haha, what's really a good feeling for me is that I chose the mics I use and own already. Probably because I like that sound, but it also confirms that at least I know the sound that I like and the sound of my mics, and I'm not totally screwed in my hearing. Sometimes one wonders, you know, like I was worried going into this test to find out that all along the mics I bought would be the ones I liked least, and that the sound of hte mics I own would sound totally different in my recordings than they do in this guy's recordings.
Lucky for me, this is how it ended up:
Apparently I'm wierd, but for me the 414 uls has always been a favorite vocal mic, and it still came out in the top 3 for me here). (don't own one yet but use them regularly in bigger studios).
U87 came out right up there too, with the tlm 103 almost tied with it (amusingly enough I guess them right but got them backwards LoL). (I own a tlm 103)
Shure KSM 32 was right up there too (I like it much more than the 27 or 44, and have always felt that way which is why I own them).
B1 came out right up there too (I also own those)
to my shock and horror I actually quite liked the high end of the rode mic. I never have owned one of those, but have used them, and don't recall them sounding like that (but then it may have been a different rode model, they have the stupidest number scheme).
ones I highly disliked (and always thought I hated):
ksm 27, always hated it for vocals, lacks refinement, but great for many other things. plenty of 7k presence and too much TT and SS
oktava 319 - one of my more hated mics for vocals. blech. not much midbass, plenty of plosives, ssses and p's don't sound too great, middy also
at4050 - good example of why the only AT mic I own is the 2020 and the only other of their mics I'll use is the 4047. 4050 just is just too sibilant, period.
sm58 - just throw it out the window. good enough for woodstock in the 60s, not good enough for anything in a modern studio. 57 is better, but I don't use them either any more. audix blows shure away for inexpensive handheld dynamics, period. shure studio mics are much better than their handhelds though. by the way, I don't like beta much either, so sue me.
re27 - how does this mic sound compared to an re20?? my re20 doesn't sound aNYTHING like this. how did they get such exaggerated highs out of this thing? that's the only issue I have with this test, the re20 sounds way better than this, so I'm assuming that either the re27 is a vastly harsher sibling or something odd happened in the usage of this mic during the test (or a preamp imbalance happened with this mic/pre combo).
My opinionated crap for anyone to read about who gives a crap. Im' assuming you don't so just ignore this post, but if you care to read it then just remember it's my taste, I like velvety, I like highs that are almost de-essed sounding right out of the mic, I like rich, I don't like harsh no matter what. so THERE
Cheers!
Don
