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kylosius
I Like Rusty Spoons
ok, heres a poll, how did you get your grubby little paws on your first good mic?
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int
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I was working sound for some theater production (I don't remember why we were using those 57s...) back in high school. One of them wasn't working, so my teacher told me to either throw it out or fix it in my spare time. So I took it home and re-soldered some of the internall wires. My first 57. I told the instructor it was trashed...
That was 8 years ago, and I finally threw it away after it died about 2 months ago.
That was 8 years ago, and I finally threw it away after it died about 2 months ago.
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kylosius
I Like Rusty Spoons
my first sm 58 was kind of the same way. our media class was missing a couple of mics. one of them an SM 58. i found it one day backstage after a school play. instead of returning it, i kept it missing. good old high school days. i think thats where everyone gets at least one piece of equipment they didnt buy.
DeadPoet
carpe diem
first mic was an AKG C-419, got it from a saxophone playing friend who wanted to sell it, but I did him some favors so he gave it to me. Using it for the upright bass live.
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moley
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Bought it.
scottboyher
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I bought my first good mic and all other mic's I have to date..
scottboyher
New member
OOOOH. I take that back I did pick up a free SM57 from a band I was trying out for.. They didn't like me and I didn't like them..
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wjgypsy
New member
Oh..to be a teen 
My Mom bought myne
for my 12th Christmas. It was a Nady SCM 900 and i still use it for vocals.
Good mic
Zeke
My Mom bought myne
for my 12th Christmas. It was a Nady SCM 900 and i still use it for vocals.Good mic
Zeke
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Neil Ogilvie
Still Learning.......
First mic?
Hmmmmmm. That would be the SM58 I bought off of some guy who had quite obviously stole it.
Only £20 though, so quite a bargain. I guess what comes around goes around though - I had it stolen at a gig I played once. God I was angry.
Since then I've bought nearly all my mics new or from ebay.
Hmmmmmm. That would be the SM58 I bought off of some guy who had quite obviously stole it.
Only £20 though, so quite a bargain. I guess what comes around goes around though - I had it stolen at a gig I played once. God I was angry.
Since then I've bought nearly all my mics new or from ebay.
tjohnston
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I dont have any good mics.
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chessparov
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Sennheiser 421 MKII.
Bought it at Guitar Center.
Sold it as it was too bright on my (bright) voice=sibilance.
Replaced with Beyer Soundstar X1N (comparable to Sennheiser MD421)
Difference is night and day from 421 MKII.
Chris
Bought it at Guitar Center.
Sold it as it was too bright on my (bright) voice=sibilance.
Replaced with Beyer Soundstar X1N (comparable to Sennheiser MD421)
Difference is night and day from 421 MKII.
Chris
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DJL
Self Banned
I hate thieves.
My first mic came with a little 2" (or something like that) portable reel to reel that ran on batteries. I remember recording (from the TV) the cartoon (puppets) theme song for 'Fire Ball XL255' or something like that. I'm not sure how good that mic was tho (for it's time), that was a long time ago. lol.
My first mic came with a little 2" (or something like that) portable reel to reel that ran on batteries. I remember recording (from the TV) the cartoon (puppets) theme song for 'Fire Ball XL255' or something like that. I'm not sure how good that mic was tho (for it's time), that was a long time ago. lol.
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James HE
a spoonfull weighs a ton
The first "mic" I ever used was a set of cheap headphones that I broke. Guess I was 14. I taped them to the grill of my BOSS MG-10 Amp, which has 2 4" speakers. Recorded it to my stereo. Pretty cool. I can't remember how I figured it out. So my first mics were a stereo pair! I should experiment with headphones as mics, you know, get back to my roots.. lol.
My first "good" mic was some generic mic that I got with my 4-track. It was better than the radio shack/realistic mics i had. Some crappy silver thing that lasted all of about 3 months. Sounded pretty good going through my BOSS compressor pedal into the 4-track. Geeze I was such a good engineer back in those days. I did some multitracking on this dual casette deck that had built in mics. It involved something like holding the play and record button only halfway down, and it would record but not erase what was already recorded. I think I got the 4-track like 2 days after I discoverd that, so I didn't fully explore that method. Worked my ass off at 15 to get that Tascam. Still use it almost everyday and I'm friggin 27! amazing. Paid like $600 for it and got some realstic dynamic knockoff! what a steal! These kids coming up now have it too easy with all these cheap affordable mics, and 24/96 computer recording. BAH! shit on you. Yer SHIT! Everybody yells at me and A Reel Person when we say, Get a 424mkIII, they are amazing! to all these newbies starting out. Like were blaspheming the gods of recording for suggesting such junk. But their ain't no better way to learn. Start small and feed your soul. When your pushing a limiting technology to it's limits, that's when you can move on.
geeze sorry to hijack this thread with this rant- er wait... no I'm not.
I should experiment with headphones as mics, you know, get back to my roots.. lol.My first "good" mic was some generic mic that I got with my 4-track. It was better than the radio shack/realistic mics i had. Some crappy silver thing that lasted all of about 3 months. Sounded pretty good going through my BOSS compressor pedal into the 4-track. Geeze I was such a good engineer back in those days. I did some multitracking on this dual casette deck that had built in mics. It involved something like holding the play and record button only halfway down, and it would record but not erase what was already recorded. I think I got the 4-track like 2 days after I discoverd that, so I didn't fully explore that method. Worked my ass off at 15 to get that Tascam. Still use it almost everyday and I'm friggin 27! amazing. Paid like $600 for it and got some realstic dynamic knockoff! what a steal! These kids coming up now have it too easy with all these cheap affordable mics, and 24/96 computer recording. BAH! shit on you. Yer SHIT!
Everybody yells at me and A Reel Person when we say, Get a 424mkIII, they are amazing! to all these newbies starting out. Like were blaspheming the gods of recording for suggesting such junk. But their ain't no better way to learn. Start small and feed your soul. When your pushing a limiting technology to it's limits, that's when you can move on. geeze sorry to hijack this thread with this rant- er wait... no I'm not.
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Gabriel Sousa
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My first mic was a shure SM58