I can do hard rock, soft rock, soft sell, AC, Country, News/Talk. If you're a multi-station enterprise looking for one resource to image all of your stations, regardless of format, I am that resource. One-stop shopping...
For imaging I use the Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun, the preferred option for radio, network television and movie trailer imaging. The 416 is respected for its capacity to cut through a mix, which is a must for imaging applications.
For corporate, e-learning and narrative I use a Neumann U87 manufactured by the original Neumann factory at Berlin in 1988.
Here is my actual U87 in action on two iconic ad campaigns: The VO in Elizabeth Taylor's 'White Diamonds' TV spot, and the VO for the original X-Files movie in 1998, were both performed on the very microphone that now sits in my isolation booth. Not just the same model, but the actual mic. I acquired it from the voice talent featured in the two videos you can see below...
All mics feed a John Hardy M-1 preamp tied to a Universal Audio 6176 that combines a 610 tube pre with an 1176 FET compressor.
Here's my pre-amp guy, who custom-built my pre-amp at his headquarters in Illinois. There is none better...
With an accoustically-treated isolation booth, the end result is professional sound representing the best sonics available from a home studio environment. I stock other mics and outboard gear, but this is the go-to signal path straight to the DAW for most applications. The UA 610 tube pre affords the warmth of tube amplification, whereas the all-FET signal path teaming the John Hardy with the 1176LN for gentle compression provides the clarity and accuracy required of high-end campaigns.
My equipment has been chosen with great care. Good writing requires extensive research, and I applied that same research ethic to the task of equipping my studio to mirror what is commonly found in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. And yet I keep my rates competitive. Your audio project can't help but benefit...
You can entrust your voiceover requirements to me with the utmost confidence.