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Warming up Bose Vocals - your experience

MNAirHead

MNAirHead

Nov 22, 2008
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Minnesota - Twin Cities
#1
FORWARD - Please don't waste the reply... I really don't care if you like/love a Bose L1/L2 (I don't own one and am not buying one)

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SITUATION
I play a ton for acoustic solo/duo/trio scenarios... for paying gigs, volume and space control seem to be the trends.

For this reason, many guys I play with are moving toward Bose systems.


GEAR
They commonly will use some type of digital mixer (Mackie, Bose etc)


"Warmth"
My personal gear is analog mixers with powered digital speakers. I'm aware having a cabinet and analog mixer will warm up the sound.


ISSUE - I'm a low tenor/baritone
I'm a low tenor (sing in the Neil Diamond range)...

I've tried multiple microphones they sound overly "present"

When singing backup works great...

When singing lead I do not have the Toby Keith low fundamental.

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Are there any effects/boxes tested for this type of problem (I know it's common)

I just bought a line6 x3 to get some control over the EQ... possibly a reverb/delay can alter enough.

My current Mic is a PVM46... I have a fleet of other options tool.


How would you warm up baritone vocals?
 
#3
Are you listening to recordings of yourself singing? It's the only way you'll know what you sound like. Voice in your throat conducts to your ears also. It sounds much different to other people than yourself.

"Warm" is very vague. I assume you mean less treble. You might want to try a parametric EQ. It will give you better control than normal eq's on mixers.
 
#4
I know your pain... I hate the L1... To warm it up I would be thinking analog outboard. Something like the ART or Preaonus voice channel style boxes. I would alone anning on spending quality time it prior to busting it out. lot's of tweak, record, tweak again, repeat as necessary to find your sound. The figure out how to let tiring through the Bose preserving as much of what you arrive at as possible. Good luck with it... And hey! At least you don't own one!
 
#6
I'm sure the Bose system has much to do with the problem but I believe you should address it at the source: the mic. I would use a darker sounding mic like a Shure SM7 or EV RE-20. If the large size of these mics is an issue I would look at a Heil PR-35 or Sennheiser 935 but you'll probably have to use EQ to counteract the 5kHz presence peak that's baked into these types of vocal mics.
 

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