Whats the best mic for...

[johnnypraze]

^ LoL......

 

[Vullkunnraven]

I know...
What about a pair of PZM's on the floor next to his feet. Now that would capture the essence of a mime's artform... picture it, you would actually HEAR the MIME... while he is 'mimeing'.

 

[MCI2424]

Recording a Mime?

Condensor or Dynamic?

What Pre do you suggest?

Any mic that is very transparent.

 

[Freudian Slip]

I know...
What about a pair of PZM's on the floor next to his feet. Now that would capture the essence of a mime's artform... picture it, you would actually HEAR the MIME... while he is 'mimeing'.

Well done! And isn't that a boundry mic. Perfect for the man in a box routine!

Get it Bada bing.

Still like the shotgun though. Like to see him slowly slide down that imaginary wall. Try that mime!

F.S.

 

[Harvey Gerst]

I once put on a blank tape and turned it up full blast - drove the mime next door crazy.

 

[Robert D]

I once put on a blank tape and turned it up full blast - drove the mime next door crazy.

I'll bet he was screaming the worst string of profanities anyone never heard at you.

 

[2lim]

You guys are forgetting, that like any type of recording, the answer isn't as simple as black and white!

Of course my personal fave is a matched pair of MSH-1O's set up XY above the mime's head, about a foot down from the top of the invisible box.


Simon

 

[apl]

You don't X-Y omnis.

 

[apl]

I've had blind clients in the studio and I A-Bed a bunch of different mics that I used on mime recordings. They hands down fave was the mime voice in the MS Windows synth, believe it or not. So fired the mimes and it's been all digital from there. Word on the street is that the Pod Mime Modeler might be pretty good, too. Then there will be inevitable Behringer Ultra-Mime.

 

[Vullkunnraven]

Well done! And isn't that a boundry mic. Perfect for the man in a box routine!

Get it Bada bing.

Still like the shotgun though. Like to see him slowly slide down that imaginary wall. Try that mime!

F.S.

Ya... haha... boundaries on the box, for the man in the box routine! Nice, nice. The shotgun would work well, but whichever mic used, we shouldn't forget to dial in the right compression settings. I mean, sliding up and down an imaginary wall must provide all types imaginary clipping, I don't think my pre's have enough imaginary headroom to catch such imaginary transients.

Bottom line, record a mime for as long as you want, he'll still pay you out of his imaginary wallet.

 

[MCI2424]

You don't X-Y omnis.

If you COULD X-Y omnis it would be a Homo mic tecnique.

 

[Freudian Slip]

I once put on a blank tape and turned it up full blast - drove the mime next door crazy.

Ohhhhh, LOL


Got to love it!

F.S.

 

[Freudian Slip]

we shouldn't forget to dial in the right compression settings.

No need for compression on mimes, you just lower their imaginary ceiling.


F.S.

 

[XLR]

The best thing about mic'ing a mime is that you don't have to go to all the trouble of running cables.

 

[2lim]

If you are mic'ing a mime, I really don't see why anyone would worry about if you can XY omnis or not. You know, not to nit pick or anything.


Simon

 

[XLR]

If you are mic'ing a mime, I really don't see why anyone would worry about if you can XY omnis or not. You know, not to nit pick or anything.


Simon

I think omni XY seems like the most fitting config for that... just because it's probably the only time one might get to use that technique effectively.

 

[Freudian Slip]

I think omni XY seems like the most fitting config for that... just because it's probably the only time one might get to use that technique effectively.

With out a doubt! And as long as we have got the omni xy going I think it's the perfect time to try mixing it in surround. It will be like, Wow, it's coming from everywhere!

F.S.

 

[Dogman]

Do you need a pop filter when mic'ing a Mime?

 

[Freudian Slip]

Do you need a pop filter when mic'ing a Mime?

It's just like mic'ing anyone, only if he's drinking pop,,,? Come on man


F.S.

 

[XLR]

Do you need a pop filter when mic'ing a Mime?

Well of course. Isnt' it all about visuals anyway? (not just for mimes, heh-heh). Don't think I've ever seen a pro studio pic with an artist at the mike where there wasn't a pop screen. Even more important, you've got to have a large bodied side address mike hanging upside down. Put the small diaphragm DPA, Schoeps or MSH pair where it can't be seen and track from that, but you gotta handle the visuals so the artist feels professional in order to inspire the best performance. That's your job, man.