why hate the akg3000? ..Listen and see

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ive seen alot of bad comments on the akgc300b mic. I just wonder, is it rumor, or is from people that have actully used it?

the only reason i care is i thought of buying one based on this sample, but then everyone i talk to says it sounds like shit. so heck i dont know.

this sample was recorded by a boss br1600, staight into the units mic pres, so nothing fancy was done to enhance it other than a few loop effects after the recording.

what do you think of the recording. I might add that the entire track was recorded with this one mic, other than the drums.

i think it sounds pretty damn awsome, so why all the bad comments? I am really confused.

 
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Ok got a new link that works. correction, just the vocals were recorded with the akg c3000b.

vocals sounds natural, and crisp to me. please feel free to comment. Im looking a buying something soon.

 


welll maybe this time it will work for F's sake. sorry.
 
Ok try this

Damn man, the link jsut wont copy and paste over like i want it too.

soo, go to the roland/boss user forum on this web site. look for a thread titled, "Songs recorded on the BR1600" by sp clark.

the links work there, so if your not pissed at all my awfull computer work, go there and listen to his samples, then come back here and leave some feedback.

thanks and sorry
metalj
 
Good job besides the Bass being a little to high I think you need to bring the vocal way up. You have a great voice. Dont burry it.
 
Herm said:
Good job besides the Bass being a little to high I think you need to bring the vocal way up. You have a great voice. Dont burry it.
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just want to make sure you all know this is not me. the recording was done by user name SPclark. please give him the props, for his great recording. I just wanted to use it as a example of how nice a akgc3000b mic can sound through average equipment and with a great voice.


nice job to SPCLARK
 
metalj said:
ive seen alot of bad comments on the akgc300b mic. I just wonder, is it rumor, or is from people that have actully used it?

the only reason i care is i thought of buying one based on this sample, but then everyone i talk to says it sounds like shit. so heck i dont know.

this sample was recorded by a boss br1600, staight into the units mic pres, so nothing fancy was done to enhance it other than a few loop effects after the recording.

what do you think of the recording. I might add that the entire track was recorded with this one mic, other than the drums.

i think it sounds pretty damn awsome, so why all the bad comments? I am really confused.

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First of all the C3000B and the C3000 are not the same mic! What is said for one cannot be construed on the other, perhaps this will clear it up for you.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan00/articles/akgc3000b.htm

Secondly MP3 is a big fat approximation, in compression a great deal of detail is lost even at higher bitrates and the result should not be used as any kind of yardstick.
 
metalj said:


welll maybe this time it will work for F's sake. sorry.
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Try right clicking the link and doing 'copy shortcut' or 'copy link location' depending of your flavour of browser.

What you are cutting and pasting is the abbreviated text displayed by the board not the actual link location ;)
 
My personal critisism is for the C3000 model. (Not "B"). I have owned one since it hit the stores about, what, 10 years ago or more? I still own it.

I think it was an ok buy then. But it would be a very bad choice to make today. I wish I bought the AT4033 instead, which I did consider at the time.
 
Stefan Elmblad said:
My personal critisism is for the C3000 model. (Not "B").
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Mine too, my only opportunity to ever use it was at live sessions and interviews on the local radio station, it has since been confined to the locker - the current engineer won't even use it for voiceovers.
 
paddyponchero said:
Secondly MP3 is a big fat approximation, in compression a great deal of detail is lost even at higher bitrates and the result should not be used as any kind of yardstick.
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Oh come on, it's not that bad if done right.
 
wow, thanks guys. i did not know there were two differnt kinds of 3000 mics. this helps me out a bunch.

thanks for your help, please look for a bump from me soon :)

metalJ out !!
 
I was one of the suckers that bought the C3000 and the 1000 in a kit. There's much better mics out there for the same money. The 3000 CAN give decent results with ALOT of time spent on mic placement, but it's never given excellent results for me.
 
dalon said:
Oh come on, it's not that bad if done right.
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What do you mean if 'done right' - its not like you do it by hand, you pick an encoder, select a bit rate and off you go - there is no such a thing as 'doing it right'

Q) How do you think you get compression rates of up to 10 times
A) Loss of information

And thats just the encoding process, if you cant hear how crap the average mp3 is how're you going to hear how crap the average mic is?
 
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