At Small Diaphragm Condenser?

Small diaphragm condensers give you an uncolored, neutral, very detailed sound image. Small diaphragm microphones are “realists”. Use them for anything that you want to capture just like it is. Large diaphragm condensers are part microphone, part instrument.

What is a small diaphragm condenser?

A small diaphragm means it is half-inch or less in diameter. In reality, many small diaphragm condenser microphones for audio recording use slightly larger capsules. There are also some large diaphragm microphones whose diaphragm size is slightly less than one inch. ... Historically, large diaphragm condensers came first.

Can I use a small diaphragm condenser for vocals?

Small-diaphragm condensers are great-sounding small microphones but ultimately are best suited for instrument-recording. That said if you happen to have a small-diaphragm condenser laying around and need to do some vocal recording, then, by all means, grab a pop-filter and put the microphone to use.