mandocaster
non compos mentis
This has probably popped up somewhere else on the forum, but it seemed extremely funny/disturbing to me.
News story
News story
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N_Yeager
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wow. i dont even know what to say about that. amazing.
MadAudio
Damned if I do
Yeah, I read about that yesterday. The mic in question was discussed here not long ago, too. http://www.placidaudio.com/ They've even put the story on their website!
The most disturbing thing is not that airport security mistook a mic for a bomb but that they let him on the plane anyway. Some security.
The most disturbing thing is not that airport security mistook a mic for a bomb but that they let him on the plane anyway. Some security.
Warhead
Jai guru deva om
I have to ask...maybe it's me...but for $250 I'd rather buy a decent EQ to force my recordings to sound tinny like that. At least you'd have some versatility in the mix.
They do look cool.
If anyone can explain why that mic kicks ass I'm all ears.
War
They do look cool.
If anyone can explain why that mic kicks ass I'm all ears.
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something cool
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I wouldn't want the Spree on my flight anyway, regardless of what they're carrying on -- yikes!
punkin
Univalve & Avatar Speaks
Not so funny...I was detained some time ago for transporting a couple tube mics and their power supplies in their little brief cases! I bought them while on vacation and wanted to hand carry them thinking they would be safer that way.
No one believed that the mics needed power supplies and then they kept asking, "if these are microphones, why are they so big?".
No one believed that the mics needed power supplies and then they kept asking, "if these are microphones, why are they so big?".
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CGibson
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punkin said:Not so funny...I was detained some time ago for transporting a couple tube mics and their power supplies in their little brief cases! I bought them while on vacation and wanted to hand carry them thinking they would be safer that way.
No one believed that the mics needed power supplies and then they kept asking, "if these are microphones, why are they so big?".
So........Why are they so darn big? ha ha
Man that's one for the memory banks. I'll be a little more selective as to what I bring on flights in the future.
I'm surprised they didn't make you plug it in and start singing. ha ha
me me me ah... Start speadin the News....etc.
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xfinsterx
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it looks cool, but....
that mic sounds downright crumby!
1khz anyone?
that mic sounds downright crumby!
1khz anyone?
meriphew
New member
The Copperphone is an awesome mic if you're looking for a new/different flavor to add to your mic cabinet. It's not going to replace your SM57, Royer R121, or your U47, but it's not meant to. Not everyone needs what the Copperphone offers, but when I'm looking for that antiquified early 40's vibe,the Copperphone always delivers in beautiful fashion. $250 is a steal for a mic that sounds as great as it does, and one that doubles as a work of art - or a pipe bomb 
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cominginsecond
Decentralized Media Mogul
I am extremely interested in this mic.
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deepwater
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Hear about the studio burning whiile the Black-Eyed-Peas were recording
mandocaster
non compos mentis
It was probably one of those damn mics blowing up.
cominginsecond
Decentralized Media Mogul
It's that way for a reason. It's supposed to sound like the mics in use in the 20s. It's not for accuracy.xfinsterx said:
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xfinsterx
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cominginsecond said:
oh yeah, i noticed that n all, but it still dosent sound so hot.
Seems like you could achieve that sound with just some eq tweeking ya'know?
cominginsecond
Decentralized Media Mogul
xfinsterx said:
You should listen to the clips on their website. I've never been able to get a sound like that with EQ.
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xfinsterx
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cominginsecond said:
I did listen, and yeah i guess it would be hard to emulate the tinniness it has.
Are you gonna buy one?
cominginsecond
Decentralized Media Mogul
It'll be the next mic I buy. I don't know when I'll have the funds, though.
meriphew
New member
I've used my Copperphone more than a few times on guitar amps as well. When used in conjunction with another mic (or 2), it can really add some flavors that the other mic(s) won't get. Sometimes when I've got an amp already mic'd up, I'll throw the Copperphone up just for the hell of it, and I often end up using it in the mix.