Recent content by Han

I as reading a closed thread, Miroslav got me back to HR. A closed thread about analog and digital. I've been reading this kind of debates for more than ten years now and I'm done. I am a studio owner and an audiofiel, moderator on a hi fi forum and I know all about it. We did a number of ABX...

I think I remember there's been a thread about a V77 that suffered from hum, but I can't find anything with the search function. Now my V77 suffers from a little hum. What can it be, the caps inside the mic, or in the PSU? Anybody? Thanks .

Micing an upright bass is difficult, I’ve been recording many acoustic (jazz)bands and the upright can be a pain in the ass. I do have a 12 m2 vocal booth and if you can manage the bassplayer to play separated from the rest of the band, all you have to do is put a nice mic with a wide cardioid...

After recording for some twenty five years with all kind of bands, orchestras, choirs and whatever, I finally had to record a kind of ancient music band with bagpipes. The band has two guitarists (acoustic), an upright bass, violin, an instrument what we call 'hakkebord' in Holland which is a...

Well, I was recording a jazz band the last two days and I needed the pair of AKG C451's for the grand piano. I found out that the combination of PZM's, taped to the lid and the C451's, positioned as a DIN pair halfway at the end of the strings, gives me a warm and deep piano sound with a nice...

I was mixing a bluesband and the drummer wasn't very consistent, but I wasn't liking the Behringer Composer C/L on kick and snare, nor was the DBX any good, or the Alesis 3630, or a number of other C/L's. So I plugged an old Alesis Microlimiter in and there it was, a very tight kick and an...

Holy Christ on a sofa, I was having a discussion with a Dutch guy who sells vintage microphones and he has a Telefunken U47 in mint condition, with a spare VF14 tube for sale on a Dutch site, kind of an ebay site. He got an email from a guy who thought he could buy this baby for less than $200...

Got an email today about a new virus that will destroy your harddisk and you will lose all content. You will receive an email that says: " WELCOME TO THE MATRIX.PPS" Don't open this email, delete it. If you open it you'll get 10 seconds of animation, followed by: "YOU'RE HARDDRIVE IS OVER"...

Today an older guy visited my place in order to demonstrate the mics he's making. What's he doing? He buys a couple of SP B1's, or MXL 990, or the CAD GLX, takes out all the electronics and replace it by tube electronics and a minimal of components. There's only one or two small tubes inside...

May be, I'm an analog dude who uses Adition in 32/96 for mixdown. Can some computer dude tell me if there's a key command to reset the overload redish lights on the end of the meter? Clicking with the mouse makes me unhappy. Please excuse me for my ignorance.

I'm one happy guy, there was a Beyer M260 on a Dutch site called Marketplace, kind of Ebay thing. Today I went to the north of Holland, near the Northsea and this guy had a M260 in mint condition for only €100. I've got two of these babies now which I can recommend to you guys. Peace, Han

Thank you guys for allowing me to rant on these great forums. This is my post number 1000 and maybe there's a couple more to come. I've made a couple of friends here and I sincerely hope not too many enemies. :D Thanks again for being such a great bunch of people! Sorry this has nothing to...

Hi all Got a booklet from a gearpimp today, offering new CAD mics for low prices. The GXL1200 small diaphragm true condenser for 40 euro The GXL2200 Large D C (it looks like a LDC) for 50 euro The GXL2400 also a LDC? for 60 euro The mics look pretty good, does anybody have experience with one...

Here's the story, a couple of years ago I was working with a female singer, a friend of me came in and tells her he has written a song which she probably will like and if she does, she may use the song for the CD she's working on. So they talk half an hour about the song and rehearse a couple...

For the newbies who wanna know more about the working of a mic, here's an interesting website: http://www.coutant.org/elements.html Comes from this website: http://www.coutant.org/1.html