Studio Projects B1 or C1 for acoustic guitars?

[Dot]

DJL, I've been posting some of our findings on the C4's in a thread here. I drop stuff in as I go along. The other comments in that thread also seem to agree with me on the characteristics of the C4's.

 

[DJL]

DJL, I've been posting some of our findings on the C4's in a thread here. I drop stuff in as I go along. The other comments in that thread also seem to agree with me on the characteristics of the C4's.

Cool, thanks for the link.

 

[jeffree]

Thanks again, guys. Very helpful discussion for me. FYI, I've just sent a query over to our beloved Alan at SP to see if he can shed any light on the various models' best uses. I'll let you know what feedback I receive if not posted by him in this thread.

Best,
J.

 

[Flatpicker]

Flatpicker, I don't know how many of the mics you mentioned you've used, but I think some of your descriptions and solutions are inaccurate. The C4 SDC's are not "accurate" and they're actually quite colored. More colored than the B series. They are, after all, "C Series" mics. All the C's are fairly colored.

Opps! I disobeyed my own rule and went talking about a product I haven’t heard – I KNOW better than to do this! Anyway, thanks for the correction. (Dan, I NEED the SD mic CD!!!)

I assumed (I know – “ass” out of “u” and “me” but in this case, me!) that since they were SDCs they would automatically be more accurate than LDCs. I based this assumption on my test comparing the MXL 603s and the Oktava MK-012 to a SP B3. Although the 603s and the MK-012 sounded different from each other, they were both more “accurate” than the B3 as far as tracking the guitar and reproducing it’s natural sound (I tried every position imaginable, too. Didn’t see my wife and kids for about 8 days, and boy, was I in trouble!). The B3 does impart it’s own “color”, at least in my room on my instruments. Like I said earlier, it’s not much, but it’s there.

Another reason I probably assumed (there’s that word, again!) they were more of an accurate nature, was from talking to Brent Casey at Summer NAMM. We were discussing mic placement and he was telling me how well the C4s captured a violinist he had recently recorded at a classical concert, once they were in the correct position. Somehow I just got the impression they were more natural sounding than colored.

It’s good to know this – if they’re THAT colored, and since I don’t usually record drummers, I’m glad I didn’t sink $350 into a pair for acoustic guitar!

 

[Flatpicker]

Re: Re: Re: Studio Projects B1 or C1 for acoustic guitars?

Wow, that was well said... it's nice to read a good message like the reply you posted above. Thanks

...and full of wrong information about the C4s!

 

[DJL]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Studio Projects B1 or C1 for acoustic guitars?

...and full of wrong information about the C4s!

Yeah I know Dot says the Studio Projects C4 is NOT a flat accurate uncolored type mic... oh well, too bad.

 

[DJL]

But, I 'think' it was chessparov who said the C4 was a flat accurate uncolored type mic... but, now Dot says it's not... hummm?