Recent content by Tomcat

Does anyone know anything about the Beyer M260 and M500 mics? I'm thinking about a ribbon mic for vocals and these seem like they might fit the bill and are also the only ribbon mics that I've found so far that are even close to my price range. Any additional information about ribbon mics for...

I don't have much experience at all this so I'm wondering if I would get a better recording if I went from a DMP3 to a VTB-1 for vocal recording. I'm presently feeding my SP TB-1 tube mic into a DMP3 into an RNC into a Korg D1600 DRS. I have my Trinity and Pa80 keyboards going directly into the...

Last tuesday I went to Portland (Or) to Brownell Sound (thanks Kid Klash for turning me on to them) and got myself a Studio Projects TB-1 tube mic. I LOVE IT! It is warm, clear, smooth and all around great sounding mic. It will now replace my Shure KSM27 for all (or at least most) of my vocal...

What's the general opinion about the Shure KSM-27 mic? Is it worth having or not? Also, what is the best orientation to use it (or any large capsule condensor mic); a) vertical and under the chin singing slightly over it, b) vertical and upside down at about forehead height and singing slightly...