I'm in the market for a pair of multipattern microphones.

I will use them through a Sytek MPX-4aii preamp (with Burr-Browns).

These microphones should make female vocals sound like Deborah Harry,
and guitars/drums sound like Rancid on "...And Out Come the Wolves".

I am willing to spend $2000 for the pair (perhaps a little more).

Does anyone have any suggestions?

with unquestioned accuracy of thought, Lars replied:

I'm in the market for a pair of multipattern microphones.

I will use them through a Sytek MPX-4aii preamp (with Burr-Browns).

These microphones should make female vocals sound like Deborah Harry,
and guitars/drums sound like Rancid on "...And Out Come the Wolves".

I am willing to spend $2000 for the pair (perhaps a little more).

Does anyone have any suggestions?

This is going to be patently curt but if I don't do it someone else will.
The biggest part of that problem is finding a singer who sounds like Debby
Harry and a drummer that sounds like Rancid....etc. Once you have all that
together, including the room, the engineer, the medium, (tape/digi), the
monitoring etc... then I'd believe that any good signal chain would be
appropriate. Or better yet, find your own sound at that point.

Sorry about that. I think you'd get farther inquiring about acheiving a
sound with certain qualities (airiness, scooped/not scooped mids, presence
peak, flat, hyped) that you are looking for and then reference it to a
specific recording of Debby Harry's or Rancid's so some industious engineer
type could go listen and make a few learned suggestions.

Also, are you looking for a matched pair or does the question ask for
suggestions on 2 different mics. One for the female vocal and one (?) for
the drums? I don't think there will be one set of mics that will cover both
applications. In reality, the team recording both Rancid and Deborah Harry
probably had a room full of mics and probably a vintage board full of
terrific preamps. AND everything damned thing else ; - )

I'd say 2000 bucks would get you 1 great preamp and 1 good mic which would
put you on the road to discovering the best recording you can make with the
equipment you have.

In article writes:

These microphones should make female vocals sound like Deborah Harry,
and guitars/drums sound like Rancid on "...And Out Come the Wolves".

I am willing to spend $2000 for the pair (perhaps a little more).

I have a pair of SM57s that I'll let go for $2,000, but that's really
cutting it close so I'll have to get you to pay for shipping and
insurance.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hire Deborah Harry and Rancid. Then you'll be able to get that sound
with whatever mics you have, though you might need a little help from
their engineers and producers.


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I don't know about making anyone sound like Debby Harry or Rancid, I
guess they would need similar voices. But, for $2000 for a pair of
multipattern microphones, nothing, again nothing can touch the ADK TT
tube mic. It's got a relatively neutral frequency curve (a small lift
up top, nothing extreme though), and relatively flat mids.

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http://www.atlasproaudio.com


(Lars) wrote in message . com...
I'm in the market for a pair of multipattern microphones.

I will use them through a Sytek MPX-4aii preamp (with Burr-Browns).

These microphones should make female vocals sound like Deborah Harry,
and guitars/drums sound like Rancid on "...And Out Come the Wolves".

I am willing to spend $2000 for the pair (perhaps a little more).

Does anyone have any suggestions?

In Article ,
(Lars) wrote:
I'm in the market for a pair of multipattern microphones.

I will use them through a Sytek MPX-4aii preamp (with Burr-Browns).

These microphones should make female vocals sound like Deborah Harry,
and guitars/drums sound like Rancid on "...And Out Come the Wolves".

I am willing to spend $2000 for the pair (perhaps a little more).

Does anyone have any suggestions?


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