VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

[Rob Ellis]

[Chuck Davis]

So, I guess I'm going to experiment a little with multiple mics. Picked up a "Baby Bottle" for short money. Going to try that with the M5, mostly just for fun. The 416 through the John Hardy pre is the winner for most everything here though. Didn't think I'd ever find a pre that sounded sweeter than the M5. I've got to play with the positioning of the "Baby" to, hopefully, find it's sweet spot.
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[melissa eX]

[Bish]

[JohnV]

[JohnV]

No Bentley here, Still on the common-man's 'what-i-got' strata with the 451/ck8 and bouncing between the 4033/4050, RE27 and, once-in-a-fun-while, the 639b antique.

Just picked up the Aston HALO and am knitting my brow over the shotgun there...
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[Bruce]

JohnV, the pop filters come from here: http://www.thehookstudios.com/filters.html

Like most pop filters you can fool it and pop when you're real close or really plosive, but otherwise it catches almost everything. I'm happy with it. The CAD mic has one as well as my GrooveTubes.

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VO-BB Member #31 Enlisted June, 2005

I'm not a Zoo, but over the years I've played one on radio/TV. .

[MBVOXX]

I changed mics today for the first time in a while. The MKH50 arrived today so I put it on the boom and before I got it dialed in a client sent me a revision script with 4 lines to revise. I had recorded the original VO with the U87/M1/1176 so I thought I'd try to match it with the 50. It took a few min, a few different signal chain adjustments, and a few takes but I was able to match it perfectly. So being pleased with that I left the Sennheiser on the boom all day and worked with it. Similar to the 416 but so much better sounding, I positioned it overhead aimed downward toward the chin at about 10 inches away and ran it thru the Hardy and the 1073 and I think I like the 1073 better. Will work with it more tomorrow though and try it with some tube pre amping.

Update: Ran the 50 thru the Fearn yesterday and the results are stellar!
Everything always sounds better thru the Fearn.

[MBVOXX]

Update on the MKH50. I've used this mic exclusively for a month now and found that, like most mics do, it sounds great thru the Fearn VT1 pre.
I sold my 416 about a year ago and still can't figure out why I miss it. But many months ago I got to demo a 50 at another studio and was left with a wow factor that I couldn't disregard.
For now it stays on the boom and handles everything. I ended up using the Stedman with it, which works just fine.
Today I had a revision for a TV spot I'd recorded with my road rig in a travel trailer the week after Thanksgiving, originally done with the Gefell M930, and was able to match it almost perfectly with some pre & comp adjustments & working the mic a little closer. So far I'm liking it!

[JohnV]

what, if any, processing goes on YOUR end of things for a read... so the client only gets what you set up as a staring point? I am used to the client wanting dead straight off the mic since decisions about getting the voice to sit right involving dynamics and EQ tend to be very dependent on how the spot gets mixed in post.
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[MBVOXX]

[cjadams]

Totally agree Ben is brilliant and very paitent.. when i go off the deep end with questions... they are like crack. way to easy to buy stuff with 3 easy payments.... though not sure if i have a VIP statis meand very important person.. or .. a PITA lol. '