warning, n00b alert
Hey guys I need to buy a decent condenser for doing vocals/acoustics (and if possible maybe recording my piano on some demos, have no idea about this)
budget is up to 600$, preferable less, looking for good bang for the buck basically
what i saw recommended for clean/acoustics at harmony central (I know what you guys think of HC
) were:
AT4040/4050/4060
Oktavamod 319 w/ premium electronics
and everyone seems to recommend the sm7b for screaming etc.
my situation is i have only the built in presonus firestudio preamps, and an untreated 8x10 rectangular room...
on that note, for recording vox
could I load up the room with blankets on the walls and stuff in my 8x10 room and track with an condenser of some kind so i dont have to worry about the low input gain on the presonus pres? or should they be enough for a dynamic like the sm7b. Also, with AT or the oktavamod, would I be able to record the harsh vocals with the same mic?
last question, i can rent an AT4033 at a local store, if i rent it to try out will this give me a good representation of the quality i can expect from the higher AT4000 series models? for that matter, could i just buy the 7b for harsh and rent the AT for cutting some clean vox/acoustic for now, or just do everything with that?
I have a demo with harsh vox done with sm58 and they sucked, i'll post that up later tonight once i can manage to upload it and maybe you guys can tell me what we did so wrong.
Hey guys I need to buy a decent condenser for doing vocals/acoustics (and if possible maybe recording my piano on some demos, have no idea about this)
budget is up to 600$, preferable less, looking for good bang for the buck basically
what i saw recommended for clean/acoustics at harmony central (I know what you guys think of HC
) were:AT4040/4050/4060
Oktavamod 319 w/ premium electronics
and everyone seems to recommend the sm7b for screaming etc.
my situation is i have only the built in presonus firestudio preamps, and an untreated 8x10 rectangular room...
on that note, for recording vox
could I load up the room with blankets on the walls and stuff in my 8x10 room and track with an condenser of some kind so i dont have to worry about the low input gain on the presonus pres? or should they be enough for a dynamic like the sm7b. Also, with AT or the oktavamod, would I be able to record the harsh vocals with the same mic?
last question, i can rent an AT4033 at a local store, if i rent it to try out will this give me a good representation of the quality i can expect from the higher AT4000 series models? for that matter, could i just buy the 7b for harsh and rent the AT for cutting some clean vox/acoustic for now, or just do everything with that?
I have a demo with harsh vox done with sm58 and they sucked, i'll post that up later tonight once i can manage to upload it and maybe you guys can tell me what we did so wrong.
), but I'm planning on getting an AT4050, and I'd suggest you do the same - after trying out M/S recording, I REALLY want a multi-polar pattern LDC.
