Comments on: How should I record narration? http://www.dvcreators.net/how-should-i-record-narration/ training and resources for digital video creators Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:08:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sound Chaser http://www.dvcreators.net/how-should-i-record-narration/#comment-8897 Sound Chaser Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:39:37 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=18#comment-8897 As a pro FOH and Recording Engineer I have a personal collection of mics that range in price from $150. to $3,500. Here's a fact that a lot of people who own expensive equipment don't want to hear. Price often does not have any bearing on quality. Sure more bucks generally means better quality but, it's a diminishiiing rate of return. In the case of microphones the rule really applies! What makes a microphone expensive is their notoriety. Some mics just get a reputation for delivering a certain quality to a certain instrument. Also, every mic will impart qualities to an instrument that have no bearing on price or desirebility. ie: a $150. SM57 blows away a $3,000. U87 on Marshall guitar cabinets. My advice, Audia Technica and Rode make excellent products you will be happy with, at a fraction of the price. That said, I don't own many of them...my application is quite different. As a pro FOH and Recording Engineer I have a personal collection of mics that range in price from $150. to $3,500.
Here’s a fact that a lot of people who own expensive equipment don’t want to hear. Price often does not have any bearing on quality. Sure more bucks generally means better quality but, it’s a diminishiiing rate of return. In the case of microphones the rule really applies!
What makes a microphone expensive is their notoriety. Some mics just get a reputation for delivering a certain quality to a certain instrument. Also, every mic will impart qualities to an instrument that have no bearing on price or desirebility. ie: a $150. SM57 blows away a $3,000. U87 on Marshall guitar cabinets.

My advice, Audia Technica and Rode make excellent products you will be happy with, at a fraction of the price. That said, I don’t own many of them…my application is quite different.

]]> By: sebastiengomez http://www.dvcreators.net/how-should-i-record-narration/#comment-73 sebastiengomez Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:02:46 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=18#comment-73 Hi Dan, I'll take a stab at this one after having to work with VO talent for many productions and recording them in my home studio for television broadcast. Obviously I needed the best quality and no loss or hissing and you're right, a good quality balanced condenser microphone is the only way to go. You probably, like myself, don't want to spend $1000 and up for a microphone so there is one alternative I have found. The LUMA M-AUDIO Microphone. ?Ä¢ Inexpensive large capsule cardioid condenser ?Ä¢ 1.1?Äù evaporated gold diaphragm ?Ä¢ Solid brass capsule ?Ä¢ Class A solid state electronics ?Ä¢ Perfect for recording high quality piano, guitar AND vocal tracks. It's $249.99 from M-AUDIO and well worth it. You could also purchase the ARIES which is $100 cheaper and still is a professional microphone but with a smaller condenser capsule. <a href="http://www.m-audio.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.m-audio.com</a> Have fun testing them out... Sebastien Gomez Hi Dan, I’ll take a stab at this one after having to work with VO talent for many productions and recording them in my home studio for television broadcast. Obviously I needed the best quality and no loss or hissing and you’re right, a good quality balanced condenser microphone is the only way to go. You probably, like myself, don’t want to spend $1000 and up for a microphone so there is one alternative I have found.

The LUMA M-AUDIO Microphone.

?Ä¢ Inexpensive large capsule cardioid condenser
?Ä¢ 1.1?Äù evaporated gold diaphragm
?Ä¢ Solid brass capsule
?Ä¢ Class A solid state electronics
?Ä¢ Perfect for recording high quality piano, guitar AND vocal tracks.

It’s $249.99 from M-AUDIO and well worth it. You could also purchase the ARIES which is $100 cheaper and still is a professional microphone but with a smaller condenser capsule.

http://www.m-audio.com

Have fun testing them out…

Sebastien Gomez

]]> By: Dan Perry http://www.dvcreators.net/how-should-i-record-narration/#comment-65 Dan Perry Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:16:33 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=18#comment-65 Can you recommend a good studio quality balanced condensor mic to record narration to tape? Thanks. Can you recommend a good studio quality balanced condensor mic to record narration to tape? Thanks.

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