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rgraves
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OK, I know this sounds lame, but can you guys tell me what the difference is, really? haha
OK, here's the deal: I have a sm57, sm58, and MXL 990/991, MXL 2001 and an AKG 3000. The only reason I have that many mics is because I got all of them as a package brand new. Now I've done probabnly 40 or 50 different projects with them, but I started noticing that I couldn't hear any difference between any of them (including just using the shure 58 for vocals!)...so I did a test and recorded the same song with my friend's band on all 4 different mics (vocals only) in Cubase and then switched between them with the mute on and off function and honestly they all sound exactly the fricken same. And they sound great I might add, I couldn't notice any disadvantage to using one over the other, and I figured at least the sm58 would sound worse than the other non-condenser mics.
Anywho, I've studied recording at school for 2 years now(not very long) so I know there must be some difference since people go nuts over getting their hands on an expensive mic, but I'm just not hearing it. And comparing my recordings to those of artists that used very nice studios I'm not hearing the difference really.
By the way I'm using an EMU 1820m and recording mostly metal and pop type music.
Just need someone to whip me into shape and let me know their opinion of why I'm not hearing any difference (other than being deaf, thank you!) haha
OK, here's the deal: I have a sm57, sm58, and MXL 990/991, MXL 2001 and an AKG 3000. The only reason I have that many mics is because I got all of them as a package brand new. Now I've done probabnly 40 or 50 different projects with them, but I started noticing that I couldn't hear any difference between any of them (including just using the shure 58 for vocals!)...so I did a test and recorded the same song with my friend's band on all 4 different mics (vocals only) in Cubase and then switched between them with the mute on and off function and honestly they all sound exactly the fricken same. And they sound great I might add, I couldn't notice any disadvantage to using one over the other, and I figured at least the sm58 would sound worse than the other non-condenser mics.
Anywho, I've studied recording at school for 2 years now(not very long) so I know there must be some difference since people go nuts over getting their hands on an expensive mic, but I'm just not hearing it. And comparing my recordings to those of artists that used very nice studios I'm not hearing the difference really.
By the way I'm using an EMU 1820m and recording mostly metal and pop type music.
Just need someone to whip me into shape and let me know their opinion of why I'm not hearing any difference (other than being deaf, thank you!) haha