the soundroom

[maskedman72]

can someone send me the link to the soundroom?
i have heard a lot about it and i would like to check out the website.

also does anyone know if tascam is still making da-38's or did they stop.

 

[chessrock]

www.oktava.com

 

[maskedman72]

thank you chess!

 

[maskedman72]

ok now should i get rid of my g.c. bought un matched pair of mc012's and get a matched pair? is there that big of a difference?
i do use them for overheads.

 

[chessrock]

ok now should i get rid of my g.c. bought un matched pair of mc012's and get a matched pair? is there that big of a difference?
i do use them for overheads.

Yea, they're junk. I'll PM you with an address you can send them to where they'll take them off your hands.

That's a tough question. What you are paying for when you get stuff from the Sound Room is the extra piece of mind. See, when you buy GC Oktavas, you're kind of playing a game of chance, where there's a 60-40% . . . probably more like 75-25 . . . that you're getting the best possible mic. And you can't get a matched pair. At least not scientifically . . . I suppose you could audition like 10 of them until you think you've found a pair that are close, using your ears.

So anwering your question is tough . . . you may have a pair of top-of-the-line mc012s . . . you might have a couple of crappy ones . . . or you might have one good and one bad, etc. Furthermore, they might already be very well matched . . . or they might not.

 

[Beezoboy]

If you could put them into the same spot recording the same thing from the same distance that might be a good way too tell how close they are matched. Of course that wont account for differences in tone that the individual mic could have.

Maybe you could take a play a 1khz tone through a speaker and close mic it from say 1 foot. Then put the same mic through the EXACT same test. Which would be tough but achievable. Then run that through a frequency analysis and maybe you could get some idea from how close the graphs match? Not to mention that you would have your ears to tell you how closely they matched.

All this can be done with Cool Edit Pro

Poor mans anylysis? Maybe? Maybe it won't tell you anything. But I think it will tell you more than you know now.

Beezoboy

 

[maskedman72]

well right now i dont know shit but if the gc ones i have now are junk than what would make a soundroom pair any better? it would still be an octavia mc012. mabyee i should get a different brand alltogther?

 

[Bigus Dickus]

well right now i dont know shit but if the gc ones i have now are junk than what would make a soundroom pair any better? it would still be an octavia mc012. mabyee i should get a different brand alltogther?

Apparently, quality control at Oktava is a term poorly understood. Not all MC012's are created equal, but they are all shipped looking identical. Some are great, some are terrible, and there isn't any way to visually separate or evaluate them.

The difference between buying from GC and the Soundroom is simply a matter of odds. Buying from GC the odds aren't that great that you will randomly select two good MC012's, much less two that are matched well to each other. Buying from the Soundroom, they have been hand picked and tested sonically to ensure they are "good quality" MC012's and they are matched well to each other.

That's what the price premium is for. That's what I decided was worth the premium... but I haven't actually heard mine yet. Hopefully this week I will get the first chance to try them out.

 

[chessparov]

Now that Rode has thrown their hat in the ring it makes sense to
try their new matched set of SD condensers.
If you're not in a rush for a project or something,
you could also e-mail Alan Hyatt at www.pmiaudio.com to see how close he and Brent Casey are to releasing their version(s)
under the Studio Projects moniker.

Chris

 

[chessparov]

On the DA-38, I think they stopped making them, however, if you
post your question at the www.tascam.com BBS they'll know for sure.

Chris

 

[chessrock]

Buying from the Soundroom, they have been hand picked and tested sonically to ensure they are "good quality" MC012's and they are matched well to each other.

Precisely.

And a good pair of mc012s can compete well against heavy hitters like km184s, Earthworks, you name it. Even the not-so-good ones can be . . . well . . . pretty damn good for the money, so there's certainly no need to junk yours. Get a hold of me before you do that.

 

[maskedman72]

i love you guys.