yep gorty... i looked through my sent pms and on 12-2-07 i wrote to you:I have a pair of matched MSH-1's and an AT4050. Early stages in my tracking with the AT4050 so far but on my acoustic instruments I am not impressed with the AT4050 yet. The AT4050 $600 AUD, the matched pair of MSH-1's $60 AUD.......THE WINNER SO FAR IS THE MSH-1's.
Go figure!
yep gorty... i looked through my sent pms and on 12-2-07 i wrote to you:
"well, try out a pair of the naints [sic] before you do anything else... if you have a good acoustic guitar and are in a good sounding room, small dc's can be better. i'd try those out with your stock boss pres and see if you need to really add anything. "
Correct koji. I am more than pleased with the MSH-1's. All these thumbs ups to the AT4050 must have some creedance. Like I said earlier to you koji, I think I need to try out the different positions etc of the AT4050.
Someone here posted clips recently of his acoustic with an AT4050 and it sounded damn good, I forgot who it was. I've also briefly used the AT4050 on acoustic and loved it. Maybe it's just not the right mic for your guitar?
Can't go wrong with a Naiant/good SDC though if your source/room sounds good.
Maybe because the 4050 is most known for being good at vocals, not instruments.... Try the MSH-1 on vocals and... surprise, surprise, you'll find the AT4050 better. The right mic depends on what's in front of it.
Don't forget to try out the Naiant mics on you're mandolin-I really like how they record my mando!
Reading through this post it sounds like we're talking about a single 4050 vs a pair of MSH-1s? I know your point is that both of them cost less than a single 4050, and I'm glad you like them, but this isn't even apples to oranges, it's apples to orange. On a solo acoustic track, a stereo track from a pair of mediocre mics will sound better than a mono track from a high end mic to most people.
Gorty,
What type of acoustic is it?
if I were you, Gorty, I wouldn't abandon it all together on acoustic guitar. Keep messing around with it, or maybe pair it with something else. In the end, the AT4050 is advertised as a mic that can sound good on a lot of sources, Good luck!
Err, whatever happened to matching the proper mic to the proper source? I have both the MSHs and a pair of 4050s... they both get used all the time, sound great... but just have different sources they shine on.