Search results

looking! :D I wandered in there today while waiting for my wife. They had these on sale for $15, and I just couldn't help be impressed by the looks/price ratio. I'm sure its sound is less than impressive, but I like the design.

and I decided I'd use my 1000th post here to show its progress (or lack thereof) so far. I thought I'd try to use a large diaphragm (in this case about 4 inches diameter) tuned subsonically, and try to pull off different harmonic content from different portions of the diaphragm, then mix them...

Anyone have/used both these mics head to head or A/B? They seem very similar, with the CAD having 20dB instead of 10 dB pad, and being a little more expensive. Does one fit a particular application more than the other? Vocals, acoustic instruments, acoustic group such as bluegrass? Thanks.

that I went out and bought some weedeater line and strung up a bass with it. They sound like gut strings, though the E lacks some mass for a full tone. Gauges are .155, .130, .105 and .095. Takes a few days for them to stretch out. They don't take a bow too well, but maybe after getting them...

Anyone with experience recording this? I'm learning to play, and would like to know the optimal type of mic and placement. I'm trying a SDC 6 inches or so off the upper face of the mid saw, which is where I expect the max volume but not possibly the sweetest tone. I know I'm going to have to...

I have a Sho-Bud single neck cable-pull student model. When I record direct (or mic'd, I presume), the pickup is transmitting some mechanical noise (sort of grinding in quality) of foot pedal depression into the output signal. 1) Is this a common problem? 2) What can I do to get rid of or at...

Here's another mic I've got apart. The FET is marked K170 GR 1K - I'm hoping it's a 2SK170 GR. The two orange yellow resistors R8 and R9 are are marked 1KM which I assume is 1 gigohm. I'm going to put one of the Oktava LDC capsules onto this board in its housing to see what she sounds like.

Although I'd heard that the mics had identical electronics, I had to find out for myself. I didn't trace the circuits completely, but the resistors, electrolytic caps and FET have the same values and the same connections in the first part of circuit. Some of the small caps have no markings -...

I'm looking for a mic pre and soundcard to get the most pristine, unaltered sound for voice or accoustic instrument into the computer, in the $1500 or less range. Single channel. So far I've come up with the Lynx L22 card and the John Hardy M1 pre. I've no experience with higher end gear. Does...

We thought maybe you'd dropped off the face of the earth. Glad you're still around. Thanks for making a sticky pointing to the HR FAQ (even though the link doesn't appear to work this morning.) Maybe the site's down for renovation?

If I were to record an old time/bluegrass band in a living room, I thought of doing it in the round with two MK 319's set facing away from each other a foot or two apart. I'd put the bass at one relative low level position from the two cardioid patterns, as the bass frequencies are picked up...

Sorry if this has been covered - I couldn't find the answer in a cursory search. I'm going to upgrade my soundcard. I only need 2 ins and outs. My only concern (besides price of course) is to get the signal in and out with as little change/artifact as possible. I'm looking at Lynx 1 and Lynx...

This is the most telling thing I've read in a long time. I'm not casting any personal aspersions - it's just the way the system works. If a reviewer doesn't like a piece of equipment, he politely declines to review it. If he were to write a bad review he wouldn't get anymore equipment to...

Saw this ad at MF: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=030925112706012083077200909050/g=live/search/detail/base_id/109683 Anybody know or heard anything about it? Is it any different than most of the other Chinese LDC's out there? Can't find it on MXL website. Maybe it's a V67 with pad and...

Well, let's find out. It would be nice if the respondents here actually had used the C1, not just basing decisions on second hand experiences and rumor like so much of the information posted here.

Can't figure it out.

I notice the inside of the cardioid capsules have small colored dots or symbols painted on the clear plastic with nail polish or similar. Does anyone know what these represent. The four I have are all different.

It's been a great marketing strategy - bashing the product and then having defenders come to the rescue. I'll bet SP B1 sales have gone up since the bad quality control thread appeared. It's like going to a Christian board and posting "God has poor quality control - he's made these defective...

I posted this in a thread in the mic forum a while back, but didn't get any response. Has anybody noticed any difference in sound from a dynamic mic thru any of the Meek "cs" equipment versus thru other preamps? The following is from the Joemeek brochure touting the "current sensing" preamp...

Traditional/folk This is an old English poem that apparently already had music to it - possibly done by Joan Baez - though I didn't realize it when I wrote my own. Any criticism welcome - music, performance, arrangement, recording, mixing, etc. No comment is too harsh or cruel :)...