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Post by ninworks on Jan 26, 2021 8:28:47 GMT -5
Sweetwater put up a video on YouTube comparing a bunch of different vocal mics. What a great video. Of the lot, I thought the Warm Audio WA-47 tube condenser mic sounded the best. At least on that guy's voice. Had a very clear and pronounced midrange with a nice transparent top end. They put it up against Neumanns, AKG's, Telefunkens, and a bunch of others as well and I thought it sounded the best of all of them. It was nowhere near the most expensive either. I might even consider selling my Neumann U89 to buy one.
The U89 is a very nice mic but not the best of the Neumann clan for vocal applications. I'd like to hear a U87 up against the WA-47 tube mic to hear the differences. A U87 is four times the price so it SHOULD sound better but I'd like to hear the comparison anyway.
I have never been one to buy any piece of gear just because it has tubes in it other than guitar amps. Especially pro audio gear. I wouldn't have even considered that mic if I hadn't heard it with my own ears.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 26, 2021 10:45:47 GMT -5
With my current modest setup I can't justify spending big bucks on a high end mic. My vocal mics are generally either my old Studio Projects TB3 tube mic or a newer Rode NT1A. For acoustics I'll use a pair of Octava MK-012-01 or combine with the other condenser mics. I have a variety of other mics that I seldomly use anymore like Shure Beta 57/58 and a Sennheiser e906. The Sennheiser is a fine guitar cab mic, its just that I record electrics almost exclusively through my Eleven Rack.
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Post by ninworks on Jan 26, 2021 17:38:37 GMT -5
I have many guitars that will cover about any ground I want to navigate. So, recording gear is next on the list. I have a number of nice mics and any one of them will do a great job. I'm just always looking for something either a little better or something that sounds a little different. Especially with microphones. You can completely change the sound of something when recording it by using a different microphone. I kind of look at microphones in the same way I do guitar amp speakers. Using a different speaker in an amp will completely change the sound of the amp. Mics are the same way. A different mic on the same instrument, amp, or voice, can drastically change the recorded sound of it. Besides I like experimenting with a lot of different combinations of things just to see what I can get out of them. It keeps me off the street and out of jail.  |
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Post by ninworks on Jan 28, 2021 7:57:59 GMT -5
With my current modest setup I can't justify spending big bucks on a high end mic. My vocal mics are generally either my old Studio Projects TB3 tube mic or a newer Rode NT1A. For acoustics I'll use a pair of Octava MK-012-01 or combine with the other condenser mics. I have a variety of other mics that I seldomly use anymore like Shure Beta 57/58 and a Sennheiser e906. The Sennheiser is a fine guitar cab mic, its just that I record electrics almost exclusively through my Eleven Rack. I have never used or auditioned a TB3 but the NT1A is a great sounding mic. A friend of mine has one and I've heard it in the studio many times. I have a matched pair of MK 012's too. They are also great mics. Especially for the price. They are a nice compliment to the KM184's I have. The high end bump is at about 7.5kHz where the Neumanns are at about 10kHz. I actually like the MK-012's better on acoustic guitar than the KM 184's. They are not as sizzly and seem to require less EQ to tame that. I certainly have more mics than I "need" but when the GAS hits sometimes I just have to relieve the pressure. I had been saving up for a number of years to buy a really nice, new, acoustic guitar but I've decided my Guild D40 is good enough. I have found a mic combination that works very well with it. It was giving me some grief in the playability department but I have gotten around that. I started using Martin light gauge strings and tune down a whole step. Then I capo at the second fret. That also gives me a little more spread on the string spacing for my banana-sized digits so I don't need a new acoustic guitar. That freed up some resources. |
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Post by FlyonNylon on Jan 31, 2021 17:55:06 GMT -5
Very cool comparison. Educational videos like this that are practical, well done, on a very specific topic are my fav part about youtube.
I have three mics; a Rode NT1A, AKG C1000s (SDC), and an SM58 clone. I use the NT1A for everything. Tried recording instruments on the AKG but the same part just sounded so much fuller with the LDC mic that I gave up trying to use it in recordings..
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