Maybe this belongs in the microphone forum..
I recently reformatted my macbook and hauled out my rack case to make sure all the gear connected to Logic properly and then realized "wow. I haven't even recorded on this thing in 2 years."
With that realization, I'm on a mission to cull the thousands of dollars I have in equipment and sell it off to buy into a simpler setup (I'm thinking Apogee Duet with 2-3 mics).
Anyways, I want to decide which of the microphones I own I should keep. Seeing as I don't record much anymore I don't know my mics very well so the next logical step would be an extensive testing of each one on different sources so I can judge the quality of mics as well as post them so other people can benefit.
So. any tips on what and how to record? I imagine I'll use each mic to record a variety of different sources (male vocals, female vocals, acoustic guitar, amps, piano, cello). Any suggestions on how best to proceed? Also, is there a good place to upload the result mic tests so everyone can take a listen? I'm surprised there isn't some sort of user-contributed mic shootout repository yet. (All you web guy out there, get on it!)
I recently reformatted my macbook and hauled out my rack case to make sure all the gear connected to Logic properly and then realized "wow. I haven't even recorded on this thing in 2 years."
With that realization, I'm on a mission to cull the thousands of dollars I have in equipment and sell it off to buy into a simpler setup (I'm thinking Apogee Duet with 2-3 mics).
Anyways, I want to decide which of the microphones I own I should keep. Seeing as I don't record much anymore I don't know my mics very well so the next logical step would be an extensive testing of each one on different sources so I can judge the quality of mics as well as post them so other people can benefit.
So. any tips on what and how to record? I imagine I'll use each mic to record a variety of different sources (male vocals, female vocals, acoustic guitar, amps, piano, cello). Any suggestions on how best to proceed? Also, is there a good place to upload the result mic tests so everyone can take a listen? I'm surprised there isn't some sort of user-contributed mic shootout repository yet. (All you web guy out there, get on it!)