Middleman
Professional Amateur
and that mod would be?
Acoustic Guitar Recording Stereo ... Oktava mk012's or Marshall MXL 603's?
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trashy
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Is the 991 really just a relabelled version of the 603? Does anyone have info that comes from mxl (as opposed to GC or MF) as to the truth of this?
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DJL
Self Banned
I don't know... and I'd take that statement with a grain of salt until his statement has been proven.trashy said:
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DJL
Self Banned
Issues?H2oskiphil said:No flame thrower lit over here...this thread is devoid of anything but good info. If all the threads you and I participated in were like this one, we'd have no issues.
Besides, I'm too busy to mess with you this weekend...I've got a CD to finish that we wanted to release in February...we're running a little behind, but everything is finally tracked. Now it's all up to me...
Good because it's Friday and time to see if skeelsd has any new news yet.
Marik
Pro Microphone Design
<and that mod would be?>
Middleman,
It is an upgraded Oktava 012 circuit. The reason I did it was that I wanted to see the difference between Oktava and 603 capsules themselves, so this way I had the same circuit.
Middleman,
It is an upgraded Oktava 012 circuit. The reason I did it was that I wanted to see the difference between Oktava and 603 capsules themselves, so this way I had the same circuit.
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Flatpicker
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Thanks for posting these, Marik.
I own three MK012s along with two 603s and these clips are the closest thing anyone's ever posted to what I hear when I compare mine to each other.
The "modded" 603 is interesting, but I can see why these mics use different circuits.
I own three MK012s along with two 603s and these clips are the closest thing anyone's ever posted to what I hear when I compare mine to each other.
The "modded" 603 is interesting, but I can see why these mics use different circuits.
JMarcomb
New member
i think either mic will fit in different mixes fine.
its easy to hear the 603 has a brighter side than the mellow/middy 012.
i favor the 012 for most things i do
its easy to hear the 603 has a brighter side than the mellow/middy 012.
i favor the 012 for most things i do
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Flatpicker
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I think what most people hear as "bright", I hear as harsh. To me the mids (lower and upper) of the 603 are not as clear and pleasant as the MK012. By the same token, the low-end of the 603 isn't as compressed as the MK012's. I wish someone made a mic that had the best of both.JMarcomb said:
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Richard Monroe
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They did, Flatpicker- Studio Projects C-4.-Richie
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Flatpicker
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Heh, heh, I figured someone would say that. They’re on my (big) list. Especially since the price went down.Richard Monroe said:
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Robert D
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I'll throw in my 012 experience here. I have a couple of them from GC, the first of which I hand picked from a dozen that I auditioned. Then more than a year later I grabbed another one from GC, which I listened to carefully before I bought it, but didn't select from a batch or compare with my other one except by memory. When I got it home I set up the two 012s in an XY, sounded great. Then I set them up exactly side by side, and did some recording of a few sources. I did some spectrograph comparisons that looked like a ballistics match between two guns. Even a phase invert and null test showed remarkable cancellation. I don't doubt that there is some merit to the Oktava bad QC rep, and my experience is just one experience, but I also know that a large percentage of the negative posts about it are people parroting what they've read from the relatively few first hand accounts.
BTW - another thing to consider in this decision is the fact that you can get omni capsules for the 012, of which I have one from the Sound Room and truely love. Next I'll be getting a LOMO head, which is essentially a U-87 replacement diaphram in a lollipop head to attach to an 012 body. I've heard this makes a great vocal mic, but there's practically no way to hear one anywhere.
Mr. Gerst - any chance you could post something done with the LOMO head? PLEEEEEZE?
Cheers, RD
BTW - another thing to consider in this decision is the fact that you can get omni capsules for the 012, of which I have one from the Sound Room and truely love. Next I'll be getting a LOMO head, which is essentially a U-87 replacement diaphram in a lollipop head to attach to an 012 body. I've heard this makes a great vocal mic, but there's practically no way to hear one anywhere.
Mr. Gerst - any chance you could post something done with the LOMO head? PLEEEEEZE?
Cheers, RD
