Vocal mics
George Gleason
would like the fields opinions on the beta 87 om7 m88 967 or any other vox
mic you use for live work. I have om7's and am looking to add another great
set of vox mics to my rig. thanx
T-Bone
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Mike Borkhuis
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> would like the fields opinions on the beta 87 om7 m88 967 or any other
vox
> mic you use for live work. I have om7's and am looking to add another
great
> set of vox mics to my rig. thanx
I borrowed some Shure UHF wireless mics with Beta 87 heads on them from
where I work to do a worship service once.... Then went back to SM 58s for
the next one I did... I could not believe the difference. I really love
(and continue to use) Beta 87s for almost everything I do now.
Mike Borkhuis
Worship Technology
Mikael Thieme
IMO the ultimate vocal microphone only exists for a given performer.
There are microphones more or less likely to suite a large number of
different performers, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that there is one
single "best" mike.
I try to carry at least a couple of different mics to any show with a
[lead]singer I haven't worked with before. These would often be an Shure
SM58, Shure Beta58, Beyerdynamic M88TG, AKG 535 and sometimes an EV 757 or a
Milab LC-28 or LSR-2000. If given time, we will simply change and see which
one gives the best result. If given no time, my #1 first try is a Beta58 or
an AKG535, depending on music style.
Regards,
Mikael Thieme
simon
if you have phantom the at89r is nice and the at4054 at 4055 is what
the rolling stones and mettalica are touring with
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simon
touring with so are metallica or if cost is a problem the At89r is also
superb of course all need phantom or if that is a prob atm61he
Måns Nilsson
>The Audio-technica at4054 and the at4055 is what the rolling stones are
>touring with so are metallica or if cost is a problem the At89r is also
>superb of course all need phantom or if that is a prob atm61he
>regards simon www.jansen.co.nz
Simon, I am impressed with your ability to use one upper case letter
which is an enormous improvement compared to your former 'formatting'
of posts. However, since I am equipped with limited amounts of time I
do not have the time to ignore your AT-advertising anymore, which is
why I am asking my news reader to ignore you from now on.
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Jack Jamieson
"George Gleason" <ibm...@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> would like the fields opinions on the beta 87 om7 m88 967 or any other vox mic
George:
I chose the Beta 87 for my venue (2000 seat concert hall) and I'm quite
pleased. Very nice open airy top end, great pattern control (super card
pattern) and excellent, uncolored off-axis response (handy for those
vocalists with less then exemplary mic technique).
I've also used the AKG C535, and found it very nice when brand-new (very
natural sounding with a quieter show), but it has more susceptibility to
bleed from loud stages because of it's cardioid pattern and it's very
delicate relative to the other mics of it's type. The capsule fatigues
fairly quickly with louder shows (I know of one AKG endorsed act that
re-capsuled the lead vocal mic monthly when they were touring
regularly), and it hates being dropped or knocked about. One of my
535's got knocked over on a boom stand during a recent orchestra show
(hard enough to dent the windscreen) and the capsule is toast!
Beta 87's seem to stand up to incidental abuse better, and the UHF
wireless system available from Shure with the same capsule is very good.
It captures well, it's very efficient as far as battery life goes (12
hours on 2 aa's), and I'm hard pressed to hear any difference between
the wired and wireless versions. The Beta87 sounds particualarly good
on male vocals. For some female vocals, especially throaty contraltos,
it may not be the absolute best choice, but I've heard very good things
about your OM-7's ( and the OM-5's) for that application, so adding the
87 to your existing complement may give you the best of both worlds.
Hope this helps.
Jack
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Fletcher
>
> The Audio-technica at4054 and the at4055 is what the rolling stones are
> touring with so are metallica or if cost is a problem the At89r is also
> superb of course all need phantom or if that is a prob atm61he
> regards simon www.jansen.co.nz
>
Gee, Queensryche has some 4050's out with them too...or as Kelly [the
guitar player that basically manages their sound design] said "what the
hell, they were free".
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