Mic suggestion?

[Griffinator]

I hear there is a knock off under production in Bejing that sounds just like the real thing!!

Uhh - isn't the real thing made in Beijing?

 

[Randy Yell]

My bad,I thought Barbie was a California beach babe!

hmmm..maybe what I really heard was she got knocked up in Bejing.Yeah,that's the ticket!

 

[KEN MASTERS]

GET SERIOUS

 

[Track Rat]

BARBIE WAS RAPED BY CHINESE PEOPLE!!? Oh say it isn't so!

 

[ametth]

GET SERIOUS

 

[Randy Yell]

Ken,have you read this thread?

 

[Randy Yell]

Track,I don't think it was rape (sorry Ken).I think they wined and dined her.Who can resist the lure of chinese food?

 

[alanhyatt]

I understand Alan Hyatt is working on a tube version of the Barbie doll mic. Right now, the placement of the tube is causing some concern in some of the Anti-Children's Pornography groups, but it is the most logical place to put the tube, IMHO.

Harvey,

Ok, so I used the anal octal socket...sue me! I thought all you guys would like dropping Barbies panties to change her tube

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Barbie........ Ha! That's OLD technology....

The new Britney model is the way to go, with built-in auto-tune! The early model was unidirectional, then as she changed proportions, they added switchable polar patterns!!!

Bruce

 

[Henri Devill]

One of the best things about the New "Brittany is the shock mounts..I'd love to get my hands on one.. but they are so expensive..I couldn't even afford to put a tube in it if I had to replace the one its usein'..


Don

 

[SalJustSal]

this thread is funny as hell, I can't stop laughing.

 

[Dig]

"I want that Whitney Houston vocal sound on a girl that sounds like Janis Joplin. "

Although I am still quite new hear I believe that the correct answer is, "Please use the search before posting questions like this since this has been hashed a million times."

 

[sonusman]

Well, I still really haven't decided after reading all these informative and useful replies! Just can't seem to get a consensus out of all this. Althought, and maybe I just ran out of bottle caps to keep track, but the Barbie models seem to have a bit of an edge.

But having never used any Barbie models, I am reluctant. I hear that the internal workings of those mics are VERY complex, and that any rough handling will cause it to make all sorts of horrible noises that will not quite until you lock it up in a closet!

Now I gotta admit, the Mr.Microphone served me well for a few decades now, but it would seem like the new technology would be better? It seems like some of those mic "kits" that some of your guys posted offer a lot of bang for the buck! Could they really offer great fidelity, rich features, and good looks all in one very affordable package like that? I must have been out of the loop for too long to know where things have gone since 1976, when I bought my Mr.Microphone. I DO know though that I was pretty cool driving around saying "Hey good looking, we'll be back to pick you up later" to good looking blondes walking down the street. Man, those were the days of working a Mr.Microphone!

Anyway, I lost the client!!! She I think found a producer named Nuemann to work with because as she left my studio she said "I am going to record at this other studio with A Nuemann. Is this guy a big time producer or engineer or something? What does the A stand for? I never heard of this guy, and certainly didn't know he had a studio in my town. I sure hope I don't lose too many clients to A Neumann because if I wind up having to pay the extra $20 to buy a Radio Shack HiBall mic, I need to pay that puppy off!

Anyway, thanks for the help so far dOOds!

 

[Randy Yell]

 

[Michael Jones]

Sonusman-
If I'm not mistaken, the "A" in A Neumann, stands for Alfred. I believe his middle initial is "E". Apparently he is quite a big wig. I used to see his picture on a magazine ALL the time when I was a kid. I don't remember the name of the magazine right now though.

 

[Mark H.]

"Scientific American"