a question about the ECM8000

[lucid]

when it says that it is a measurment microphone what doe sthis mean?

what is a real time analyser? all reviews say it can be used with any real time analyser. sometimes i get the picture that this isn't actually a mic

 

[vulcanofga]

The 8000 was built to be a callibration mic.It is used with a frequency analizing machine.The best mic for this type of application is a mic with "flat" response.It can be used to check frequencies in a room or outside envirnment.It makes a good recording mic because of it's flat response and omni pickup pattern.I have just bought a pair,and I love them as drum overheads.

 

[Garak]

A Real time analyser(RTA) is a thing that shows a graph of freq to level and usually is 31 bands. Hook a measument mic up to one and play pink noise threw a PA and you can flatten the system out by using a 31 band eq. Pink noise is just noise that has a flat freq response so when you look at the RTA you should see a flat line accross all the levels if the system is flat to the room its in. If not you can use a 31 eq to correct the freq reponse. If the RTA shows on a peak of 6db at 1khz you use you eq to do a 6db cut at 1khz.

 

[lucid]

thank you so much guys...

alright, since i have heard a lot that these mics are good for drum overheads, would they be good for recording acoustic guitars? a cello? micing teqniques for these? x-y yeah?

thanks

 

[Harvey Gerst]

lucid,

yes, they would (or should) work very well for acoustic guitar or cello. I would think you would be happier with a wider spacing if you record in stereo, something like ORTF or NOS, or wider. If the guitar or cello is going to be used with other instruments, I would probably record it in mono, using just one mic.

 

[lucid]

thank you for the help...

well, my friends want to record some demo stuff here, with guitar, bass and cello. sicne it is very ambient space rock i was thinking of using an sm57 up close on the guitar amp, and maybe one of the ecm8000's a little further away to capture the feel of the amp, and to fatten up the sound a bit? would this mic work well for this? i was originally thinking of maybe using a larger diamphramed condensor for this but money is hard to come by...

ok, so i should only use one ecm8000 for the cello?

bass i was thinking of plugging straight into the mixer because we tried this b4 and it sounds quite nice.

maybe use a third ecm8000 to capture the natural reverb in the room?

thank you for all the help...