La Bête Blooms Vocal recording techniques

When analysing the microphones that Steve Albini employs, the EV RE20 appears throughout and is utilised in many different applications. This highlights the microphones versatility as well as being an integral element in Albini's production approaches.

I again decided to utilise the EV RE20 (Electro Voice, 2016) for recording vocals as originally, it was designed as a broadcast announcer microphone, and is described as having a 'voice tailored' frequency response.

 

This is particularly evident when again referring to the graph depicting the EV RE20s frequency response. Typically, human speech is typically perceived within the mid range. The EV RE20 features a very balanced mid range between 400Hz and 1.3kHz.