Lauten Audio Recording Sessions - Male Vocals Microphone Recording Samples

Male Vocal Microphone Demos

Recorded at Broken Radio Studios in San Francisco

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Male Vocals - Chi McClean - Singer Song Writer in San Francisco

Signal Processing: All tracks are raw (No EQ, Compression, clean up, etc ) unless otherwise noted.
Signal Chain: Mic > Pre > Lynx Aurora Converters > Pro Tools
Audio Format 24bit/96k WAV files
Artist & Engineer: Chi McClean
Preamps: Summit Audio 2BA-221 & ECS-410 Everest, Brent Avril Neve 1272, Universal Audio 710
Microphones: FC-357 Clarion, LT-381 Oceanus, LT-321 Horizon,

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These session files are quite large, it is recommended you download them to your local drive before playing.

Clarion FC-357 - Large dual-diaphragm pressure gradient FET condenser microphone.

Type	Preamp	Session notes	Sound Files
Vocal	Summit Audio 2BA-221	Preamp settings: Mic input gain set to +2. Tube output gain set at +2. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Summit Audio ECS-410 Everest	Preamp settings: Input gain setting 5.5.and used tube output. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Brent Avril Neve 1272	Preamp settings: Gain 50. Output set at +4. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Universal Audio 710	Preamp settings: Gain +4. Output set to tube. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav

Oceanus LT-381 - Transformer-less, large dual-diaphragm tube condenser microphone.

Type	Preamp	Session notes	Sound Files
Vocal	Summit Audio 2BA-221	Preamp settings: Mic input gain set to +4. Tube output gain set at +2. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Summit Audio ECS-410 Everest	Preamp settings: Input gain setting 5.and used tube output. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Brent Avril Neve 1272	Preamp settings: Gain 50. Output set at +4. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Universal Audio 710	Preamp settings: Gain +4. Output set to tube. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav

Horizon LT-321 - Large diaphragm tube condenser microphone.

Type	Preamp	Session notes	Sound Files
Vocal	Summit Audio 2BA-221	Preamp settings: Mic input gain set to +3. Tube output gain set at +8. 20dB pad engaged. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Summit Audio ECS-410 Everest	Preamp settings: Input gain setting 4.and used tube output. 20dB pad engaged. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Summit Audio ECS-410 Everest	Preamp settings: Input gain setting 4.and used solid-state output. 20dB pad engaged. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Brent Avril Neve 1272	Preamp settings: Gain 40. Output set at +4. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Universal Audio 710	Preamp settings: Gain +3.5. Output set to tube. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav
Vocal	Universal Audio 710	Preamp settings: Gain +3.5. Output set to solid-state. Mic position was about 4 to 5 inches from mouth.	wav