EMC8000 initial impressions

[Richard Monroe]

Well, enough people on this board that I respect use these puppies, that I had to buy a pair, because they are, after all, dirt cheap. I haven't had time to do A-B's or combine them with other mics, but my first impression is that their self noise needs to be tamed a bit. Turning the input gain down and close mic'ing helped, but they are honest, and reproduce finger noise really well. I liked them best when playing stuff where I don't move up and down the frets much- you know, key of G sort of thing. Fortunately, my room and instruments are very good. God, these things would suck with a cheap guitar! Has anyone else found self-noise a problem with these mics, and if so, do you have any suggestions?-Richie

 

[chessrock]

By nature of their design, they will tend to have relatively high self-noise, so that isn't unusual.

Might not be the ideal choice for very quiet passages. It's not a problem on drums, obviously.

 

[M.Brane]

I love 'em as drum overheads. Pretty good with amps too if you want to capture the true sound of the cab & room. I've used 'em with acoustic guitar and vocals too but they tend to sound too flat.

I know what you mean about the cheap guitar comment.