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Published on 06/05/11 at 01:51mixed mic
features available everywhere.
No nonsense: this is not a static microphone.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 25 years ... live and in studio.
Very personal opinion.
This microphone works for almost everything, but beware:
there is no perfect mic. So I suggest equivalence in some cases and available at cost. Because if you break your piggy bank is yet another debate.
Battery:
snare top and bottom. It works very well in rock and roll.
On other styles, you can choose a static, richer in harmonics but watch the pressure.
In dynamic equivalence, Beta 56 (more punchy), AKG 441 (more natural), beta 57 (brightest), Sennheiser 906 (more fat)
For toms, less rich than a Sennheiser 421 or beta98 but it marchotte ...
Kick: I'm using it to imitate sounds vintage (not too serious, not too sharp)
No cymbals or charley
Perceived: on almost all live. Not very late in the studio
Brass: trumpet (effective live). Not very generous to the rest
Guitar: ideal complement to a static (or 421) on an electric guitar. Little salvage a acoustic live
Low: in addition to an RE20 or DI for the bass biting or saturation.
Agreed to prefer the Beta 57A (attention to hump to 500/600Hz). Attention is a very rock sound. Not trying to make Lara Fabian ...
To summarize: it is the best microphone in the world, if you know what you gonna do with it. Surprisingly, it is valid for almost all the microphones ... 100 to 2500 €
features available everywhere.
No nonsense: this is not a static microphone.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 25 years ... live and in studio.
Very personal opinion.
This microphone works for almost everything, but beware:
there is no perfect mic. So I suggest equivalence in some cases and available at cost. Because if you break your piggy bank is yet another debate.
Battery:
snare top and bottom. It works very well in rock and roll.
On other styles, you can choose a static, richer in harmonics but watch the pressure.
In dynamic equivalence, Beta 56 (more punchy), AKG 441 (more natural), beta 57 (brightest), Sennheiser 906 (more fat)
For toms, less rich than a Sennheiser 421 or beta98 but it marchotte ...
Kick: I'm using it to imitate sounds vintage (not too serious, not too sharp)
No cymbals or charley
Perceived: on almost all live. Not very late in the studio
Brass: trumpet (effective live). Not very generous to the rest
Guitar: ideal complement to a static (or 421) on an electric guitar. Little salvage a acoustic live
Low: in addition to an RE20 or DI for the bass biting or saturation.
Agreed to prefer the Beta 57A (attention to hump to 500/600Hz). Attention is a very rock sound. Not trying to make Lara Fabian ...
To summarize: it is the best microphone in the world, if you know what you gonna do with it. Surprisingly, it is valid for almost all the microphones ... 100 to 2500 €