Hello,
I currently own a small membrane condenser microphone called the Samson Go Mic (which is a USB device), but I'm not entirely thrilled with the results. I find that it easily gets overwhelmed by the high notes on the ocarinas that I play.
It might have some to do with the recording environment and some to do with my (lack of) mixing skills, but anyway. Here is a sample of the Samson Go Mic: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7364795/samson_gomic.m4a
It's attached to the lid of a late 2013 MBPR (USB 3.0). The gain is set to -5dB in Garageband and the pattern on the microphone is cardiod. The angle of the microphone is about 45 degrees downwards, with me sitting in front of the computer. The first recording is perhaps 40 cm (1.5 feet) away, whereas the second one is 5-10 cm away (above) (about 2-4 inches). The third and fourth recordings are the same but with a USB 2.0 hub between the microphone and the 3.0 port. Unfortunately a vacuum cleaner went on in the background during the fourth recording, but it's hard to tell a difference by using the hub anyway. The reverb is set to about 3/4 in all recordings. The room is approximately 15-20 square meters, and perhaps 2.5 meters high. The room does not have a lot of fabric (no curtains or carpets, for instance) but it is a bedroom so there is a bed and some other furniture to cancel out any echoes.
I want a less noisy, warmer and more present sound, and I'm not sure if it is the microphone or if it is me. I asked a large european retailer (Thomann in Germany) what they would recommend if I were to buy a new microphone, and they recommended either the Shure SM57LC (a dynamic microphone) or an AKG C1000s (another small membrane condenser) together with an M-audio M-track to connect the microphone to the computer.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated.
I currently own a small membrane condenser microphone called the Samson Go Mic (which is a USB device), but I'm not entirely thrilled with the results. I find that it easily gets overwhelmed by the high notes on the ocarinas that I play.
It might have some to do with the recording environment and some to do with my (lack of) mixing skills, but anyway. Here is a sample of the Samson Go Mic: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7364795/samson_gomic.m4a
It's attached to the lid of a late 2013 MBPR (USB 3.0). The gain is set to -5dB in Garageband and the pattern on the microphone is cardiod. The angle of the microphone is about 45 degrees downwards, with me sitting in front of the computer. The first recording is perhaps 40 cm (1.5 feet) away, whereas the second one is 5-10 cm away (above) (about 2-4 inches). The third and fourth recordings are the same but with a USB 2.0 hub between the microphone and the 3.0 port. Unfortunately a vacuum cleaner went on in the background during the fourth recording, but it's hard to tell a difference by using the hub anyway. The reverb is set to about 3/4 in all recordings. The room is approximately 15-20 square meters, and perhaps 2.5 meters high. The room does not have a lot of fabric (no curtains or carpets, for instance) but it is a bedroom so there is a bed and some other furniture to cancel out any echoes.
I want a less noisy, warmer and more present sound, and I'm not sure if it is the microphone or if it is me. I asked a large european retailer (Thomann in Germany) what they would recommend if I were to buy a new microphone, and they recommended either the Shure SM57LC (a dynamic microphone) or an AKG C1000s (another small membrane condenser) together with an M-audio M-track to connect the microphone to the computer.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated.