TELL US about YOUR MICROPHONE

Bobby Knight · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007, 22:02 (GMT) Post subject:

Hello All,

I'm fairly new here, and the forums have been a big help as I upgrade my set-up..

I was at a local store here in Nashville, and "test drove" a mike that really impressed me; The ADK Hamburg edition..for $299 I found it gave the Rode NT100 a run for it's money Very Happy

Jeff Matzka · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007, 21:39 (GMT) Post subject: Mics

Rode NT-1 for me. I'd like to try some of the other Rode's someday, to see if it's worth moving up - but I'm very happy with it. I actually like the sound of it alot better than the Neumann U87's I've used. I'm not dissin' the U87, mind you. It's a great mic. I just like the Rode better. And the pricetag doesn't hurt either. I bought mine in '99 for $199. That makes me smile. Cool

Barry Carl · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007, 17:03 (GMT) Post subject:

I think that whatever mic gives you the results that you're happy with is a great mic. I'm a mic tweak, and I've been fortunate enough to work in studios with great mic collections, so I have had a chance to try just about everything out there, including alot of rare vintage mics. Evaluating mics is so subjective, and different mics will make a voice sound very different, as will the electronics behind them. In my own studio, I have a U87 & 147, Sennheiser 416, Shure KSM32, KSM 44, SM7A, ADK Hamburg, CAD E-300, EV RE16 (first mic I ever owned). The SM7A makes me sound awful, but it's great for higher voices, as is the CAD. A quality tube preamp/compressor completely changes the character of whatever mic I put in front of it. The ADK Hamburg, for instance, which is a good mic for the money, sounds much more 'expensive' when I run it through my Drawmer 1960.

Colin Campbell · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007, 17:23 (GMT) Post subject:

Curious what your take is on the Shure KSM's.

Barry Carl · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007, 18:15 (GMT) Post subject:

I like the KSM's more for singing than for vo work. The 32 is a medium diaphragm mic and the 44 is a large diaphragm, and I think the 44 has more 'air' than the 32. I find the 32 a little lean-sounding and the 44 sometimes a bit too 'plummy' on my voice, which can have an uncontrollable low end on the wrong mic and simply be too boomy sounding on others. I don't find either one to be harsh - sometimes they are almost too smooth sounding - with a slightly recessed midrage and lower mids, an area where I like to hear detail.

Mark Rucker · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007, 03:07 (GMT) Post subject: Fear of roaring laughter

Okay so I am new to this and I have a Rode Podcaster. I almost hear the laughter through the internet as I type that. Is that a bad mic? Somebody throw me a bone here.