Microphone overview for recording vocals in Studio 1 & 2

Overview of microphones for vocal recording in studios 1 & 2 at BIMM

Tobettermorrow

2/10/2023

...Microphones?

Continuing on from the last post, here is an infograph following the same format for choosing microphones that are available in Studio 1 & 2 at BIMM.

Please note that while I did try my best to gather and present accurate information, there may be mistakes and errors - and as such it should be used with caution and doublechecked as appropriate for the intended use.

Note: Where multiple polar patterns are mentioned, this is due to the microphone having a physical switch that changes between the mentioned patterns. Furthermore the "Bass roll-off", "Boost" and "Cut" are approximations made from readings of the frequency response charts and might therefore not be 100% accurate.

Sources and links

SM7B:

Dave Pensado (2018) Recording Vocals with Dave Pensado. [Place of publication not identified]: Hal Leonard. Available at: https://discovery.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=acb97151-a5d1-3da4-9705-e39f204af6f0 (Accessed: 3 February 2023).

M88:

https://europe.beyerdynamic.com/m-88-tg.html

RE20:

https://products.electrovoice.com/ap/en/re20/

KM 184:

https://en-de.neumann.com/km-184#technical-data

U87 AI:

https://en-de.neumann.com/u-87-ai

TLM 103:

https://en-de.neumann.com/tlm-103#description

WA-251

https://warmaudio.com/wa-251/