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Originally Posted by g4greg
If you're going for a condenser I'd, actually put the room treatment BEFORE the mic.
If you have a crappy room, I recommend either treating it first, or using a '57. That mic sounds.. ok.. Not spectacular, but OK.. But most importantly, if you sing relatively close to it, it won't pick up the crappy reflections.
a 57 in a crappy room will sound better than a newmann in a crappy room loaded with unwanted reflections.
Of course, I totally agree with the singer being the most important thing. gotta preach for your church
check out chineses sites for sound treating foam.. it's insanely cheap
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I agree that condenser mics can actually work AGAINST a bedroom recordist because they are Soooo sensitive compared to dynamics. Thats why you see the SM7 being reccommended so often as a first vocal mic. Its a better 57 and much more suited to bad acoustic spaces.
Thats said its not too difficult to setup a make shift vocal booth using several packing blankets and some spare mic stands to hang them on.