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Hey there.

I'm wondering if anybody here would be able to shed some light on a specific microphone I'm looking for.

It would only be used for voice (mostly just talking), but I need good rejection, and something that will only pickup the immediate voice in front of it.
Unfortunately, the room where I'll need to be using the microphone is a little echoey, but I unfortunately can't build a sound booth, soundproofing or anything in there.

If I had the money and permission to proof the whole room up, then I would but I can't so I thought maybe there's a microphone (probably a dynamic) that could help?

It's for a hobby radio studio, and the current microphone I'm using (a Studio Projects B1) which is fantastic and I love, is obviously a sensitive condenser and picks up everything in the room, and the room echoes.

Would anybody have some suggestions?

Cheers.

You could try using a pair of mics placed fairly close together but pointing in opposite directions and invert the phase on one of them.

The idea is that sounds from the room will be roughly equal in both mics and cancel out, but sounds close to one or other of the mics will be much lounder in that mic and will not cancel out.

It's an old trick for eliminating feedback on stage, but it might help in your situation too.

Hyper-Cardiod is super directional. But you should just get something that snaps onto the mic stand:

SE Electronic Reflexion Filter, or even the smaller portable one. Or the cheaper alternative like Primacoustic VoxGuard.

electro-voice RE20. classic radio mic. directional, dynamic, and makes most male voices sound great. it should be really close to your mouth while you're talking to get that great, deep proximity effect going.

also, earthworks makes amazingly directional microphones- the SR series. they are definitely pricy, though, but sound great and have hands-down the best rear rejection i have ever heard in a mic.

the portable iso booth is probably the best option. but if that can't work for some reason...

i've had good luck with EVs dynamics (try the 767, relatively cheap, sounds good, good rejection). Not going to sound like your condenser but usually sounds pretty good.

if you really want to use a condenser, take a look at the cad m179. it's a very neutral sounding mic. but more importantly, it has variable patterns. the worship leader at church feels self-conscious singing through a 'studio mic' when I tried it there, so we don't use it, but i found best rejection at some point between cardioid and figure-8, gives you more options if you need them. still reasonably cheap, about $140 new. the gx3000 is similar and even cheaper, but supposedly a bit harsher sounding.

i would try a Shure SM7B, but it really does need a mic pre with alot of gain..

invol wrote:SE Electronic Reflexion Filter

i have one of those. it works really well.