Ive used the B1 before and as well a Samson C01 condenser which is a similarly priced microphone in my recording facility and i have to say they both sound like they cost. Of course
the Samson C01 doesnt sound as nearly as good as the B1 but thats not saying much.
In all reality you would be better off just buying a mic like the B1 or the C01 to get your songs into form so you can get the format down but in the meanwhile save up some more money for a better microphone.
Yes we can all find a mic thats got claims on a Neumann's championship belt. Sounds better than the U87 blah blah blah.
Thats just like saying a Hyundai sports coupe is just as good as a mustang. Theres differences. They may not be severe...which of course is going to get me yelled at...but sometimes a subtle difference is what will get you a great sounding vocal. I currently manage 8 acts and they range from Male r and b to rap music and i need a mike that carries weight will all of them.
Thats why i checked and checked...i listened to those listening sessions mp3 s and various cds that have all different types of preamps combined with different mikes and all that stuff.
I chose to get a NT1a because of it.
Why?
Some feel that the B1 is just as good or better than that microphone.
I record digitiallly and noise is every digital studios problem.
If you run a pro tools or sonar system you DONT want noise. If you record in a house or a basement or an apartment facility you DONT want noise picked up or generated by your microphone.
My house sounds like a empty church minus the echo
with
the NT1a.
I checked the ratings and the s/N is better on the Rode as well as the self noise.
Is it worth 200 USD? Yes. Did i pay 200 for it no. Its called trading in your 79 dollar mike and shock mount and getting back 50 bucks for it. I also traded in my piece of CRAP ART Tube MP
Pre amp, the most overated and piss poor excuse for a preamp short of using a stereo hi fi for a line input device...wait a minute i did that ...oopps!!
anyways...
Its more about the sound quality to me than this quality control business.
Rode claims my mike is hand made i could care if leprechauns built it with a shoe horn and a piece of thread i want good vocals coming in before i think of messing with mike modeller or anything else on my vocal recordings.
Buy a B1 or any of the Studio Proj mikes
thats your choice...me i chose to spend some money and not worry about it.
I got a shock mount and ALOT of respect from professional recording houses in town for buying that mike and
to get some dap from a licensed recording engineer speaks volumes to me.
If you can achieve that with a Studio Proj then you ahead in the game.
Just for cris sakes get a QUALITY preamp cuz remember on the listening sessions cd they used some preamps my parents couldnt afford. Perhaps theres the secret?????
Its not as much the mike as it is the preamp thats powering and conditioning its audio signal??
Would the B1 sound the same on a HIGH end preamp compared to the U87?
what about a pre with variable impedence??? I heard theres thats the untold story of high end mikes....
somebody delve into that a little bit
DJL??? Maybe?
Hey he started the post...somebody had to ...most of us hate end up hating those that set us on the right path whether or not we care to admit it...
hes got us talking...
and for that matter for all of you pundits that are complaining about the lenght of time things go on on these post boards?
If you have something better to do like
RECORD then why do you keep CHECKING THE POSTS???
Shouldnt you have Cubase loaded up instead of Internet Explorer?
It takes up too much ram and thats bad orotocol.
I just think you guys are worth a term paper each about the human condition.
I believe its called Midus syndrome. Just keeping that same rock up a hill EVERYDAY..notice nobody makes King Midus push up the rock.
Peace