Will Naiants be a pain in the ass?

[wallystripes]

Ive been getting some equipment and experimenting for a while, and now I am looking for a pair of SDC to record drums and acoustic guitar as well. Im on a budget, while rode nt5, shure sm81 and oktava mk012 look really nice they are out of my range at the moment.

I was looking at NAIANTs X-O and lots of people seem to love them, they are great priced, etc.

Since they are omnis they are supposed to accentuate any room sound and I am planning to build some gobos in order to tame my not so great sounding room.

Will these mics be a pain in the ass if my room is not FULLY treated? Im am planning to build 2 double gobos (2 oc 703 attached together) and 2 corner bass traps

[moresound]

They are great microphones! And if you think they are going to be a bit wild ... They do sell a few non-omni microphones.

[wallystripes]

I actually like the fact that they are omnis, but Im afraid they could accentuate my room issues. I mean, I AM going to treat my room, but some guy said they will still sound bad if my room is not completely covered with fiberglass

[bouldersoundguy]

they will still sound bad if my room is not completely covered with fiberglass

A gross oversimplification. As overheads they will be fairly far from the sources and so bleed will be a bigger problem than when close micing. Your room will definitely matter but it's not just a matter of completely covering it with fiberglass. You should identify specific problems and treat the most serious ones first. That probably means bass traps of some sort.

[wallystripes]

You should identify specific problems and treat the most serious ones first. That probably means bass traps of some sort.

And how do I go about that? I am a total noob as far as acoustic treatment goes, Ive been reading Ethan's stuff and I understand main problems are bass in corners of rooms, comb filtering caused by reflections on paralell surfaces and flutter echo. I just dont know how to identify these in my room.

Also, at this moment im not able to place permanent treatment, thats why I was going for gobos. The fact that they are moveable makes them ideal for me

[chrisghost]

Will these mics be a pain in the ass

Don't think so, but whatever you do, don't mention USB microphones.

[moresound]

Will Naiants be a pain in the ass?

Depends on how fast you sit down!

[moresound]

Sorry Wally. I had resisted all morning but the temptation was just to much for me.

[guitaristic]

As a side question....how high are your ceilings and how high will you have the OHs? Just wondering That's my biggest peeve when using omni's as OHs...that awkward "ceiling reflection" I get sometimes.

[kip4]

the bleed shouldnt be such a problem. Because it's omni you can close mic and eliminate a lot of room noise. The good thing is because its omni you shouldnt get the proximity effect that other polar patterns will. At those prices personally i think you will always find a use for it once you have played with the mic and found its strengths and weaknesses. I have the x-s and i love it just my two pence.