sE 1a tried and tested

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tangerine

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Tonight I recorded a kit using an sE 1a for the overheads and one for the hi hats, wow! what a sound. I then used two sE 1a's on an upright piano, I am going to have to find a way of letting you guys hear the results, they sound amazing for the price £69.00 each.
 
you could try lightning mp3 or soundclick haha i really want to hear those things
 
i thought about grabbing a pair of these until i saw the enormously hyped high end. i don't understand why so many companies do that.
 
Trey I don't think they do it intentionally, it just comes along with the chinese parts in most mics these days. I will say however that because of digital recording and this fight to be the LOUDEST CD in the store. That we find ourselves EQing in a ton of 10khz anyways lol. Why not just get a cheaper mic that add's a ton of 7-10khz to begin with? I actually have an SE1A as well as an SE-3 and a Z3300A. I will be honest I didn't buy them because I "chose" too really, I manage a musical instrument/pro audio retailer and SE gave me an incredible deal on them lol. The SE-1A is decent, but yes it is "sizzly" I guess you could say, VERY bright! The SE-3 has a pad which helps, again a decent mic, and the Z3300A is actually a pretty good LDC. However the Z3300a is HUGE!!! it literally weighs like 5lbs, NO JOKE! lol. If any ego-maniac singers get on your nerves during a session you could always knock em out with it lol. Ok all joking aside the SE mic's are not at all bad for the price. With the right pre-amps and the right person tweaking the knob's you can in fact make a very good recording with them. However if you want my personal vote, I am a tried and true oktava mc-012 believer (no I do not sell them at my store, I wish I did lol) Also, for those of you who really DON'T like to add high end to your recordings, try using a mic pre (ala. UA 610, or Presonus Eureka) with variable impedence. Lowering the impedence will actually tend to usually roll off the highs in bright mic's. Older pre-amps (neve, api, etc.) had an impedence of around 500-1000 ohms, as to where new pre's are usually more around 1,500-2,000 ohms. Mic's usually react better to lower resistance. Just a techno-babble tip lol.
 
I can live with tweaking the high frequencies out, it's when you get a mic that sounds like it has a wooly sock for a diaphram and you can't add what isn't there in the first place. The great thing about them is you can get a great clean signal afterall that's why we use the phrase shit in shit out.
 
LOL @ tangerine

box'y sounding mic's SUCK!


That is my motto with recording "do it right and do it once" "you can't add what isn't there"
 
A rather late edition, but i came upon this thread cos i'm thinking of buying some of these suckers...

As to mottos... i think the golden rule is "you can't polish a turd".

;-)
 
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