Also the characteristics of the voice, how much voice--that is how loud the male voice and female voice are as affected by the built in characteristics or coloration of the mic. If a male voice has more bass content, a condenser is going to give more proximity affect closer in, and have more over all perceived gain than a female higher thinner tampered voice. Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Bartlett To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 6:29 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: question about microphone gain input Remember, gain on the mike is inversely related to the square of the distance between source and mike, so if your female singer is not as close as you, this would explain the gain difference. Chris Bartlett ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.25/2256 - Release Date: 07/23/09 06:02:00