Members frosty55 Posted April 8, 2012 Members Share Posted April 8, 2012 After reading that, when recording a lead vocal, its best to use a large diaphragm condenser, could I get away with using a PZM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 8, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 8, 2012 After reading that, when recording a lead vocal, its best to use a large diaphragm condenser, could I get away with using a PZM? Yes! Tape it to the wall and get up on it. They sound great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted April 9, 2012 Members Share Posted April 9, 2012 Agreed. That's what I've done in the past. By the way, I use a large diaphragm condenser more often than any other microphone to record lead vocals. But that doesn't necessarily make it "the best". "The best" is what sounds good for a singer, and what sort of genre you are doing. There are plenty of vocals that have been cut with an RE-20, SM7, SM58, etc. that sound fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 10, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2012 Back in the 80's, my old singer/songwriter/bandleader/boss used to do his song demos for the band on a cassette 4 track and a Realistic/Crown PZM for his vocal. The sound of his voice on the demos... man. It was so cool. I'm talking the cheapo 1/4" plug into the cheapo Tascam pre. Is sounded so right for him that when we moved up to Cherokee in L.A. on MCA's dime, their PZMs got a working out as much as their U47. It really worked for his voice. It might really work for yours as well. (it doesn't on some voices, like mine) Another cool trick is to use them (a spaced pair) for choir type backups. It's like you're in the room with the group of singers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted April 10, 2012 Members Share Posted April 10, 2012 When you used them with the choir-type backups, did you tape them to 2x2' boards? Another fun thing I did occasionally was to tape it to the drummer's shirt. Interesting perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CME Posted April 10, 2012 Members Share Posted April 10, 2012 When you used them with the choir-type backups, did you tape them to 2x2' boards?Another fun thing I did occasionally was to tape it to the drummer's shirt. Interesting perspective. I've heard of that trick but never tried it. Guess I need a PZM mic first lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 11, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 11, 2012 When you used them with the choir-type backups, did you tape them to 2x2' boards? By choir I meant faking a choir with 4 guys then triple tracking. I just taped them the wall like a spaced pair and had the group face the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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