Studio Projects B series

[frist44]

ok, ok...bass roll off is what i meant. My typing skills must have left me during that post.

 

[DJL]

Just get the B1... it's cheaper, rugged, and sounds great. Later on you can get more mic's.

 

[chessparov]

Innovations, the B1 and B3 both have internal shockmounts.

Chris

 

[tdukex]

Well I am shopping for mics right now and when this came up I thought 'How often would I use anything but the cardoid pattern? And the answer was...never! So fror the extra money I would rather have a shockmount or a case or a bass rolloff switch or an attenuation pad, or a stand, or a pop filter or some extra soundproofing in the room....you get the idea.

Really? Never? Maybe you should broaden your sonic horizons and hear what you've been missing. Here are just a few applications I can think of where a multiple patterned mic can be used to great effect. I'm sure there are many, many more.

Omni:
1. Room mics
2. Clarinet/Sax
3. Close micing percussion
4. Close micing acoustic guitar near the bout and sound hole (try this with your cardoid)
5. Over-the-shoulder stereo micing technique for acoustic guitar
6. Drum overheads in a good sounding room
7. Spaced pairs because of their smooth, flat response
8. Close or distance micing piano

Figure 8:
1. Sounds great as a single mic on acoustic guitar
2. Using two to record a singer/guitarist with minimal mic bleed and maximum seperation
3. Mid-side (MS) stereo configuration
4. Any application where you have two instruments and only one mic

 

[cstockdale]

well, I was bidding on both a B1 and B3 on ebay, and lost the B1, but the B3 will be at my door by next weekend.... I look forward to playing with it!