DrewPeterson7
Sage of the Order
tl;dr from the related thread - in the Warm Audio Mystery Box giveaway (more or less), I ordered one because of the dozen and a half eligible mics, there was only really one where I already owned a good quality take on the design, their C414 style, where I had a matched pair of SE4400a's.
So, sure enough, guess what showed up. :lol:
I did as fair a comparison between the two as I could here - I tried to match the mic positions as closely as I could, recorded both on the same performance, through matching mic pres with identical settings, and no other post processing save for volume matching the two tracks, and then some conservative volume maximizing on the master bus.
I WILL note that, while both mics were run through the same preamps with the same settings and were in very, very similar positions, there was a pretty perceptible volume difference here and I had to add about 10.5db trim to get the two tracks to audibly the same level. I did volume match them here; I think it's easier to compare the sound of the mics when they're audibly the same level, and knowing one is nearly 11db louder than the other (mic settings were identical, both had pad switches at -0db, both were in cardioid mode, and the low cut switches on the SE were bypassed) is itself useful. It does come out a little in the noise floor, and I think if you listen carefully especially at the very end you can hear a little more self-noise from the WA signal chain. If you're sensitive to this, that's worth knowing.
So, sure enough, guess what showed up. :lol:
I did as fair a comparison between the two as I could here - I tried to match the mic positions as closely as I could, recorded both on the same performance, through matching mic pres with identical settings, and no other post processing save for volume matching the two tracks, and then some conservative volume maximizing on the master bus.
I WILL note that, while both mics were run through the same preamps with the same settings and were in very, very similar positions, there was a pretty perceptible volume difference here and I had to add about 10.5db trim to get the two tracks to audibly the same level. I did volume match them here; I think it's easier to compare the sound of the mics when they're audibly the same level, and knowing one is nearly 11db louder than the other (mic settings were identical, both had pad switches at -0db, both were in cardioid mode, and the low cut switches on the SE were bypassed) is itself useful. It does come out a little in the noise floor, and I think if you listen carefully especially at the very end you can hear a little more self-noise from the WA signal chain. If you're sensitive to this, that's worth knowing.
