LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Having worked with a true who's who of the music industry, including Whitney Houston, Bob Dylan, Chicago, Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka and Elton John, to name but a small fraction, Ted Perlman knows quality when he hears it. A producer, engineer, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and educator based in Los Angeles, Perlman has just added a Brauner Phantom V variable pattern FET microphone to his arsenal of equipment, and believes it might just be the best mic out there. "If a U87 is the standard everything else is judged by, this raises the bar and changes the standard," declares Perlman. "I would take this Brauner over that one. This is the most unbelievable microphone. I've worked with everything. It's perfectly even, from the bottom through the middle to the top. If somebody is screaming loud or singing high, it doesn't get all screechy. If they have a deep voice, it doesn't get boomy. It's just beautiful." Perlman works with a great many vocalists at his Buffalo Sound studio in the San Fernando Valley, and until now has been used to pulling out one mic after another to match each different voice. But with the Brauner Phantom V, he says, he's found a vocal mic that suits everyone. "I haven't found a microphone that is so versatile. I'm just so knocked out by how many different applications and situations it works well in. So I rarely have to change the mic now." Offering an example, he continues, "We had Howard Hewitt, a great, amazing singer, here last month. We went through a few mics and they just didn't sound right. I pulled the Brauner out and - bam!" According to Perlman, the new mic has also saved him a lot of time and effort, in particular on a new project with U.K. singer Zara Phillips, who has recorded with Bob Geldof, among others, during her 15-year career. "Her voice is cool and interesting but difficult to record. I had to go through and fix her tracks and take out these noises, so I changed to the Brauner. Instead of having to spend six hours cleaning up the tracks it immediately sounded good. And I could get back to my life!" The mic also offers benefits to the artist, he says. "It picks up so well. With most mics, when you back up it tends to get thin, but with the Brauner, you can back up two feet and it sounds just as full and wonderful. You don't have to sing right on top of it. That way, you hear the room, and it's a much nicer sound." "In addition," continues Perlman, "we just recorded well-known TV & radio personality Tanya Hart with the Brauner Phantom V on all her voiceovers for the Premiere Radio Network show "Ray Charles-The Man & His Music." Not only does the mic sound great for singing, it totally shines on voiceovers. Tanya could have recorded her voiceovers at the radio station, for no charge but fell so in love with the sound of her voice on the Brauner (from one of my previous Brauner mic demos) that she insisted on coming to the studio. Of course I'd like to think my charming personality had something to do with it, but I highly doubt it. It was all Brauner." If Perlman ever feels like adding another title to his job description, he might consider becoming a pitchman. "This is going to sound like a press release," he laughs. "There are Brauners that are more money and more specialized, but if you are going to buy one Brauner, this is it. You can get yourself a great Brauner mic with the Phantom V and you'll be able to work in whatever situation that arises." www.lasvegasproaudio.com (702) 307-2700 |
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