can someone advice me a good pre-amp for voice recordings (like interviews)? something with bright high end..
ditto for the microphone
I know I'm rather vague but basically I'm just after decent but not too expensive material and I haven't a clue what's good and what's not
thanks
Need advice on pre-amps and mics
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- KVRAF
- 8705 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
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- KVRAF
- 4749 posts since 15 Jul, 2001 from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, U.K
I use Joe Meek VC3 and the highly under-rated
Octava mk219.
both great products, and fair priced.
Octava mk219.
both great products, and fair priced.
spaceman wrote:can someone advice me a good pre-amp for voice recordings (like interviews)? something with bright high end..
ditto for the microphone
I know I'm rather vague but basically I'm just after decent but not too expensive material and I haven't a clue what's good and what's not
thanks
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- KVRAF
- 2973 posts since 10 Sep, 2003 from Karlskoga, Stockholm, Sweden
ADK Vienna Edition has been recieved well in the press. So does Hamburg, but Vienna has a brighter sound. Those are condensermics. Perhaps the easiest way (i mean cheapest) is a dynamic. Dynamics dont have the same frequency range though.
The preamp should have a limiter or at least a compressor. An EQ is preferable too. I have a Joemeek micromeek mq1. It is possitioned in the computer and has a optical compressor and threeband eq. The mq3(name?) is external and has about the same options (more?).
The preamp should have a limiter or at least a compressor. An EQ is preferable too. I have a Joemeek micromeek mq1. It is possitioned in the computer and has a optical compressor and threeband eq. The mq3(name?) is external and has about the same options (more?).
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- KVRAF
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- 8705 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
great.. I'll check out some reviewstopaz wrote:I use Joe Meek VC3 and the highly under-rated
Octava mk219.
both great products, and fair priced.
spaceman wrote:can someone advice me a good pre-amp for voice recordings (like interviews)? something with bright high end..
ditto for the microphone
I know I'm rather vague but basically I'm just after decent but not too expensive material and I haven't a clue what's good and what's not
thanks
there's simply way too many products on the market to sift through when you don't know what your looking for
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- KVRAF
- 2356 posts since 30 Sep, 2003 from Sunny Staffordshire
Mic wise, I think the Rode stuff is a good buy. Ofcourse, I dont know how much you plan to spend so its difficult to recommend models. I'd probably look at Rode NTK, Neumann TLM103, AKG 414, or for a bit less the Rode NT1.
Preamps are a similar story concerning price and taste. Without knowing your budget or preferences i cant really quote to many names. A good buy is the Focusrite ISA430 (i think its 430!) which is a 4 pre rack unit and costs about 999 GBP. However, if you only need one pre then its not worth considering. Some of these kits, particularly the ones by Seventh Circle are very good for the money - you have to build it yourself, but you can get Neve and API clone pre-amps for a fraction of the original's price (i think the 1272 clone is about 500 USD). Another one which Im actually considering myself is the Great River ME-1. This is like a Neve clone with a bit of added goodness, and costs about 900 USD.
Preamps are a similar story concerning price and taste. Without knowing your budget or preferences i cant really quote to many names. A good buy is the Focusrite ISA430 (i think its 430!) which is a 4 pre rack unit and costs about 999 GBP. However, if you only need one pre then its not worth considering. Some of these kits, particularly the ones by Seventh Circle are very good for the money - you have to build it yourself, but you can get Neve and API clone pre-amps for a fraction of the original's price (i think the 1272 clone is about 500 USD). Another one which Im actually considering myself is the Great River ME-1. This is like a Neve clone with a bit of added goodness, and costs about 900 USD.
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- KVRAF
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- 8705 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
brilliant.. I'll check out the reviestee boy wrote:Mic wise, I think the Rode stuff is a good buy. Ofcourse, I dont know how much you plan to spend so its difficult to recommend models. I'd probably look at Rode NTK, Neumann TLM103, AKG 414, or for a bit less the Rode NT1.
Preamps are a similar story concerning price and taste. Without knowing your budget or preferences i cant really quote to many names. A good buy is the Focusrite ISA430 (i think its 430!) which is a 4 pre rack unit and costs about 999 GBP. However, if you only need one pre then its not worth considering. Some of these kits, particularly the ones by Seventh Circle are very good for the money - you have to build it yourself, but you can get Neve and API clone pre-amps for a fraction of the original's price (i think the 1272 clone is about 500 USD). Another one which Im actually considering myself is the Great River ME-1. This is like a Neve clone with a bit of added goodness, and costs about 900 USD.
it's for my company so money is not really a big issue (although I don't want to bankrupt the tech department)
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- KVRAF
- 2356 posts since 30 Sep, 2003 from Sunny Staffordshire
Well if thats the case, then go for an Avalon VT737 and a Neumann U87. These pair (as cliche as they are among engineering circles) are made for recording top quality vocals!
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- KVRian
- 541 posts since 19 Jun, 2002 from London, UK
I occasionally borrow a TL Audio 5051 and an AT 4033 - they give really nice results together and they're not too expensive. They are especially good for acoustic guitar. Be careful to watch your output levels though - I inadvertantly distorted some great vocal takes through the preamp.
If these are studio-based interviews then they will be fine - not sure whether you'd need something hand-held, in which case something dynamic is probably more apprpriate since they're less destructible.
If these are studio-based interviews then they will be fine - not sure whether you'd need something hand-held, in which case something dynamic is probably more apprpriate since they're less destructible.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 8705 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
Trojan Badger wrote:I occasionally borrow a TL Audio 5051 and an AT 4033 - they give really nice results together and they're not too expensive. They are especially good for acoustic guitar. Be careful to watch your output levels though - I inadvertantly distorted some great vocal takes through the preamp.
If these are studio-based interviews then they will be fine - not sure whether you'd need something hand-held, in which case something dynamic is probably more apprpriate since they're less destructible.
thanks badger (:D) I'll check em out
it will be used in video interviews, 1 or 2 camera's ditto mics indoor, so it doesn't have to be handheld
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- KVRist
- 41 posts since 2 Aug, 2004
If you have a situation where you want to have one microphone record a conversation between two or more people, it's better if you don't go with a very directional mic (many of the suggestions here use a traditional cardioid pattern, but that may turn out to be too restrictive). Something like a figure-eight or omni pattern is probably best, or maybe a variable pattern. Obviously, if it's two people with a microphone each then a cardioid pattern is what you need.
The Rode NT2000 is a good example of an affordable, really flexible mic (totally variable polar pattern, pad and high pass filter). It sounds nice and is extremely quiet, you can set it to record one direction (cardioid), opposite directions (figure eight), 360 degrees (omni) or anything in between.
However, all these suggestions are cases of good vocal/instrument microphones doing double duty as interview mics; if you want the best possible mic for interviews there are probably microphones specialized in that area as well.
The Rode NT2000 is a good example of an affordable, really flexible mic (totally variable polar pattern, pad and high pass filter). It sounds nice and is extremely quiet, you can set it to record one direction (cardioid), opposite directions (figure eight), 360 degrees (omni) or anything in between.
However, all these suggestions are cases of good vocal/instrument microphones doing double duty as interview mics; if you want the best possible mic for interviews there are probably microphones specialized in that area as well.
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- KVRian
- 623 posts since 9 May, 2003 from Tumwater, WA
What about an RNP/RNC combination?
The really nice preamp and really nice compressor by FMR audio are favorites of folks on rec.audio.pro
here's a review of the pre.
The rnp is about $475 us, the rnc is about $180.
They're compact, tough, portable. But they do use wall warts.
The really nice preamp and really nice compressor by FMR audio are favorites of folks on rec.audio.pro
here's a review of the pre.
The rnp is about $475 us, the rnc is about $180.
They're compact, tough, portable. But they do use wall warts.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 8705 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
Notron User wrote:What about an RNP/RNC combination?
The really nice preamp and really nice compressor by FMR audio are favorites of folks on rec.audio.pro
here's a review of the pre.
The rnp is about $475 us, the rnc is about $180.
They're compact, tough, portable. But they do use wall warts.
aha.. that looks nice
might get one myself
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