Achieving that WARM VINTAGE, MICROPHONE SOUND!

Marc Ireland

Happy Halloween folks! Twisted Evil

Hey peops, I am using protools, m-box. I have an excellent PC, using top RTAS Plug-ins, however is there a tube, or mic pre-amp anyone can advise me to buy, so I can result in that classic warm vintage sound. You know................the kind you hear on night time radio shows.

I have used miscrophone modeler, which is quite cool, however I would like to have the actual hardware, as I feel it would be much more worthwhile.

Greetings to the community from Ireland. Marc Wink

Eddie Eagle · Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006, 23:18 (GMT) Post subject:

I looked for that answer a few years ago. The answer is simple. Get a vintage mic. You can process all you want but a nice tube mic is the only real way to do it. I got my ears boxed well by some of the best microphone engineers and they all said the same thing. If you want a specific sound start with the microphone. You have to understand these guys are purists but know the way to do it right. I think you will find that a modern tube mic will give you the sound you seek with some eq to texture the sound.

Todd Ellis · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006, 02:56 (GMT) Post subject:

I agree with Eddie - Rode has a nice moderately priced tube mic. I started collecting vintage mics about ten years ago and use many of them now and then. I have an RCA 77DX that I use a lot. It has that deep, rich sound you're looking for.

Barry Seymour · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006, 06:26 (GMT) Post subject:

I use an Electro-Voice ND 457 mic - I bought it 20 years ago for rock vocals. Maybe it's a little bassy but I like it. I don't think EV makes it any more, though.

I also run my mic through an analog Tascam Mixer (the M-06) before going into my sound card. I can easily adjust bass, treble, pan and trim manually and there's a warm analog sound to it.

Louis Tristan · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006, 01:21 (GMT) Post subject: Happy Daze

A Vintage what?!