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The 319 with http://www.oktavamod.com/ is money. Indeed, a Tapeop favorite.
If they want to spend once and spend well, see if she can book an hour in a studio with a great mic locker. Ask them to put up 8 mics in her range (voice and price) and then she can make an informed decision.
Also, most decent music stores have a reasonable return policy. Actual 'Pro' pro audio shops deal in loaners. They are not expecting anyone to drop 1-5 grand based on Internet reviews. Are you guys in/near a large city?
You know when something is good when every up and comer is compared to it.
Ok some further explanation... Why not?
I am in jersey near NYC she is in San Fran. I met her mother from doing a job through my songwriting/audio editing business.
The teen has been in studios, and in front of execs. She has had lots of "producer promises." Now I produce myself and know there are fine honest workers out there, but there are also lots of people who love to hype. Talk about how great their education was, the famous people they know, and how much of a star they can make her. To be clear she does have talent. Like others though she has seen more hype than progress.
Now I also run a small charity donating instruments and lessons to kids. I also consult on music reality. I often have to give the speech of how many labor jobs I have had to work in life. I can sing, write great songs (some of you have heard a couple), and play over 30 instruments well. But still making a living in music is hard. So when I consult I don't hype I give reality.
I told her mother and her that a ton of teenagers can sing and want to "make it." So we have to set her apart. First we should teach her how to make her own music, that way she can have a secondary skill and avoid the producers promise. I said iOS recording is very big and growing. This would be great to teach her how to make tracks, and get her involved in all this new tech. Plus hey, look how many males there are here? All you app developers and gear makers miss out big time on the female market. Most of my fans on my Facebook charity page are girls 13-17. I think music is sold to males and the ladies miss out. Except as models for the gear.
She already has the baby bottle blue. I sent her an iRig mic also just to start using AB 2 and different vocal apps. To practice. I have recorded some acoustic Amy winehouse covers and taught her how to load those WAV files into her iPad. So now I was looking for advice on the best way to get her vocals over my tracks. And so far I think I was mistaken on just plugging into an interface and she might want to use a preamp first. Right?
And while money is important they are willing to spend on quality product to help her voice be the best. Of course a good voice is a good voice, but if you can get great equipment why not? So I just thought I would see what advice I could get from the internets..... Lots of it. Now I just have to sift....
At this stage she really doesn't need a separate pre-amp, an interface from Focusrite or Apogee will have a good enough pre-amp.
In any audio chain, the transducer (microphone, headphone, or speakers) is always the element that has the biggest influence on the quality of the sound. Pre-amps and converters etc, especially these days, have a much smaller impact on quality - that's not to say you can't buy bad pre-amps, but that the difference between good ones is fairly minimal, when compared to the variation you will get between microphones anyway.
The mic she has is fairly bright, and to echo @mulletsaison above, it's not one that I would have chosen (I prefer a warmer sound), but since that is what she has now I presume she is going to stick with it.
The best option would be to keep things simple and affordable and get a Scarlett 2i4 IMO. As I've already said it has the best monitoring on iOS, and that is really important for a singer. The Apogees may or may not have a slight edge in quality (subjective probably), they do have more gain though (not subjective) but you have to use the Maestro app to set the levels (less convenient than a dial).
So to sum up: for around $160 she can get a Scarlett 2i4 which will cover all her needs. The 2i4 is the only item in the Scarlett line that I would recommend though, because the others don't have the same monitoring system (in fact the others are pretty bad, you have to set the levels with an actual computer, you can't do it in iOS).
If she wants to spend more she can get an Apogee One($350) or an Apogee Duet ($600), these may or may not sound better (if they do the difference will be minimal compared to using a different microphone though).
One minor drawback with the Scarlett is that it needs a powered hub, but really it's not that big a deal. The Apogees do not need one - they use a lightning connector. If she does go Apogee it's important to buy the "made for iOS" models.
I appreciate all the advice in this thread... I will basically have her parents read all this and as soon as I can convince her to post videos to this forum...
Hopefully she will take to iOS recording and it will be a welcome and different voice in the community.
I and my DW are looking for Good baby Monitors for our New House.Bluetooth baby monitors sound like a good idea, but some of my friends told me it May not have longer range on other room.Anyone has suggestions?
And what brand of Baby monitors has the longest range?
Impaktor with the sensitivity on high and Bluetooth enabled speakers would make an interesting baby monitor setup!
Or she could get a condenser mic like the Rode NT1. I love my Shure SM58 dynamic microphone, but it's a pain in the arse getting the distance and the levels right each time I want to record at home. My bandmate is always having to fix my vocal levels in the mix. A condenser mic would be much easier and convenient for recording vocals at home, IMO.