Hi,
Over the past few weeks I've been looking extensively into acquiring a new mic to replace my Sennheiser MK-4 for general voice over work. I initially had my mind set on getting a Neumann TLM 103 or possibly some other large diaphragm condenser in the same $1000 price range, but along the way I stumbled upon quite a few voice artists praising shotgun mics such as the Sennheiser MKH 416 as their go-to mic in the booth, and that kind of threw me off track ...
I believe there would be at least two benefits to this in my particular case :
1) Having the mic at a more comfortable (further) distance without picking up too much room tone and therefore getting rid of pesky pop filters that can often get in the way of viewing scripts properly. Similarly, keeping the mic out of view should I decide to start creating some video content.
2) A super-cardioid pattern would pick up significantly less noise than a typical large diaphragm mic in what is admittedly not a brilliantly soundproofed recording space.
I'm not married to Sennheiser but as the 416 seems to crop up everywhere I've been looking more specifically at their range of products, and for now I would rather go with the MKH 8060, not because it's a more recent model but because I'm scared the 416 might me a tad too bright for my voice.
I'm hoping some of you might care to share their views / experience on using shotguns for this particular purpose and/or which mics they would recommend ?
Cheers,