« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2005, 01:17:15 PM »
I also recommend the CMC8's. I'm a professional opera singer taping my own rehearsals/performances in all sorts of different spaces and these mics have performed beautifully across the board - they're pretty cost-effective and versatile since you can stealth them if necessary (as I do) or use them out in the open if you get them rigged up to some kind of stand. I believe you can get assorted caps for them, too- I use the omnis, but if memory serves you can card and hypercard caps for them too.... Check at Soundpros website.
If you REALLY want to upgrade, though (and want to spend a lot more!) the DPA 4060s are without question the best of anything I've heard (including much larger studio mics) - just stunning. In fact, I recently heard a professionally-recorded NPR broadcast and the quality was nothing like the kind of quality Tenorichards gets w/his DPA stealth setup.
+T for singing *and* for recording yourself. Excellent!
Richard
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Mics: Sennheiser MKE2002 (dummy head), Studio Projects C4, AT825 (unmodded), AT822 franken mic (x2), AT853(hc,c,sc,o), Senn. MKE2, Senn MKE40, Shure MX183/5, CA Cards, homebrew Panasonic and Transsound capsules.
Pre/ADC: Presonus Firepod & Firebox, DMIC20(x2), UA5(poorly-modded, AD8620+AD8512opamps), VX440
Recorders: Edirol R4, R09, IBM X24 laptop, NJB3(x2), HiMD(x2), MD(1).
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