I've owned my Audio Technica AT4050 large diaphragm condenser for over 3 years now. While I've always considered it to be a good mic, I was never really blown away by it. It never seamed to have any magic to it. You'll see this in my review of the AT 4050

I'm having trouble with my tube mics (Soundelux U99 and MXL V69s) so they are all being boxed up and sent off to be worked on.

Yesterday I was producing Daniel Sexton . While we were focusing on producing electric guitar for most of the day, we both decided to try vocals on one song. Since my go to vocal mics were out of commission, I tried the Audio Technica AT4050.

The song we were recording, I would consider to be a passionate ballad. That means it's a pretty song with a lot of breathy vocals but there are times when Daniel Sexton really gets on it and hits the vocals pretty hard.

For Daniel's voice, the AT 4050 sounded amazing during the super pretty parts. In fact, I think it was the perfect mic for the job. From now on, I will try the AT4050 on vocals for any pretty song. When Daniel really stepped on the vocals, his voice tends to get a little aggressive in the 2Khz area. The AT4050 seamed to handle this about as well as my Soundelux U99 in omni mode. So tracks I did a few months ago will need the same multiband compression in that 2Khz area.

(Note: Multiband compression is a very strong tool. It can solve problems like no other tool, but it is equally destructive. I'll probably only compress or 1-2dB with a multiband compressor in only the frequency range I'm having problems with.)

Either way, I just wanted to let everyone know that I finally had a great experience with an Audio Technica AT4050. It may be getting used more on vocals.