I'm not certain that you're even reading the same thread that I am.
Where did the guy say he wasn't happy? And no, I'm not trying to mess with you or ask leading questions. I'm trying to get back to reality, here. I didn't read the part that you read about being uhappy. You made that inference / assumption.
Seriously, let's break this down.
"It sounds Ok through my mixer"
Now I suppose "Ok" can be interperated one of two ways, depending on whether you feel the glass is half empty or full. But again, let's be realistic here. He's got an old mic. He's probably not very experienced in the arts or recording, hence his question. Frankly, I'd be really surprized if it sounded "stupendous," so I'll accept "Ok." I guess I just don't see that as a bad thing ... a rare occasion for me to see the positive in a given situation, being the grumpy bastard that I am.
"but it needs a lot of gain and gets a little noisy."
Alright. Let's break this down a little more. He has an old ribbon, and he's saying it needs a lot of gain. Now I'm not trying to talk down on you or anything, so I'm going to assume you've used ribbons before, and that you probably are aware of the fact that, for an old ribbon mic to need a lot of gain .... again isn't an unsual situation.
Going further, he says that it gets "a little" noisy. Again, I'm not flipping out here, just yet. Old ribbon. Needs lots of gain. Gets "a little" noisy. yea, go on.
In fact, it if gets just a "little" noisey, I'd say we're actually doing pretty good. "A little," at least to me, means not much. And in his situation, not much is actually a pretty good thing. So in review ... we've gone from an "okay" situation to a pretty good situation. Which is good. Again, I'm just reading what he's saying. Had he instead said:
"This old mic sounds like a God Awful, ugly mess through my mixer," ... I may have responded differently.
I feel like i'm not getting the most from it.
Alright. So you don't "feel" like you're getting the most from it. Now to me, "feelings" tend to fall under the same category as things like suspicions or inclinations ... to wild guesses and speculations. Feelings just don't provide enough "meat" for me to base a solid conclusion on that something isn't working.
Whether or not you like how I say things ... it was a positive post (as the majority of mine tend to be, if you read them), affirming the equipment he already has. And it was constructive in the sense that I might have saved him some money that could be better spent if he put it away in to his 401K or bought some extra beer or something.
I also have a suspicion that you've never heard anything I've worked on in the last 5 years (or ever). But because you don't like the way I've come accross ... you've made the leap / assumption that my work sucks.
And judging from the kind of leaps you've made in this thread ... there may be just a bit of the 'ol "Pot calling the kettle black" going on here with what I see as some
big-time negativitiy with your own comments.
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