hmm.
I used to be a shure beta fan exclusively.
but probably about 5 years ago I started moving to Sennheiser.
I still love shures-- use sm57's all the time for stuff. especially fender amps. *again, because I do it means zilch.
I didn't exactly seek out these mics. they were available. I experiement with them.
for vocals. for me personally, I like to use a plain old SM58.
thats for my vocal style. Lots of loud pipes with lots of texture and plenty of shreeking or yelling-- loud singing. whatever you call it. SM58.
for a beautiful voice-- like a Rhianna or something like that (yeah, not me pal.. I wish I mixed that) but for someone with a beautiful voice-- who sings most of the time. "SINGS" has a specific meaning to me still.. but for that kind.. I'd like to try an e965 by Sennheiser. if not.. the e935 would do great.
these stars use wireless versions and have in-ears and the best monitor radios with paddle anntennae and multichannels and frequencies so they are sort of living in utopia.
you do know that the microphone matters. but what matters more is the "pipes".. if you don't have the pipes to front a band, then it doesn't matter what you use, you won't be happy.
you can blame the monitors, the soundguy, the mic, the cable.. whatever.. its you. you can't do it. or you need to take 2 years to practice belting out some notes and build up so you don't faint.
ha ha
I was running sound. small show, small venue. but I had already toured all over at this point.. but I was back in my home town running a small band.
the one singer had almost no voice. she liked to sing a lot of the songs and you could tell that she had a lot of clout in the political structure of the band.
they took a break and I threw on some cd's and walked off to get some fresh air.
well, while I was gone, she swapped the mic+cable from her stand to another singer's mic+cable. She thought I was purposefully making her "not" as loud.
in her case, she was as gained up as could be for that venue. I do not allow feedback. I have some limits to how many frequencies I'll cut also.
so the louder guy's mic was actually lower-gain and lower fader AND lower monitor send than hers but she still traded the mic AND cord for hers.
So the break is over. I'm ready to rock. I'm ready to push her fader up to +10 or +15 -- whatever that board did, I forget.
they are both singing this time.
He is just LOUD AND CLEAR and she is CRAP. I could barely hear her.
I instantly pull him down about 5 dB and push her up 10 dB.
ha ha you could barely hear her at all now.
his harmonies were like lead solos.
I knew what happened. I fixed it for FOH.. but not for monitors.
She tapped oh her mic (used to be his) and looked right at me..
I looked back at her like " uh YESSS???"
but she realized she couldn't ask me anything because she was afraid I'd figure out what she did.
maam, I knew what you did after 5 words were sung.
she finally traded back after 2 more songs.
she was pissed off at me because she knew I knew some how.
after that, I worked enough magic to make her louder.
but she really didn't have the pipes.