so the Studio projects B1 is a good all around solution?

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when i mean "all around" i just mean vocals and acoustic guitar.

thanks!
 
Out of the handful of mics I own that's the one I'd choose.
 
I think there are lots better solutions, but not for $80. AKG C414 and a B.L.U.E. Kiwi do it for me, but I'm keeping my B-1.-Richie
 
A B3 would be a better 'all round' solution... at more $$ though!
 
pundit said:
A B3 would be a better 'all round' solution... at more $$ though!
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I thought I posted this earlier. So, anyway, what pundit said. The B3 is bettered suited for both vocals and acoustic guitar.

Steve
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i think all would fare well on vocals and acoustic guitar in the right environment.....
 
I'd vote for the SP B1 as a good all around LDC. Also, I'd suggest buying two B1's instead of one B3... two B1's are a lot more versatile than one B3, IMHO. Great for drum overheads. stereo acoustic guitar, stereo electric guitar, two vocal tracks at a time, etc. And yes, I own two B1's.
 
I have two B3s and am getting my money's worth, that's for sure. I must say, though, that I recently got two MXL603 mics, and they capture my acoustic instruments more accurately than the B3.
 
hey, jotosuds. i just received my two b1's in the mail today and i have some acoustic + vocal tunes that i'll be recording sometime soon hopefully. i'll post when i'm done.
 
Bodhisan said:
I have two B3s and am getting my money's worth, that's for sure. I must say, though, that I recently got two MXL603 mics, and they capture my acoustic instruments more accurately than the B3.
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I agree. :)
 
If you haven't tried this one yet and worried about spending a lot of cash, check out the AT3035. This mic is on the bright side, which i like for acoustic guitars, but good mids for vocal tracks, lacking a little bit of lows but easily fixed with a small boost of EQ. Anyways this mic is in the 200 range. I have been using it for about a year now and have A/B'ed it against some major competitors like KSM44 and even a TLM 103. This mic was surprisingly close to the TLM only that the TLM had the lower responsiveness. Only thing that made the KSM44 worth while was the feature of the pattern select. If you have the chance give it a a try peeps!
 
i just had a dumb question.

why's it good to have TWO mics to record stereo anything? can't you just copy the wav and pan? or couldn't you just record in stereo? i'm pretty newbie, so sorry.
 
Jotosuds,

I think that you'll find a really good detailed explanation in the sticky at the top of the microphones forum. The short, short version is that when you record in stereo, you're capturing two slightly different perspectives on the performance, and then panning them as they would have been panned were you sitting there live (or differently, depending on the desired effect). Copying a .wav file and pasting and panning does not recreate the subtle differences caused by microphone placement (phase differences, directionality, etc). It is really no different from panning the one track up the middle. That's why it doesn't sound the same.

-mg
 
The idea is to capture the same sound two different ways. Since each microphone can't pick up sound excatly identical to each other, it gives the sound a more complete sound. Kinda like an average of the sound, if you want to think of it that way.
With the copy and paste technique, you are just creating a replica of the recording and it won't sound any different if you pan two copies L and R. Of course, you can do this and add effects to one or both of the copied tracks, that would be a practical use. Not a dumb question at all, thats how you learn!

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