jeff5xo said:
Wow, ok that's convincing enough for me. GC opens at 10, so I'll wait till then, hopefully Chessrock will chime in by then. I tend to listen to his and Richie Monroe's advice. Chessrock actually commented a little on this in a different post. If I don't hear from him by then, I think I'll just get one GT44 for now and wait on the MC012's for overheads. Are GT33's good for anything. I'm also hoping to get Rode NTK today.
P.S. Acorec, what did you mean they were good on drums? Snare, toms???
The GT 44 is great on any source where there is alot of dynamics. Drums, electric guitar cabs, acoustic guitars etc. I have found this mic to really shine on these sources in the mix.The recorded tracks sit very well in a mix reguardless of density. The GT 44 is not good on vocals (that I have tried) because of the focused sound. It lacks the openess if a large diaphram condensor. The mic also responds exceptionally well to different pre-amps and really bring out the qualities associated with those pre-amps. Examples are:
Avalon M5 - nice focused clean sound. Very balanced.
Joe Meek VC1 - meaty sound, brings distorted guitars out without the "fizz" on the high end. Nice midrange, lossy sound.
Focusrite VM Pro - again, clean sound on acoustic guitars, snare drums (snap and Punch).
Great River - great midrange, tight low end, meaty sound on dist. guitars. Excellent punch on toms, snare drum.
Mackie @ Behringer - honky, not balanced, focused sound much too squished. These pre-amps do not even get close to doing justice to the mic.
DMP3 - lowest end pre that brings out most all of the above characteristics of the GT 44. The pairing of the DMP3 and the GT 44 is perfectly acceptable and sounds pretty damn good.
These are the only pre-amps I have tried on a number of sources. I will try more of the high-end stuff soon. I still have some hidden in the rack to try.
Hope this answers your questions.