Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: Microphone info
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Wed Aug 04 2004 - 00:33:26 EEST
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 10:43:47AM -1000, Alastair Couper wrote:
> Yes, I should state the intention. I have a SM58 knockoff (by Fender) that
> I use on hand drums. My interest de jeur is to record a female vocalist.
>
> I am an electrical engineer by education, so am amenable to freq charts,
> THD, spatial plots and such. But the "warm" thing seems to me empty. Seems
> like judicious EQ should get you what you want, given that the transducer
> is coming up with a clean reproduction to begin with. But then one gets
> into subjectivity and black magic again.
>
> I am looking a Studio Projects B1, for instance.
Get thee to the ProSoundWeb forums and read Harvey Gerst's
many many posts on related topics. Harvey is a great engineer with decades of
experience who runs a "bottom-feeder" studio and has a knack for finding
the stuff worth having at the low end of the price range.
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/f/32/0
There's also "the big thread" that in its slightly edited PDF form
is a great read about mics in general... 80 pages on theory, specs,
mic choice, placement, etc. You're bound to learn something.
http://www.kset.org/music/pub/ChatWithHarvey.pdf
--Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com
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