Recent content by John Willett

See HERE for an authoratitive revierw. :thumbs up:

Then I suggest to pop over tio Glyndebourne and talk to the person who records all the operas there as you are close to them. They used a pair of SDC omnis - They did use Earthworks then (quite a few years ago) but the Gefell M221, Josephson C617set and Neumann KM133 are quieter nowadays.

:D You put the microphone stand as a "T" - hang the duvet over it and put it behing the speaker (person not loudspeaker). This prevents room reflections reflecting into the microphone - it works very well. :thumbs up:

Yes and no - you can work very well at home with a mic. like the M 930 (or U87, TLM 102/3, etc.) and a duvet hung over a mic. stand.

Where in the UK (aprox.)? I may know someone who could help personally.

This is the third forum I have seen this exact same question posted ????? High quality and affordable and around your budget - the Gefell M 930. More expensive - the Neumann U 87 The MKH 416 is a gun mic. and best used for dialogue replasement when the original was also recorded with a 416 -...

A friend of mine used to do all the recording at Glyndebourne - he used a pair of omnis, widely spaced, slung below the lighting bar over the audience. So an excellent pair of inexpensive omnis would be the Line Audio OM1 (anything better costs a lot more).

This poll is meaningless - numbers wothout saying what they are means nothing and without more information also nothing.

The ME 66 is NOT a hyper-cardioid - it is an interference tube microphone - a gun microphone. The capsule itself is super-cardioid and the interference tube on the front makes it more directional as frequency increases. As such, it is good for picking up sound and keeping the mic. out of shot...

When buying a mic. think things through fully, as a cheap mic. can end up being expensive in the long run. First you need a decent interface to the computer - the Focusrite Scarlett range are good value for money here and have 48V phantom power included. When it comes to the mic. itself, I...

NB: The Samplitude offer of £1,000 worth of software for £149.99 runs until tomorrow (28th Jan.) - a superb package for a pocket money price. :thumbs up:

Actually he wasn't. He wanted to rip CD tracks, add fades etc. and burn to CD. Samplitude can do this - you can import CD tracks, you can do custom fades and you can burn a CD drirect from the program. As well as doing loads of other things, of course. And - Samplitude have a similar offer...

At the moment Magix are doing a special promotion deal for Samplitude, Sound Forge, Spectral Layers Pro and iZotope. Normally costs over £1,000 / $1,300 and available for just £114.99 / $149.00 - this is a stupidly low price for such amazing software. You get:- 12 discs: 01)Samplitude Pro X3...

Sometimes I find that when things don't work, just doing a re-boot will fix it.

Don't agree.... A "cough" button would be better than a PTT switch. And - a good headmic. should be positioned to the side of the mouth and would avois nose blasts. You also get a consistant sound quality and don't get drop-outs due to head movements.