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anne_paranoid
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I,ll check, but i was surprised about the differences between mics. Also, you have to realiza that the singer was not in exactly the same position and singing exactly the same take, so there are differences.
The mic differences are big. I noticed that the vocalist is movin during the perforamance. The vocals get brighter some times, that must be the point when singing direct into the mic?
I did a quite similar test to yours month ago, Voxbox, DAV and some preamps we build on our own. Mics were the Brauner VMA, Nevaton MC-412, Studio Projects B1 modded, Groove Tubes Model 1A and SM7B. There were differences in mics, of course, but i could recognize the preamps every time. A bright and open preamp wont sound dark with another mic. Its just that a dark mic + this preamp will sound darker than this preamp and a bright mic...
Fletcher is right, he said that you´ve got to put the snippet into a music context.
I do this every time when i test equipment. We mostely cover a classic rock song or whatever and then test the audio equipment in this song. This gives really more conclusions to me. If you havent got the time to cover a song, a karaoke song can help, if you got a voice to record. Add a little compression and reverb, maybe some chorus, delay and pitchifting stuff and hear how the voice sits in the mix. There its easy to hear what a great preamp/mic combination can do, i think.