Andrew Huang

In this hefty blog post, Andrew discusses his essentials for the home studio. The first item on the list is the SM7B. Andrew says, "I bought this mic before going abroad because a friend of mine was raving about it - in particular, how it was better than anything else at picking up what was in front of it without a lot of ambience from the room. It has since become my favorite mic for vocals and acoustic guitar. The sound is clean and sweet, as long as you have a good preamp..."

"Solid multi-purpose microphones I've used: Shure SM7B https://reverb.grsm.io/shure-sm7b Audio Technica AT4040 https://amzn.to/2ok3dNw Audio Technica AT2020 https://amzn.to/2wpB37o Rode NT1 https://amzn.to/2PIeWC9"

As mentioned in this old Tape Op interview, Andrew Huang has used an AT4040 as his "weapon of choice" in the past. It's visible in many of his older videos, too.

"The mic I started with I think was called a Midnight Blues and I think it cost me $80 back in the day and it sounded worse than this thing (points the Neewer NW-800) and I used it all the time." During this quote, Huang shows a picture of the MB 1k.

"Solid multi-purpose microphones I've used: Shure SM7B https://reverb.grsm.io/shure-sm7b Audio Technica AT4040 https://amzn.to/2ok3dNw Audio Technica AT2020 https://amzn.to/2wpB37o Rode NT1 https://amzn.to/2PIeWC9"

Featured in this July 16, 2020 video at 3:06.

"Mic accessories: Rode PSA1 Boom Arm https://amzn.to/2LCUoaG"

Featured in this January 11, 2018 video.

Featured in this October 26, 2020 video.

Visible very briefly at 1:38

https://youtu.be/oEAXvB1qZ2k?t=4m48s

Has the same buttons as the NTG4, also has the power symbol indicating it is the NTG4+ model.

Despite Andrew's drum mics being from earthworks, he still uses the Shure SM57 for his snare.

Used for vocals on "Sparkle Mountain", as specified in the project breakdown at 13:23.

I recorded the vocals with this mic. This is the Earthworks SR314, which is built for live use, but I do like it in the studio sometimes when I wanna go handheld. First of all, it has really good off-axis rejection, it's very directional, but also it reduces a lot of the noise from hands, being handheld. And I just like that sometimes when I'm recording a vocal where I want a lot of energy and I want to be playful and I don't want to be rooted in one spot singing to a mic on a stand, but I can, y'know, just move around, have fun, play and, so that's why I chose this mic to record the vocals for "Sparkle Mountain". I think it sounds great.

Listed among the gear in Huang's video descriptions.

Vocal mic #1 https://www.lautenaudio.com/atlantis-...

Listed among the gear in Huang's video descriptions.

Vocal mic #2 https://www.lautenaudio.com/ls-208

Featured in this January 11, 2018 video.

Used for Huang's bass drum, as can be seen in this March 20, 2019 video.

Gifted to Huang by Earthworks, as featured in this October 22, 2020 video at 1:30. The particular section of the video is dated October 4, 2019.

"Y'ALL ALWAYS ASK ABOUT GEAR

(...) Mic for all my vlogging http://amzn.to/2lpjHEq"

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