Voiceover Mic Choice

[jeremynothman]

Hmm, i remembered that a u87 was around 1500€, now it's 3k... Inflation or memory deflation?

If you are on a budget, buy a good affordable SDC, o own a sontronics stc-3x. It's very good for the price. Then spend every last bit of your budget on acoustic treatment. There's no point to use the best microphone in the world in an untreated room.

To record VO you want well balanced but not too dead, so bass traps and diffusion.

A u87 is €1500 second hand

 

[JeffKall]

The King of Trailer VO …Don LaFontaine … and virtually all of the legendary film trailer Voice Over announcers specifically requested and used the Sennheiser 416 shotgun microphone during my time in film promo work in LA during the 80’s and 90’s … after which time most of the successful VO announcers built their own in home VO booths and started using a variety of large diaphragm condenser microphones (variations of the venerable U87) …

Maybe @Wordsushi could weigh in with a suggestion or two …

Check out Mark’s “The Microphone Assassin” YouTube posts for other possible suggestions …

Happy hunting !!!

 

[Wordsushi]

The King of Trailer VO …Don LaFontaine … and virtually all of the legendary film trailer Voice Over announcers specifically requested and used the Sennheiser 416 shotgun microphone during my time in film promo work in LA during the 80’s and 90’s … after which time most of the successful VO announcers built their own in home VO booths and started using a variety of large diaphragm condenser microphones (variations of the venerable U87) …

Maybe @Wordsushi could weigh in with a suggestion or two …

Check out Mark’s “The Microphone Assassin” YouTube posts for other possible suggestions …

Happy hunting !!!

Thanks Jeff! The Lauten Clarion has put my 87 and my 416 out to pasture. And I believe it's on sale for $999 through the end of the year. Plus, it does a really nice 87 imitation when you switch it to fig-8