The 104 is a sweet mic. Picked mine up for a ridiculous deal and it punches above. Very nice. The 416 is part of my travel setup simply because it's so robust. And you're so right about mic technique.
Love hearing my old pal Don LaFontaine on the intro! Man, haven't heard his voice in so many years. Hush app is damn amazing, ain't it? Yet another reason to use Mac!
Hey George, where do we start a petition to get a Don LaDontaine statue erected at Century City plaza? Hush is a miracle wrapped in a promise, rolled in soy paper and topped with mango. Bet it’s the cause of a vibrant used M1 Mac market.
Hey George! How do we get a petition started to get a statue of Don put up at Century City Plaza? So true about Hush. It's a miracle, wrapped in a promise, then rolled in soy paper and topped with mango.
Mentioning two of my favorite mics in the same podcast, YAAA! Hope you are well pally. I promo what you do often (well, when I remember to) and your VO's for RNI get used every show, for which I THANK YOU once again... be well!
It sounds great Mark and I was surprised by the emergency recording! Hush is still King! I love how you refer to the 416 as a supertool. That reflects my own thoughts. I think I sound good on it, but it's almost never my favorite and frankly I don't find it fun, but when you view it as a "tool" rather than fun, (and if you're really careful) the result is both well known and reliable. The proof of it is in the pudding! Thanks for this. Maybe I should use mine a little more!
Jar! That's a great point. It's not a "fun" mic. It's very utilitarian in nature. It's like wearing a prosthetic for acting. You can't play Quasimodo without the hump on your back and nobody said wearing it through the shoot would be fun, but it gets the job done.
Man that outro song 😂😂😂 Man I laughed! Fantastic episode! I have the sphere dlx and often use the 416 model for VO/podcast work. You sound fantastic on this 416 Mark!
Me too. People who don't get why it works so well for VO are stuck in a delusion, wrapped up in a psychosis and hand dipped in lack of experience. The 416 is FIRE.
For awhile I thought Neumann would stop producing BCM104, the grill was no longer manufactured as a replacement part (Neumann BCK Replacement Headgrille).
That intro, my good man, is just one of the many extremely cool things the late, great Don LaFontaine cut for me back around the mid-to-late 2000’s. I could only dream of being able to do that voice. My VO career has always been a tribute to my old pal who inspired me to try so I pay homage to him by opening each show with his iconic pipes.
