I seem to have missed the SM-5. You still see one now and then but they never seemed to be anything program directors were demanding. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 7:02:43 PM UTC-4, nickbatz wrote:
Is it really all that? (Serious question.) What Scott said. |
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Scott Dorsey wrote:
nickbatz wrote: On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 7:39:44 PM UTC-7, PStamler wrote: Nick, what exactly are you asking? Whether it's popular because it's such a great mic for voiceover. I could post dozens of links to people using them, and I don't know the mic. It's clean, it's directional, it's not too huge-sounding, and you can eat it without popping. When I started out in radio, the popular announcer mikes were RCA ribbons but they were quickly being replaced with the more fashionable Sennheiser 421. Then those were out and the RE-20 was in. Then the RE-20 was out and the SM-7 was in. Then the SM-7 was out and the RE-27 was in. All of these are fine mikes for a wide variety of voices. The SM-7, with switches set flat, is not as bright as what people today like, but I consider that an advantage. Don't use the switches, use external EQ if you want to EQ the thing. I seem to have missed the SM-5. You still see one now and then but they never seemed to be anything program directors were demanding. --scott Has the Sennheiser MD-441 ever been popular in radio? What little I've heard of the Electro-Voice RE27 sounded nasty to me. Maybe I haven't heard it on the right voice yet or with the right switches engaged. I have an RE20 that I mostly like on my own voice as long as I don't get closer than about 4 inches. Although there's no proximity effect, it sounds gloppy to me if I get too close. Haven't tried a Shure SM7B. |
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On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 4:02:43 PM UTC-7, nickbatz wrote:
Is it really all that? (Serious question.) Great, thanks everyone. Geoff: "It may have demonstrated the RE20 lack of proximity effect better." Right, but that's a mic I do know, so for me it doesn't matter. "If you can tell anything via YouTube audio .... " Sure you can! And - duck and run comment - the most interesting thing about that video to me was that you could switch mics in the middle of a phrase and only audio professionals listening closely would notice! (Assuming the levels are matched, of course.) |
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On 18/03/2019 6:20 PM, geoff wrote:
On 18/03/2019 4:13 PM, nickbatz wrote: On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 7:39:44 PM UTC-7, PStamler wrote: Nick, what exactly are you asking? Whether it's popular because it's such a great mic for voiceover. I could post dozens of links to people using them, and I don't know the mic. It's OK. RE20 is better IMO. Check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcGEukqFfTA https://www.gearsavvy.com/blog/sm7b-vs-re20 geoff I have both. I find the overall character of the SM7B to be a little spitty and harsh - similarly to a SM58. geoff |
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Tatonik wrote:
Has the Sennheiser MD-441 ever been popular in radio? Not in the US. Broadcasters are much too cheap, and the 441 is much too easy to pop if you eat it. It shows up as a desk mike for interviews in Europe where broadcasters have money. What little I've heard of the Electro-Voice RE27 sounded nasty to me. Maybe I haven't heard it on the right voice yet or with the right switches engaged. I have an RE20 that I mostly like on my own voice as long as I don't get closer than about 4 inches. Although there's no proximity effect, it sounds gloppy to me if I get too close. Haven't tried a Shure SM7B. The RE27 is like the RE20 made bright and punchy. It is a fashionable sound. I don't much like it, and the presence peak makes it less useful in general (both on voices and instruments) but lots of people do. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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