Also if you have experience with either this Nakamichi family of mics or the AKG D120E please let me know.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry
I'm not sure what the retail price on this is, but a mighty fine USB mic comes with Rock Band for the 360. If you already have rock band, it's free . I've gotten pretty damn fine quality out of it, actually. You have to be directly in front of it to have it pick up, so it doesn't pick up a ton of background noise from my experience. (I have the singer between it and the wall.) Also, for a very low budget pop filter, you can get a small foam ball, (They're like a dollar at walmart) rip it open, and place it on the mic. I'll get pics of my setup when I can, I misplaced my camera.
I'm not sure what the retail price on this is, but a mighty fine USB mic comes with Rock Band for the 360. If you already have rock band, it's free . I've gotten pretty damn fine quality out of it, actually. You have to be directly in front of it to have it pick up, so it doesn't pick up a ton of background noise from my experience. (I have the singer between it and the wall.) Also, for a very low budget pop filter, you can get a small foam ball, (They're like a dollar at walmart) rip it open, and place it on the mic. I'll get pics of my setup when I can, I misplaced my camera.
I have a pair of those AKG D120Es, except mine need new foam windscreen inserts as the foam of the old ones has disintigrated with age. Pretty sure these were low-endish mics on the AKG spectrum, intended for "general" use (PA, speech, performance, etc.). Still, it's another flavour to have in the collection. It's been a long time since I plugged them in, but from memory I think they were fairly clear sounding, but not really in a harsh way, and with decent detail for the price-range. Not big on the low end though I think. Kinda "European" sounding if you will, though not as much a high-end kind of sound as you'd get from, say, a 421. Decent bang for the buck mics and no doubt will have certain applications/situations that will suit them nicely.
You can get an old datasheet scan here: http://pl.wikizic.org/AKG-D120-E/gallery-1.htm
Unfortunately I've never come across a higher resolution or more comprehensive datasheet for these than the one above.
Looks like MF is really trying to dump a lot of mics. The stupid deal is the MXL V63M.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid
Was there some mod info around on this mic?
THIS is what homerecording USED to be all about! Hell yea, dude - more power to you! I wanna see pics and hear clips!
Just scored a 1070D for $0.99 plus shipping on ebay
Looks to be in good condition, untested though, hope its operational.
Only have a SM58 to play with at the moment.
Item number: 280286350672
Thanks for the tips.
DD
The Nakamichi CM300 and the Teac/Tascam clones were all made by Primo, who marketed them under the Primo name as well.
Well... today only (11-23-08) the CAD GXL 3000 is $60 as a stupid deal at MF... that's mighty close to $50.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid
P. Glaser,
On the clearance page for this mic with the specs and reviews they are advertising free shipping with the FREE49 discount code.
That makes this a brand new LDC for one penny under $50. Good find.
I thought I saw a FREE29 shipping code this morning! It's tempting but I have several cheap mics now. I'm waiting for a few new ones over at the group buy thread. Any thoughts on modding this one (in addition to the coupling cap)? Thanks.P. Glaser,
On the clearance page for this mic with the specs and reviews they are advertising free shipping with the FREE49 discount code.
Hairy Larry