Is the RE20 good for vocals?
The RE20 is a High Quality Mic. This mic is fantastic for voice over in the home studio environment. It rejects a lot of sound coming from behind the mic. Minimal acoustic treatment allows you to get a very low noise floor. The tone of this mic is warm, full, clear, and detailed.
Does the RE20 need a Cloudlifter?
Technical Editor Hugh Robjohns replies: It is quite normal to need to run the mic preamp at maximum gain when using an RE20 for speech. In this scenario, an in-line gain booster such as the Cloud Mics Cloudlifter, Triton Audio FetHead or the MartiAudio In-line Preamp Booster should help.
What is the switch on the RE20?
A switch on the mic body provides a high-pass filter, aka a “bass tilt-down switch,” which drops the low-frequency response by approximately 2.25dB/octave below 400Hz. (By comparison, the HPF on most studio condensers operates at a lower range but more aggressively, -3 to -6dB/octave below 75-150Hz.)
Does Electro Voice RE20 need phantom power?
They’ll have slightly less nuance in the recording, but can perform better in less-optimal environments. They also tend to be more durable, and they don’t need Phantom Power to work.
Does RE20 MIC need phantom power?
Does Electro-Voice RE20 need phantom power?
What kind of microphone is RE20?
Dynamic
Electro-Voice RE20/Type
What do you need to know about Electro Voice RE20?
Electro-Voice RE20. The RE20 is an industry-standard large-diaphragm dynamic microphone, used worldwide on applications ranging from broadcast/VO to kick drum. It uses Electro-Voice’s patented Variable D design to control the microphone’s proximity effect. This allows the microphone to be used very close to a source without losing clarity,…
What kind of microphone is the RE20 cardioid?
Cardioid Dynamic Microphone. The RE20 is an industry-standard large-diaphragm dynamic microphone, used worldwide on applications ranging from broadcast/VO to kick drum. It uses Electro-Voice’s patented Variable D design to control the microphone’s proximity effect. This allows the microphone to be used very close to a source without losing…
What’s the difference between the RE20 and pl20?
The PL series was simply a rebranding of selected RE-series models. Unlike the newer broadcast dynamics, the RE27N/D and RE320, the RE20 does use an output transformer. In a blind listening test, the RE20 was crowed the winner of the Ultimate Podcast Mic Shootout. The Electro-Voice RE20 is also known as: RE-20, PL20, PL-20.