spantini
COO of me, inc.
I just tripped across this cool demonstration of SDC mics on Sweetwater's site. I'm mainly interested in how they may handle a heavily strummed 6-string acoustic, as when I get going I produce lot's of thumping sounds from the lower strings.
My personal favorite in this bunch is the Avantone Pro CK-1. It's one of maybe two that don't reproduce that little bit of low-end boominess (thump) in the guitar strum. And my question about that is.. could it be that they had set the HPF on the mic, or used a specific capsule, or both, or... what? They don't say how this CK-1 was set up for this test.
I still like it, though. Especially price-wise. I for sure cannot afford $600-$1500 for a single mic.
I've got a Taylor guitar that's on the bright side, so I'd have to experiment with that and the CK-1 to bring some fullness back into the sound. Then I've got an inexpensive Chinese acoustic (Rogue) which does have that thud / boominess when I get to strumming.
Anyway, check these out. This group of 10 was tested with 2 guitars and there's a 30-second clip for each mic from each guitar.
My ears are not so discerning in this area, I just react to the most obvious of sounds and not to the finer details.
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/best-small-diaphragm-condenser-mics-acoustic-guitar/
My personal favorite in this bunch is the Avantone Pro CK-1. It's one of maybe two that don't reproduce that little bit of low-end boominess (thump) in the guitar strum. And my question about that is.. could it be that they had set the HPF on the mic, or used a specific capsule, or both, or... what? They don't say how this CK-1 was set up for this test.
I still like it, though. Especially price-wise. I for sure cannot afford $600-$1500 for a single mic.
I've got a Taylor guitar that's on the bright side, so I'd have to experiment with that and the CK-1 to bring some fullness back into the sound. Then I've got an inexpensive Chinese acoustic (Rogue) which does have that thud / boominess when I get to strumming.
Anyway, check these out. This group of 10 was tested with 2 guitars and there's a 30-second clip for each mic from each guitar.
My ears are not so discerning in this area, I just react to the most obvious of sounds and not to the finer details.
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/best-small-diaphragm-condenser-mics-acoustic-guitar/
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