Interesting post Steve, and I'm coming at this from your recommmendation of the Electrovoice RE20.
Very good mic, and I believe Paul McCartney is a fan of it. Just one slight caution though: its a pretty low output mic and, unless you've a low noise pre-amp with plenty of gain, you're gonna have to get nice up-n-close. Then again, that's another of the virtues of the RE20; it can stand a lot of close work without poppping and thumping, but within limits. Very nice natural tone or voicing to this mic. I like a bit of acoustic or ambiance to my voice recordingand when used further away, then the RE20 needs a good 60Db of gain or more in the pre amps. Lower end mixers don't cut it in this respect. I've bought a couple off eBay where you can get them for quite a nice price. HTH. >From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Steve Matzura Subject: Re: recording my voice Hi, Auj: On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:29:22 +0000, you wrote: > I would like to make a recording of my voice; rather, a demo so I can get >some voiceover work. What would be the best software program to use to >make this recording, and then burn a cd for "shopping" my demo? I'm going to assume you've invested heavily in a good--no, a very good--microphone and front-end mixer or pre-amp. Neuman not necessary, but a good Electro-Voice microphone like the RE20 is what you *really* want, especially if you *really* mean it about making good recordings. It's all about the microphone. The Schure SM57's or '58's are good, too, but ya know what? After being a confirmed Schure fan for nearly 30 years, and loving my SM57's, I tried the Re20 and was totally blown away by its very lifelike reproduction. It gave my Internet radio shows a whole new and much more likable sound, in my unhumble opinion. Audiotechnica makes nice microphones, too, but I've also been an E-V fan for probably close to 40 years, since the old 676's were popular, and they've never let me down. Cost a bit more, but if you're real serious about this, that's where you should spend your $$$. Now, as for recordingware, if you're only interested in making short voice-over-type recordings, look no further than good old Windows Sound Recorder (Programs / Acessories / Entertainment). No frills--no features,either--just start it up, and start talking. It also has a time limit of either 30 or 60 seconds, I forget which. The point is, for what you want to do, it's perfect in every way--captures your voice, costs you nothing. Of course, if you're going to have to edit and produce your own things, then we're talkin' several knotches up the scale. Goldwave, Sound Forge, CoolEdit, all good. They all do essentially the same things, but with different looks and feels. To burn your CD, there are also lots of choices, all of which do the same thing, but with different looks and feels. Easy CDDA Extractor is my personal fave, but lots of folks like CD Mate or Easy CD Creator, or even Nero Burning ROM, which, at its current version and level of sophistication, I think is way over the top for what you want to do and what you need. But it's something to graduate to. In the end, it doesn't do anything to a CD that any of the aforementioned programs do, it just offers other options (like DVD production) that you haven't mentioned you need. I'm a firm believer in focusing more on useability and functionality (which aren't the same thing at all) rather than bells and whistles I might (or might not) need down the road. OK, a little expandability is a good thing, sure, but why buy a 20-room house if I'm probably never going to have a large family? OK, so down the road you may wind up having wasted a little money on having to buy the same thing twice, once with one set of extra features and once with another, but sometimes that's the price one is required to pay when one is feeling one's way into a new line. Good luck, and let us know where we can download some samples. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
