Hello all, can you recommend me a vocal microphone for £800 maximum. For use with soft male vocals, and acoustic guitar. Thanks.

At 07:16 AM 3/29/2007, you wrote: >Message posted by Tristan Jove <tristanjove@hotmail.com>: > >Hello all, >can you recommend me a vocal microphone for £800 maximum. >For use with soft male vocals, and acoustic guitar. >Thanks. This should open up quite the can of worms! In that price range are many fine mics, but the only way to find the "right" one is to try it out on the sources you'll be recording. The preamp can make a significant difference as well. LDC's from Neumann, AKG, Gefell, Shure, Rode, Blue, and Audio-Technica are all good possibilities. OTOH, you might do well with one of the cheap Chinese knockoffs. Try to find a supplier that will let you try out some mics until you find the best match.

On 29.3.2007, at 4:16:41, Tristan Jove wrote: > Message posted by Tristan Jove <tristanjove@hotmail.com>: > > Hello all, > can you recommend me a vocal microphone for £800 maximum. > For use with soft male vocals, and acoustic guitar. > Thanks. > With this budget, I would definitely buy the Oktava MKL 5000. Very universal, always very nice. The price is cca £800. Petr

On Mar 29, 2007, at 7:16 AM, Tristan Jove wrote: > Hello all, > can you recommend me a vocal microphone for £800 maximum. > For use with soft male vocals, and acoustic guitar. > Thanks. http://www.mxlmics.com/condenser_mic/condenser_index.html MXL 69 V tube condenser, very inexpensive, sounds great, and you could afford a good mic pre as well. George Leger III ________________________________________________________ http://www.myspace.com/georgelegeriii http://www.utopiaparkwaymusic.com Mac AND PC: The only way to fly 8-}

can you recommend me a vocal microphone for £800 maximum. For use with soft male vocals, and acoustic guitar. I would without a doubt buy a Gefell UMT70s. They are normally more expensive but there´s a german internet shop who has a deal with Gefell and sell them for around 800 pounds. This mic is a top range mic and by any standards a contender. There have been many AB tests with the Neumann U87 Ai and so far noone has been able to tell them apart. In the US it costs between 2 and 3 thousend dollars but at the moment it costs around 1200 euros in that internet shop. I have had one for ages and have been looking a secondhand one for 5 years or so without luck. Then recently I bought one from that company because if you´re looking for an allrounder this is it. PS If you don´t know about Gefell it´s the original Neumann production place in Dresden that Neumann left because of the political situation in Germany during the late fifties/early sixties. That´s why they are allowed to use the same capsules as Neumann (M7). PPS Look out for the T and S, there´s also an older version called UM70 which is not as good as this one. PPPS I have never seen anything bad said about this mic

Rode K2 is my fave in this price range. Nice and un- hyped. Its also handy because of the multy pattern. On 30/03/2007, at 12:16 AM, Tristan Jove wrote: > Message posted by Tristan Jove <tristanjove@hotmail.com>: > > Hello all, > can you recommend me a vocal microphone for £800 maximum. > For use with soft male vocals, and acoustic guitar. > Thanks. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Logic Users Group (LUG) - http://logic-users.org > Search the LUG: http://logic-users.org/forums/LUG/search > Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ > List Policy: http://logic-users.org/forums/LUG/policy > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >

--- In logic-users@yahoogroups.com, "HKC" <hkc@...> wrote: > I would without a doubt buy a Gefell UMT70s. They are normally more expensive but there ´s a german internet shop who has a deal with Gefell and sell them for around 800 pounds. I'm interested but I can't find that German shop... give me the URL please Thanks

On 3/30/07, vincentkenis <vincent.k@crammed.be> wrote: > I'm interested but I can't find that German shop... give me the URL please > Thanks http://www.thomann.de/gb/microtech_gefell_umt70s.htm

> I'm interested but I can't find that German shop... Me neither but I had the link from my purchase and apparently they still sell at that price. I don't understand how they can sell at that price, Gefell are shooting the entire high end industry in the foot I think. Anyway I'm the consumer so it's all positive to me but look out Neumann because if Gefell can be purchased for prices like this it will be hard to justify the 3000 dollars that a U87 costs especially in the historic light where the two are so closely tied together. If a Gefell was $2500 and a Neumann $3000 I could see the point of buying the Neumann simply because of the name but at half the price it's just silly. http://shop.digitalaudioservice.com/quick_search_result.php?search_in_descri ption=0&keywords=gefell

On 3/30/07, HKC <hkc@surfpost.dk> wrote: http://shop.digitalaudioservice.com/quick_search_result.php?search_in_descri ption=0&keywords=gefell Worth pointing out that on the UMT70S Thomann http://www.thomann.de/gb/microtech_gefell_umt70s.htm is €34 cheaper. (I've no connection with Thomann other than as a very satisfied customer)

> Worth pointing out that on the UMT70S Thomann is €34 cheaper. > (I've no connection with Thomann other than as a very satisfied > customer) Strange when I went in on the link this morning it said 1189 Euros but now it says 1333,- so you´re right. It´s still cheap though, and I agree with you Thomann is a nice shop.

At 10:28 AM 3/30/2007, you wrote: > > Worth pointing out that on the UMT70S Thomann is €34 cheaper. > > (I've no connection with Thomann other than as a very satisfied > > customer) > >Strange when I went in on the link this morning it said 1189 Euros >but now it says 1333,- so you´re right. It´s still cheap though, >and I agree with you Thomann is a nice shop. Mercenery Audio has these listed for U.S. $1,450 (1,086 Euros). Even with international shipping (if they do that) it might represent a savings. Or do duties and other niceties rule this out? http://www.mercenary.com/migeumt70s3p.html

On 3/30/07, Sean McCoy <osr@jeffnet.org> wrote: > Mercenery Audio has these listed for U.S. $1,450 > (1,086 Euros). Even with international shipping > (if they do that) it might represent a savings. > Or do duties and other niceties rule this out? Mercenary does do international shipping (I got my Royer SF-12 from them for a lot less money than the UK dealers wanted), but you're correct in assuming that duty and VAT would make it a much more expensive option in this case (both of the German sites that have been mentioned were listing prices inc VAT).

Mercenery Audio has these listed for U.S. $1,450 (1,086 Euros). You have to add shipping and 20-30 procent of the entire sum which would bring this one up to almost 2000 dollars. Maybe with this new lower price tag they will sell more and bring the other high end mics a bit down in price too. It's still ridiculous that the U87 is twice as expensive as a UMT70s when they are basically the same and impossible to tell apart soundwise. I bet if Gefell had chosen to stay with the can look they would be taken more seriously. Ironically the Gefell have a much better design in use but they don'´t look like most people expect them to. PS I love the Gefells so I also love the Neumanns it's just the price difference I find over the top.

On 3/31/07, HKC <hkc@surfpost.dk> wrote: > Ironically the Gefell have a much better design in use but they don'´t look like most people expect them to. Have you tried the UM900? I keep hearing very good things about it, but have yet to get an opportunity to try for myself.

Have you tried the UM900? I keep hearing very good things about it, but have yet to get an opportunity to try for myself. Sorry no, I only found out about the UMT70s because I did some backing vocals in another studio years ago. They had one and I liked it a lot so I checked it out. I used to do backing vocals more or less as a job so I had tried all the standard mics by the time my roads crossed with Gefell. Gefell is a well kept secret and I have never seen any of the other mics that they produce. I have seen some reviewed and according to those they are great but no hands on experience.