by macrae11 » Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:36 pm
Well I'm tracking some acoustics right now with Chris my assistant, and man is this mic bright! Not in a bad Chinese way, but in a real silky smooth way. Normally on acoustics I'll add a healthy dose of of 15k or 20k to get the sparkle I'm looking for. Right now I only have about +2dB of 32k on there, and it doesn't really need it, but it does add a touch of air that's nice.
The brightness almost makes the mic sound thin, but I rolled off the top for a minute, and it still has very rich detailed low mids, that I think you could grab whatever you needed out of it. We'll see how it starts to work in the mix, and how "EQable" it is.
Speaking of the mix, the acoustic sounds very "done". Ready to print, with just a touch of verb.
The only thing that worries me slightly, is how this brightness will affect a male vocal. I could totally see it on a female vocal, particularly in a pop/RnB type context, as long as they weren't very sibilant. We'll see tomorrow about how a male vox works. Apparently he's got a very smooth vocal sound, so who knows. I'm very open to having my intuition proven wrong......