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Topic: Up -date on recording mic |
gary darr
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Somewhere out in Texas
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Posted 5 Jun 2001 7:58 pm |
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This is a up date from a post I did back in Feb. I was looking for a for a good mic to record vocals acoustic guitar ect. and not break the bank.I took Dan Tyack's advice on a Pacific Pro audio L-D 1 Large diaphram condenser mic, and a Pre Sonus Blue tube pre-amp.The folks over at Pacific were great and most helpfull. The reason this up date is so belated is that a few days before my mic was to arrive, my tascam decided to smoke a drive motor and IC chip, sooooo I've had to wait awhile longer to try out my new toy. But it was worth the wait, I put it through the usuall sound checks or test but I was really floored was when I tried it about 12 inches from my session 500, I've have never been able to capture the true sound (To my ear)on tape from my amp untill now. I still have a lot of tinkering to do with this mic and pre amp but I think it will be a great asset to my project studio, again I would like to thank Dan and all that have responded to my post and make this forum a great place to come and share experiences.
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Dan Tyack
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Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2001 8:16 am
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Thanks Gary, that is a killer mike, although I have never tried it on the steel. I will need to do that (I usually use an SM57 type mike for the electric instruments, and use the condensor on acoustics and vocals).
I just used a new mike for me on a session: a Royer ribbon mike, which gave me some of the best sound I have ever heard for clean steel. It has a really smooth, warm high end, which some folks might not like, but it really works for what I like to hear.
The bad news, it's about $800, about 6 times what that Pacific Pro Audio mike runs.....
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 6 Jun 2001 7:41 pm
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We made a couple of hand fixtures for crinkling the ribbon for Royer labs. It's a super thin strip of aluminum about 1/4 inch wide and is corrigated, or crinkled so it will flex during use. We used super precision matched gears to do the crinkle and even with that they may discard 50 pcs to get that one perfect ribbon.
I was hoping to get a free sample of a mike, but no deal. Not sure I could even get much of a deal if I bought one. Good mics tho. |
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John Macy
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Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 8 Jun 2001 8:59 am
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Yeah, Dan--the Royer! I have a couple of the Royer 121's and they are incredible. I have never tried the Pacific Pro. About a year ago I added an old Sony C37A tube mic to my collection, and now it gets first call over the Royer, if you can believe that (more bad news--well over twice the price of the Royer  ). I have always found the Sennheiser 421 to get a pretty acceptable sound from the steel, though the 57 always amazes me for the price. Of course, I have a tube U47 that's pretty much the holy grail for acceptable tone... |
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