Understanding my new AT2035

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Just got my new AT2035 yesterday and the product documentation is a little limited, so I just had a couple of basic questions about it.

1. is there a front & back to the mic? I am assuming the side with the switches is the back?
2. concerning the switches, What would I use the high pass filter for? And the -10db pad, would that be used when using them for recording drum overheads?

Sorry if these are real newbie questions, but I've never owned a condenser microphone before!
 
1. The side with the switches is the back.

2. You should use the high-pass filter whenever you see a need for it. Some instances requiring a high-pass filter may be when using the mic as an overhead, when micing a hi-hat, when close-micing a guitar amp, etc. Of course, you can always EQ out the lows via an external EQ box or through your DAW after you have recorded, but it is handy to have the switch right on the mic. The pad switch is good when micing drums and other loud sources. You can use the pad when necessary to maintain optimal headroom in your recordings.
 
Use the HPF when you know for a fact that you won't need anything below the cutoff.

Use the pad when micing a high volume source and you still get distortion even when the levels look okay on your meters. It's possible to overdrive the mic's internal circuitry, and nothing downstream can fix that, but the pad might.
 
I actually think that the AT2035 is a great mic for the price, I bought one to try out and it arrived just as I was doing vocals for this album, so I set it up to have a listen and it worked great for this vocal so we did all the lead vocal with it. While it is definatly not the best mic in the studio (I have some more expensive mics) it turns in a great performance for the price.

alan.
 
Good sounding stuff! Thanks for posting!

witzendoz said:
I actually think that the AT2035 is a great mic for the price, I bought one to try out and it arrived just as I was doing vocals for this album, so I set it up to have a listen and it worked great for this vocal so we did all the lead vocal with it. While it is definatly not the best mic in the studio (I have some more expensive mics) it turns in a great performance for the price.

alan.
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moresound said:
Just be sure to hang the AT 2035 upside down for the cool factor!! :D
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^^^^THIS!!!!!

Your cool-factor will explode exponentially! Right-side up, it is just a microphone. Upside-down it becomes a GOD.

:D
 
See! Two for none against. Get that microphone upside down!!!
 
Make that three, moresound! I have the same mic and I always hang mine upside down as well!!
 
moresound said:
See! Two for none against. Get that microphone upside down!!!
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It's a real shame AT can't make a shockmount that doesn't hold the microphone using freaking rubber bands. I have no idea who thought that a screw on or clamp is inferior to rubber bands.

Almost lost my 4033 to this infernal mount. :P
 
Would you use the pad to record a guitar amp where heavy metal is being played?
 
I think you will find your answer in Posts #2 and #3. Don't forget to hang it upside down.
 
I recently used this mic as a room mic for guitar that was also close mic'd with a 57a, it was a bout 4.5 ft away from the cab and about 2 feet off the ground, sound great together. It's also important to note it was upside down.
 
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