soundhaspriority wrote:

Here are two problems:
1. I have a female vocalist, who has a rather smooth voice, and I want to
add some top end sheen, so she sounds more like the exhibits at the NY Hifi
Show of SET amplifiers playing through exotic speakers.

First thing I'd think of would be the U87. It's got a very exaggerated
top end, for that sense of air, but it's not completely out of control.
And people will find it a very familiar sound.

2. I have a male vocalist who needs some additional midrange body.

Beyer M-500. I know it's not very popular today, but it really does
a lot to kill nasal sounds and bring out the the depth in a baritone.

Another suggestion might be to use a more neutral mike, but add a chest
mike. Or try pulling the mike back and dropping it down to get more
of the chest voice. Even something like an RE-20 is fine for this.

Suggestions for either/both of these are requested. Something simple,
something cheap, that will give 55% of the benefit of a $10K tube preamp
that can't be all that accurate.

First you get the sound in the room. Then you get the sound from the
mike. Then you worry about the preamp.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."