Bubba Spear
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I last logged into here well over a year ago.
Started off with an Electrovoice RE20 dynamic - because I liked the green colour... seriously - and it has done me well for my needs: narration & spoken word... no music. The audio interface is a cheap red thing that I can't even remember the name of (British company).
I'm an actor, not a studio person. Smell of the greasepaint etc However, someone has just yesterday given me a very old Neumann TLM 170 (not the 'R' model) microphone, simply because they thought I could use it. The only thing missing is the purple badge, but the two pins for it are still stuck in the body. It's been in a box for at least 15 years, before that in a studio. Now I know that most people get excited at the name Neumann, but not me; does nothing for me. I also have two very large, free standing acoustic baffles and that's it.
I hate twiddling knobs and switches, and anyway, don't know what they do on this mic. With my RE20, I've never even touched them, and I can record just fine. It's going to be a complete hassle unplugging everything and going through the nightmare of trying to set stuff up again. So, due to my simple needs and lack of other equipment, should I just stick with the RE20 and forget about the TLM 170? That's going to cheese somebody off if I do
I'm assuming that I speak into the side that the badge should have been on. Is that correct? Also, there's tiny black wheel, with what looks like speech bubbles cartoon characters would have words inside. Which one of those do I need for spoken word, narration etc?
Some smartypants person is also telling me that I'll also have to upgrade my audio interface thing, and if that if I'm not willing to do it myself, I could well find another parcel on my doorstep. Reminds me of those enormous multi-part hi-fi systems , when all you really needed was a single box with everything contained within. Why would I need something with a thousand plugs on the back when I only have a single microphone. Madness!
Thanks again. Apologies for sounding so negative. I'll probably get banned
Bubba
Started off with an Electrovoice RE20 dynamic - because I liked the green colour... seriously - and it has done me well for my needs: narration & spoken word... no music. The audio interface is a cheap red thing that I can't even remember the name of (British company).
I'm an actor, not a studio person. Smell of the greasepaint etc However, someone has just yesterday given me a very old Neumann TLM 170 (not the 'R' model) microphone, simply because they thought I could use it. The only thing missing is the purple badge, but the two pins for it are still stuck in the body. It's been in a box for at least 15 years, before that in a studio. Now I know that most people get excited at the name Neumann, but not me; does nothing for me. I also have two very large, free standing acoustic baffles and that's it.
I hate twiddling knobs and switches, and anyway, don't know what they do on this mic. With my RE20, I've never even touched them, and I can record just fine. It's going to be a complete hassle unplugging everything and going through the nightmare of trying to set stuff up again. So, due to my simple needs and lack of other equipment, should I just stick with the RE20 and forget about the TLM 170? That's going to cheese somebody off if I do
I'm assuming that I speak into the side that the badge should have been on. Is that correct? Also, there's tiny black wheel, with what looks like speech bubbles cartoon characters would have words inside. Which one of those do I need for spoken word, narration etc?
Some smartypants person is also telling me that I'll also have to upgrade my audio interface thing, and if that if I'm not willing to do it myself, I could well find another parcel on my doorstep. Reminds me of those enormous multi-part hi-fi systems , when all you really needed was a single box with everything contained within. Why would I need something with a thousand plugs on the back when I only have a single microphone. Madness!
Thanks again. Apologies for sounding so negative. I'll probably get banned
Bubba