Musician's Friend | 1 decade ago

For male and female vocals, Ronan uses the the Pearlman TM-1 condenser mic. However, his choice of microphones will vary depending on the singer. His preamp of choice is the A Designs Audio Pacifica (http://ow.ly/1QLvf ), or an original Quad Eight MM-71, which served as inspiration for the Pacifica (http://ow.ly/1QLvf ) (Ronan's MM-71s were formerly owned by Neil Young). If compression is needed, Ronan uses the Empirical Labs Distressor (http://ow.ly/1QLwW ), or the Pete's Place BAC-500 (petesplaceaudio.com/bac500.html ("Pete" is Peter Montessi of A Designs Audio).