Budget Condenser Microphones - Page 2

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On 8/19/05 7:18 AM, in article
58OdnZ2dnZ2ZbBS5nZ2dnXcimN6dnZ2dRVn-052dnZ0@comcast.com, "Ty Ford"
<tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote:

> I've been asked on many occasions to write a article or 1000 on which mics
> mate better with which preamps. That project is right in line after putting
> all of my vinyl on CD.

Oil Painting Class:
"So, which colors work best with which brushes?"

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> I would say having a 52 as well as the 112 is not such a bad thing.

Yeah I'd consider something like that. Do you ever use the D112 to mic
a bass guitar amp?

max

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>
> Bright isn't necessarily better.
>
> Beware of the 'Oh Wow' factor.
>
> 1. Oh Wow! These new condenser mics sound great.
> 2. Oh Wow! Hmm, they make everything I record sound so shiny.
> 3. Oh Wow! Ya know, after listening for a few minutes, I don't want to
listen
> to these tracks because they are edgy and fatiguing.
> 4. Oh Wow! I guess I'll go back to what I was using.
> 5. Oh Wow! Wanna by some really nice used mics?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ty Ford


Funny, I keep listening over and over again (despite the orchestra's
performance) to the Danbury Symphony Orchestra recordings I made during a
rehearsal in June, because it is the sweetest,
nothing-gets-between-the-music-and-me recording I've ever heard, and it was
recorded with condenser mics. Six of them. The smoothness, the detail, the
utter lack of hiss, were all an amazing event unfolding before my ears. I
never fatigue of hearing that recording, despite the French horns being a
little out of tune that evening and some of the violins being less than
tight on the tempo.


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Mark A. Weiss, P.E.
www.mwcomms.com
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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:07:12 -0400, Mark & Mary Ann Weiss wrote
(in article <kMzNe.362$I93.58@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net> ):

>
>>
>> Bright isn't necessarily better.
>>
>> Beware of the 'Oh Wow' factor.
>>
>> 1. Oh Wow! These new condenser mics sound great.
>> 2. Oh Wow! Hmm, they make everything I record sound so shiny.
>> 3. Oh Wow! Ya know, after listening for a few minutes, I don't want to
> listen
>> to these tracks because they are edgy and fatiguing.
>> 4. Oh Wow! I guess I'll go back to what I was using.
>> 5. Oh Wow! Wanna by some really nice used mics?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ty Ford
>
>
> Funny, I keep listening over and over again (despite the orchestra's
> performance) to the Danbury Symphony Orchestra recordings I made during a
> rehearsal in June, because it is the sweetest,
> nothing-gets-between-the-music-and-me recording I've ever heard, and it was
> recorded with condenser mics. Six of them. The smoothness, the detail, the
> utter lack of hiss, were all an amazing event unfolding before my ears. I
> never fatigue of hearing that recording, despite the French horns being a
> little out of tune that evening and some of the violins being less than
> tight on the tempo.
>
Mark,

You may have missed the point. I was referring specifically to the ocean of
(mainly) Chinese knockoff mics that have been flooding this country for the
last five years.

Your personal mileage may vary.

Ty Ford



-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

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> Mark,
>
> You may have missed the point. I was referring specifically to the ocean
of
> (mainly) Chinese knockoff mics that have been flooding this country for
the
> last five years.
>
> Your personal mileage may vary.
>
> Ty Ford

Not all of them are bad. Recently, someone tested some Octavia knockoffs and
found them to be comparable, and in some ways, better, than the original,
and in other ways not quite as good, but overall, about equal.
When I started cautiously testing the B-1s, I did so with a prejudice
against Behringer. However, after listening to them again and again, I just
couldn't find anything to substantiate my claims that they should sound like
junk, and not like my Shure KSM32s.
After that humbling experience (and glad I wasn't too public with my rants
against Behringer four years ago), I made some economic choices, sold some
of my precious studio condenser mics and bought all new DAW software and
hardware and a full compliment of B-1s with the difference.
From now on, I listen carefully to the product before I lambaste it.


--
Best Regards,

Mark A. Weiss, P.E.
www.mwcomms.com
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On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:13:37 -0400, Mark & Mary Ann Weiss wrote
(in article <52NNe.7163$RZ2.6653@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net> ):

>
> Not all of them are bad. Recently, someone tested some Octavia knockoffs and
> found them to be comparable, and in some ways, better, than the original,
> and in other ways not quite as good, but overall, about equal.
> When I started cautiously testing the B-1s, I did so with a prejudice
> against Behringer. However, after listening to them again and again, I just
> couldn't find anything to substantiate my claims that they should sound like
> junk, and not like my Shure KSM32s.
> After that humbling experience (and glad I wasn't too public with my rants
> against Behringer four years ago), I made some economic choices, sold some
> of my precious studio condenser mics and bought all new DAW software and
> hardware and a full compliment of B-1s with the difference.
> From now on, I listen carefully to the product before I lambaste it.
>

I'm happy you're happy. My experience has been different.

Ty



-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com