VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

Christopher French

Hi gang!

Hope everyone had a great Turkey Day and gorged themselves silly! I know I did! I have a quick question. . .what does anybody here think of Audio-Technica studio equipment? Have you ever used it? Was it good, bad, other? I'm just asking because I just bought an AT2020 model condenser mic yesterday, and it seems to be working well, I just wanted some opinions from the good folks here.

Thanks!

Chris
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Bill Campbell · DC Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 621

I have an AT2020 among many other inexpensive and high end mics. It's better than most of the other $100 microphones, clean highs and not too much bass (noise). You should be able to do good quality VO with that mic, provided your other equipment and room are ok. I find a foam pop filter
tones down the high end (treble) just right.

Bill
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bobsouer · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:26 am Post subject:

Chris,

I'm using an AT-4033 as my main studio mic and have done so for more than 10 years. That mic loves my voice, so I in turn love it, too. Smile

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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

chris--i've got an a-t 3035 i've liked from the start. great for my vox. however, i am troubleshooting right now, trying to figure out alien chirps and whatnot.
i went to www.audio-tecnica.com and saw this:

A-T endorser Kenny Chesney did it again at the CMAs, winning his second straight entertainer of the year award November 7th. He has now picked up the Country Music Association’s top honor three times. Country Music's Biggest Night™ featured more than 250 hard-wired and wireless microphone systems from Audio-Technica.

so perhaps a-t gear helps yer dog come back and yer wife come back and yer truck get fixed.
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Lance Blair · M&M Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2279 Location: Atlanta

AT, could be the best bang for the buck manufacturer of microphones across all their lines. Even their shotgun mics are great. Everything they make is rock solid and sounds good. Not necessarily much character, but nothing questionable about it. I even had a pair of their diversity wireless lavaliere units. They were superior to Lectrosonics costing nearly four times as much.
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Craig · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: AT3035

I too have an AT3035. I like it and the price was right.

At higher volume I'm dealing with reflection still, but I would get the same from any other mic.

That's my only AT product, but I vote yesiree on it.

CRaig

TC · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject:

I have an AT-4040 that serves me well every day.

kgenus · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject:

The AT 40xx series, at one time, was apparently the secret weapon of many a studio owner. The mics were more cost effective than the others and although they may not have that "magic" sound solo, in a mix they are absolutely amazing (like the 416). We have sites like this and Gearslutz.com to thank for letting the cat out of the bag on these mics, however, they were pretty specific on the AT40xx series, not the 30xx or 20xx series.

Personally, I have seen quite a few of these mics floating around as the defacto standard voiceover mic in a couple of studios in NYC. The engineer I questioned about it said it was purely cost vs performance. They could afford three AT40xx mics vs. one U87. We're talking AT 4040s, 4050s and 4060s.
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Living Culture · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:07 am Post subject:

I agree with y'all. A-T is definitely the best value for money as far as mic's go. But has anyone used any of their other products? I recently bought a pair of A-T "studio" headphones, but I am not impressed. Poor sound quality as well as being really uncomfortable to wear for long periods.

I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on A-T phones. I did buy them to substitute for my beloved Fostex T-40's which I left at home, so maybe I'm just not being very objective.

haneen · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 23 Location: NYC/NJ

So, here's my first post! I've been a lurker for about a month; and it turns out this poll about my new mic has gotten me started.

I recently just upgraded to an AT4047 from a $100 MXL mic. I knew it would be better, of course, but I actually prefer the AT to my own voice on a TLM103.

Howdy all.

haneen

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Audiogal · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject:

Sorry I haven't any experience w/ AT, but I noticed a new member here & just wanted to pop in & say "Welcome, haneen!"
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ehelvey · Guest

I have a mic closet full of them. I started using A-T mics about 27 or 28 years ago, still have that first mic and it works as good today as it did back then. My two mics of choice for my own VO are one of my A-T 4050's or my EV RE-27 - the hotter, crisper version of the venerable RE-20. I agree that just about any mic that A-T makes is a great bang for the buck - I have a shot gun, a pair of diversity, battery operated diversity wireless lavs (with the 831 mic) and a number of the 40 series, a pair of the 3060's and a bunch of lower end "performance" mics. Not one of them has ever disappointed me - and I've been in this business well over 40 years - oops! gave away a secret there Wink

todd ellis · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:51 am Post subject:

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good morning mr. helvey! welcome to the board!

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