In my studio, I WAS using a couple different handheld style dynamics for voice work: HEIL PR35, and the Beyerdynamic M88. Both are brilliant, but are extremely sensitive to proximity effect. The M88 has the advantage of rarely requiring de-essing. I acquired an EV RE-27, and haven’t looked back. The RE-27 is the most well-behaved spoken-word microphone I’ve used. I typically keep it right out of the camera view, so my average lip-grill distance is 40cm in that position, but have it at 25cm when I want all room reflections gone. No pops, no tonal shifts, no de-essing, no sound of the air-conditioner, no bad cancellations from my computer monitors. The RE27 (there are multiple switches for contours), is one of those strange microphones that sounds like a condenser, or a ribbon, or a dynamic, or like a horrible EV 635A all at once. All that said, I will make one handheld-style microphone recommendation for spoken word that is, hands-down, my all-time favorite: The Telefunken M81. It sounds like a large-diaphragm studio condenser microphone without the downsides of a large-diaphragm studio condenser microphone. The M80 is the better vocalist microphone as it has the mid-high presence boost, but the M81 has the flatness that doesn’t turn spoken word brittle.
Great comparison
I'd love it if you did some more shoe videos. Really enjoyed watching those, thanks.
In my studio, I WAS using a couple different handheld style dynamics for voice work: HEIL PR35, and the Beyerdynamic M88. Both are brilliant, but are extremely sensitive to proximity effect. The M88 has the advantage of rarely requiring de-essing. I acquired an EV RE-27, and haven’t looked back. The RE-27 is the most well-behaved spoken-word microphone I’ve used. I typically keep it right out of the camera view, so my average lip-grill distance is 40cm in that position, but have it at 25cm when I want all room reflections gone. No pops, no tonal shifts, no de-essing, no sound of the air-conditioner, no bad cancellations from my computer monitors. The RE27 (there are multiple switches for contours), is one of those strange microphones that sounds like a condenser, or a ribbon, or a dynamic, or like a horrible EV 635A all at once. All that said, I will make one handheld-style microphone recommendation for spoken word that is, hands-down, my all-time favorite: The Telefunken M81. It sounds like a large-diaphragm studio condenser microphone without the downsides of a large-diaphragm studio condenser microphone. The M80 is the better vocalist microphone as it has the mid-high presence boost, but the M81 has the flatness that doesn’t turn spoken word brittle.
Great, thanks for the comparison
Do some movies your voice is amazing
It would be nice to hear all three verses of The Owl and the Pussy-Cat from you :)
If you don’t mind how would you go about eq I’ll love to know. Seems like you only use a high pass