[LAU] Fwd: OT: Microphone choice for pipe organ

I forward the following, b/c I realize I only replied to Fons when I meant
to reply to the group!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Aaron Krister Johnson <aaron@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [LAU] OT: Microphone choice for pipe organ
To: fons@email-addr-hidden

http://recordinghacks.com/reviews/tapeop/audio-technica-at2020/

I have two Audio-Technica AT2020. They are are steal for their price. They
recording anything well, and in blind tests compete admirably with mics
several times their price. A good general purpose mic, IMO. They are also
heavy duty, made of metal, so they aren't overly fragile either....

Re:Behringer.....I don't know about their mics, but I do have a small
Euro-rack mixer, and I've had nothing but good feelings about it. I know an
engineer who swears that the ICs in most of these mixers is the same
anyway.....

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:54 PM, <fons@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:40:34PM +0100, Jonathan Gazeley wrote:
>
> > So, is anyone able to recommend good quality but inexpensive dynamic
> > mics that can cope with the loud SPL of a pipe organ at ten feet,
> > have a low background noise, and don't mind being at the end of a
> > 20m XLR cable?
>
> Today 'cheap' general-purpose mics tend to be electrets - simple
> electret capsules can be mass-produced much cheaper than dynamic
> ones. Dynamic mics, at least good ones, tend to be specialised for
> vocal use, while ribbons dominate the high-quality non-condenser
> niche.
>
> I'd avoid anything called Behringer, and go for example for some
> of the cheaper AKG electrets.
>
> Ciao,
>
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Best,
Aaron Krister Johnson
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Best,
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.untwelve.org

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