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I just bought one of these puppies for cheap on ebay. It is handheld, with a 3 position bass rolloff, which leads me to believe that it was intended for studio as well as live use. I don't have it in my possession yet, hell, I don't even know if it's a low-Z mic. Well I like singing into AKG...

GC's latest flyer is advertising "factory matched" pairs of MC012's with all three capsules in the $350 range. Anybody got the inside track on this? Real or bogus? and- who's doing the matching? Anybody got any of the down and dirty?-Richie

I was tracking drums this weekend, and decided to use my DMP3 as a pre for a talkback mic. I decided I wanted to hear the drummer's mix, so I took a TRS cable from the headphone jack of my 1824CD and patched it the stereo in of a Rolls RA62 HA headphone amp. The talkback mic went to the DMP3...

Well, as the pace of the overdubs slows down a little, I'm finding ways to use my toys better. For quite a while, I've had a PXR4 Pandora that follows me around when I travel. If I have a solid body and some cans with me, it's a practice amp that records, a tuner. Small enough that it is there...

I'm working with a VS1824CD and I'm afraid I don't get it. I can bring up the correct parameter fields to adjust the relative pan of 2 inputs to the mixer bus, but there is no change in the relative pan in the output to the monitors, or on the mastering tracks, when they are recorded. I've tried...

While waiting for overdubs to be complete, I've been working on a second project, a ministudio designed to fit in a medium sized road ready case. It should be good for remote spaced stereo recording, and for overdubbed one-track-at-a-time close micing. I resolved that you have to be able to...

This is something I've been thinking about for a while, but I really don't know. It seems to me that design teams have preferences about what they want to hear, particularly with vocal mics. It seems like my voice sounds good through a wide selection of AKG mics, from cheap dynamics (D690...

Well, it's been alledged on this board that Avalon has great customer service. I have to say- I don't think so. I've got a problem with my AD2022, and I've been trying to get a return authorization code from them for 2 days. They don't accept email, their fax machine doesn't work, they don't...

Oh my! I think this puppy's going in for repair, but I thought I'd ask if this problem rings a bell with any of the gear heads out there. I have a problem with the left channel only. When the gain is brought up, the channel begins to snap, crackle, and pop. This indicates as input, the input...

Well, I'm not connected with SP in any way, except being a generally satisfied customer. But this really is impressive. I had a problem with the shock mounts on my new C-4's being a little loose, and I emailed Justin Hyatt about it, and I did post up a limited review on the mics. Well, I also...

Well we spent this weekend tracking vocal overdubs. I flew in the 2 ladies from San Diego and Boulder, CO. I started Saturday morning with a mini- mic/pre shootout. Now I had read that often mics and pres used for voiceovers and backing vocals are not the same as for lead vocals, but I think I...

First, let me say that I am relatively inexperienced as a tracking engineer, and I am techno-challenged, so you'll have to wait for some real gearheads for technobabble about silky high ends and presence, etc. I can only compare the C-4's to the mics I'm used to using. My first pass was done...

I just got my new C4's, and the capsules aren't marked. The manual shows the capsules with the holes in the side marked as cardioid and the ones with no holes marked as omni. I'm assuming that's right, but I'm uneducated enough to think it would be the other way around. I haven't got impressions...

I'm selling a matched pair of MC012's from The Sound Room. I have the matched cardioid capsules and one omni capsule, also from The Sound Room, no hypercardioid capsules. I have the output printout from the omni capsule, so If you want, for $65, Taylor Johnson can match it up. Of course, the...

Got 2 issues here. First, I used to have a list of the amps and cabs modeled by POD Pro, which is basically POD 2.0, so I could reference the POD designation to the amp being modeled, including the ones accessed by the tap button, but I'm damned if I can find it. Line6 support hasn't been very...

Do any of you (rich SOB's) own one of these units? Obviously, the price point proclaims these to be badass pres, but amidst the Avalon, Great River, and Neve crowd on this board, I have not heard too much about these units. Anything that supports the outrageous price point of these puppys?-Richie

Well, Chess, as you know, I was thinking about parting with my DBX386, but you made a comment about keeping it as an A-D converter, and it started me thinking. It's a good clean pre with an excellent A-D converter, but my problem was getting enough clean gain out of it to bypass the pres in my...

Well, I considered Davisound TB-10 and Toft ATC-2, but neither firm could ship in time for me to get the tracking done on schedule. We plan to start overdubs in about a week, with most of it being done in March through June. I needed a preamp now, so we broke the bank and bought an Avalon...

I've emailed these guys and will probably get some answers, but time is an issue. I've read the press releases on this dual channel strip but can't find info on availability and shipping. I also can't find out- Are they class A or A/B preamps? How many decibels of gain? how are signal to noise...

Here's a question that's been nagging me. Can somebody please define a "wired" mike? Is that like the opposite of "wireless"?-Richie