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sreekant wrote:
Are you aiming at recording the spoken word (as I assumed), or someone
singing? If singing, what type of music?

I am mainly looking to record voiceovers for an animation I am making.
It is unlikely that there will be any singing soon :-)

Right - that's what I thought. A mic that might be ok for a singist buried
within a music mix is not necessarily going to sound good when exposed
with the spoken word. And frequently will sound horrid.

The industry 'standard' for this sort of thing would be a U87 - but even
used scruffy ones will fetch more than your budget. However, there are
several Chinese and Russian large diaphragm mics that do a similar job. I
wonder if you could find a friendly local shop that would allow you to try
perhaps secondhand ones and decide which one suits you best?

Few want this sort of mic - compared to PA type mics - so there might be a
larger selection of them available secondhand.

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