Oktava MK-319 Microphone question.

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Hi,

I am interested in a decent mic for my upcoming digital recording endeavors, and happened across an Oktava MK-319 Large-Diaphragm, at Musician's Friend, for $100. Does anyone know anything about this particular mic? Though I can reach some of the higher vocal notes, for brief moments, my voice is particularly heavy, and I am more oft, than not, crooning as a bassist. 'would appreciate any info.

Blessings,

nate
 
NLAlston said:
Hi,

I am interested in a decent mic for my upcoming digital recording endeavors, and happened across an Oktava MK-319 Large-Diaphragm, at Musician's Friend, for $100. Does anyone know anything about this particular mic? Though I can reach some of the higher vocal notes, for brief moments, my voice is particularly heavy, and I am more oft, than not, crooning as a bassist. 'would appreciate any info.

Blessings,

nate
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Actually, they're not bad for blessings - especially grace before and after meals. For blessings over wine, you have to be careful - you don't want to drop the mic into the wine goblet.

For wine there actually are some good products made by Purple Audio and Grape River. ;)
 
The Octava MK319 is a reqlly good mic, on the whole.
Octava tend to have a quality control issue and soem of their stuff seems to be pretty poor. However, everyone I know (including myself) have found our MK319's to be really good.
For the same price you can get a few other mic's like the Behringer B1 or the Studio Projects B1. Both good mics, but I prefer the MK319. its a goodun in my opinion.
Neil
 
I got my MC-319 from the Sound Room and paid quite a bit more than $100 for it (closer to $300) but it was a guaranteed good mic. I LOVE this mic. It's a dark, round sounding mic without the hyped high end that a lot of LDC mics in this price range suffer from.
 
I appreciate the input from everyone (excluding the absolute idiocy from the one responder).

Blessings,

Nate
 
I like mine a lot, even in the company of much more expensive mics. In a world of hyped upper mid Neuman wannabe's, it's an original that has earned a permanent spot in my mic wardrobe.
RD
 
I got mine on sale for $100 at GC last month. I have only test drove it a little bit but what people are saying is true and for $100 it's hard to beat. It "supposedly" retails at $600, but usually can be found for $250-350.

It darker than my Studio Projects C-1, but that can be a good thing depending on what kind of sound your looking for. My only complaint is the plastic rolloff switch on the back is a cheap compared to the quality of the rest of the mic. Guitar Center is currently selling the shockmounts for the 319 on sale for $25, a very good deal.
 
NLAlston said:
I appreciate the input from everyone (excluding the absolute idiocy from the one responder).

Blessings,

Nate
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Now THERE'S a blessing I can really relate to! :p
 
I also agree that this is a VERY good mic for the price. I have two of them and quality control is definately an issue since the response from both of them are very different. I can dial them both in but it takes a few to do it and the settings on my mixer are so different that you wouldn't even think it was the same mic. But, once I get them dialed in, I have been very happy with the results. It is, as has been stated before, a particularly dark mic, but it has a pretty warm sound to it.

My two cents...God Bless!
 
The MK319 is part of my cheap arsenal. It doesn't work for my voice as a vocal mic, but it matches up quite well on the acoustic in combination with a pair of Oktava MC012's. When you need something dark, smooth and quiet, it's OK. It's not particularly hot (at least mine isn't), and it wants a pre that can give it a good deal of gain. For $99, it's a keeper.-Richie
 
Absenteeism at the oktava quality control department got so high, they opted to close the department altogeather.

They figured the steeuupid americans wouldnt know the dif anyway.

:) :)
 
Actually, Pilgrim, I think it's just the reverse. It was the poverty stricken Russians who couldn't afford a Neumann who didn't know the difference. Since Oktava started exporting mics to the U.S., their quality control has slowly but steadily improved. A lot of this I think is due to Taylor Johnson, the self-appointed concience of the corporation. He has also proven that the not-so-stupid Americans will pay twice as much for a product that isn't fucked.-Richie
 
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