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| Re: Small dia. cond. mics/acoustic guitars [message #84936 is a reply to message #84933] |
Mon, 21 May 2007 14:43   |
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I have a pair of KM-84s and a pair of AKG 451s. Either pair or combination
thereof can make for a great acoustic guitar sound.
Gantt
"Eugene B" <martinlancer@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Any favourites?I have an AT4031 and an akg C1000 and was
>looking at a KM184.Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>Thanks. Eugene.
Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com
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| Re: Small dia. cond. mics/acoustic guitars [message #84940 is a reply to message #84933] |
Mon, 21 May 2007 15:07 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
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My first answer comes from my long standing WWSAD, or What Would Steve Albini
do?
Acoustic Guitars
Favourite microphones: Schoeps 221b, Neumann 56/54 and FM2, Audio Technica
4051, Lomo 1918, plus ribbon mics like the Coles STC 4038, various Royers,
RCA 44DX, 74JR and 77DX.
Favourite preamps: Massenburg 8400, Sytek MPX4.
"The Lomo is a Russian microphone made in the '60s and '70s. I use that a
lot on acoustic guitar. They weren't standard in the West but they were quite
common in the East and they have now made their way across. I'll use a ribbon
microphone if it's a real bright guitar and I want to try thicken the sound
a little bit. Where I place the microphone depends on whether someone is
going to be singing and playing, or just playing. If they're singing and
playing I have to minimise the vocal spillage, so I put the microphones quite
close up. If there's no singing, then I can back the microphones off a little
bit, I would say about two to three feet, and in that case it usually sounds
better in a slightly live room. I don't necessarily point the microphone
straight at the sound hole. Sometimes you want to get it up in the air a
little bit, looking down at the guitar so you can get more of the strumming
and less projection of the hole. If the guitar is a little thin-sounding,
you want to have it more in front of the body. It varies. Sometimes you have
to move your head around a little and see where it sounds best."
TCB
"Eugene B" <martinlancer@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>Any favourites?I have an AT4031 and an akg C1000 and was
>looking at a KM184.Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>Thanks. Eugene.
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| Re: Small dia. cond. mics/acoustic guitars [message #85002 is a reply to message #84973] |
Tue, 22 May 2007 15:16 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007
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I think mics are the acoustic guitars of pro audio. A good $3000 acoustic
will sound notably better than a good $2000 guitar, and that rule keeps going
on from there. The cheaper mic options are obviously better than they were
fifteen years ago before a market existed for, say, a ribbon at $1k, but
every time I use someone else's really, really nice mics instead of my merely
nice mics I wish I made a lot more money.
TCB
"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote:
>I could have bought these mics for $3500.00 from the owner before they went
>to EBay .
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>You don't know how tempted I was.......well yeah, you probably do ;o) the
>cashflow situation wasn't quite in the zone at the time.
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=25011 2257896
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>"Gene Lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
>news:465257db$1@linux...
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>> DPA 3503 is the best I've ever used. Just a tad on the expensive side.
>> DPA
>> 4003 is also excellent. Earthworks SR30, Josephson c42MP, Gefell M270,
>> Schoeps
>> CMC 62 H, Sennheiser MKH800, Sanken Microphones CO-100k.
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>> lower cost SDs that works well include the Beyer MC930 and the Km84.
>>
>> Gene
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>> "Eugene B" <martinlancer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Any favourites?I have an AT4031 and an akg C1000 and was
>>>looking at a KM184.Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>>Thanks. Eugene.
>>
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