ProSoundWeb: What’s the best vocal microphone? It’s a question I get a lot, and while I have my favorites, the answer is usually, “it depends.” Over my career in live sound, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a large number of microphones, from the ubiquitous $100 “ball” vocal mic to models costing thousands of dollars.
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The article talks about trying to find a single microphone that works well for all kinds of vocals. I'm not a sound expert, but I know that different microphones are good for different things. It's interesting to think about having one mic that does it all, though. I've seen tech making strides in the past year, and this idea of a universal mic challenges the usual way of doing things. It makes you wonder if it's practical, considering the wide range of voices and music styles out there. The article sparks a conversation about balancing innovation with what actually works in sound design. Capturing the unique qualities of different voices and music styles is tricky, and having just one mic for everything seems like a big task. While it's a cool idea, it makes you think about how far tech can really go in changing how we record vocals. Time will tell if this push for a "one mic fits all" approach will shake things up in the world of vocal recording.
This half of the semester, minis have been really wonky and we had to miss a couple of classes. Due to this, we did not learn everything that we should have in our sound mini course. One of the topics that we did not get to fully dive into was microphones and how they work. This would have particularly interested me because while I do not have a lot of experience operating sound boards or setting up amp systems for performance, I do have a lot of experience singing which usually requires a mic. I thought it was really interesting to learn about different types of vocal microphones and the best scenarios to use them in. It learned that the right kind of microphone can heavily depend on the singer that you are working with and their vocal range. There are certain microphones that can help to alter specific aspects of someone’s voice.
This article was a very interesting read. While I am not a sound person and recognize I am not well versed in it, I still thought it was interesting. I grew up in a school where a mic was a mic and did not really learn otherwise until middle school but even then nobody really cared about whether or not the mic was good for the person. In High School I was able to take an audio recording class where I learned a little about the different types of microphones but not really anything about how to pick one for a specific vocal. It was mainly just teaching what was a performance microphone and what was a studio microphone etc. I actually feel like I learned a lot from the article about what to look for in a microphone, while I know that was just scratching the surface, it makes me want to learn more.
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