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Published on 02/23/12 at 22:12The Neumann U 47 fet is a electret condenser microphone that is great for kick drums. It has a half caridiod polar pick up pattern and has an XLR cable connected to it. It can be used in a live setting or when recording, it will reach its full potential when being recorded though.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had the Neumann U 47 for about four years and while I don't use it all the time, it has a lot of uses that come in handy for a lot of different things. This microphone is really designed for use in conferences and things like that so you can pick up the entire room, and I have to say that when you place this on the floor or on a table within a room it will definitely do a good job of picking up everything that is going on around it. For this reason I have used it during live shows and have found that if you place it on the stage it does a pretty good job of picking up the vibrations. I have also used it in the studio and works in many occasions as a room microphone or even if you place it within a kick drum or something like that. While this microphone isn't the most versatile in terms of traditional audio recording, it does have a lot of uses, many of which aren't best suited for recording music. While I haven't used it for this, I'm sure that it would do a pretty good job even as a broadcast microphone or simply for picking up conversations or something like a book on tape or something. It has built in EQ that I would imagine is boosted at around 5 KHz to add clarity to the human voice even though its not made for voice.
OVERALL OPINION
I've had the Neumann U 47 for about four years and while I don't use it all the time, it has a lot of uses that come in handy for a lot of different things. This microphone is really designed for use in conferences and things like that so you can pick up the entire room, and I have to say that when you place this on the floor or on a table within a room it will definitely do a good job of picking up everything that is going on around it. For this reason I have used it during live shows and have found that if you place it on the stage it does a pretty good job of picking up the vibrations. I have also used it in the studio and works in many occasions as a room microphone or even if you place it within a kick drum or something like that. While this microphone isn't the most versatile in terms of traditional audio recording, it does have a lot of uses, many of which aren't best suited for recording music. While I haven't used it for this, I'm sure that it would do a pretty good job even as a broadcast microphone or simply for picking up conversations or something like a book on tape or something. It has built in EQ that I would imagine is boosted at around 5 KHz to add clarity to the human voice even though its not made for voice.