Glenn - maybe you haven't been around here long enough to have met
Phil. He delights in disagreeing with almost everything and becomes
abusive when challenged.

You'll see from his response to this which one of us has credibility.

A little Googling (eg. the manufacturer's web site) will show how
often the NT-1 is recommended for recording vocals.

It isn't a hand-held mic for live work. But that isn't what you were
asking for. See the thread title :-)



** I am particularly familiar with that mic and know
personally the folk who make it - ie the Freedmans
of Sydney, Australia.

The Freedmans made their name as the importers of
"Dynacord" valve PA gear into this country in the 1960s.

A name that will live on in infamy ...

Peter Freedman (son of Henry) is the proprietor of " Rode " mics
- a silly German sounding name he made up to HIDE the
Chinese origin of the mic capsules and other parts that
are used to make the thing.

In NO WAY SHAPE or FORM is the NT-1 a vocal mic !!!!

Using it for that purpose will very soon RUIN it !!

BTW:

The Rode NT-1 has a nick - which is suggestive of a rat.




..... Phil