Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: Microphone info
From: John Check (j4strngs_AT_bitless.net)
Date: Wed Aug 04 2004 - 08:27:09 EEST
On Tuesday 03 August 2004 05:13 pm, Aaron Trumm wrote:
> "warm" means good low end :)
>
> it is NOT true that EQ in the mix will fix problems created with your mic
> selection - not at ALL - one of the obvious things is that you can never ad
> back in what wasn't there to begin with, but there's more - better to spend
> your money/effort on good and/or workable mics (and the accoustic
> enviroment you're recording in) than on EQ and gadgets to "fix" it later -
> you really can't fix a damn thing, honestly
>
> now then - I probably wouldn't use a 58 (or knock off) on hand drums - I
Sennheiser 421
> would use a 57 though - as far as female vocals
>
AKG 414
> a nice solid condensor is good - I have a Cascade MT20 that I use like i
> would use a u47 if I had one - it's about 400 dollars - AKG 414s get used a
eheh
> lot on vocals, they are about 1000 - AKG makes (or made) a tube version of
> the 414 - that's a great mic but I found it a little sibilant and harsh on
> some female vocals
>
> madonna uses a 57 for her vocals
>
> -------
> NQuit
> www.nquit.com
> -------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alastair Couper
> Sent: 8/3/2004 2:43:47 PM
> To: linux-audio-user_AT_music.columbia.edu
> Subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: Microphone info
>
> > 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.
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