Post by Johnkenn on Apr 11, 2018 17:46:06 GMT -6
EDIT
As I posted farther down the page, there has been a redesign of this mic - and it’s pretty stunning...so, I deleted the initial file links and will add the ones I’ve done with the new mics. Really a special mic.
TF08 RAW - drive.google.com/open?id=1iFP1Ve9LgFQZvh1_RfGdSJjRcNzeuQac
TF08 UAD 1176 - drive.google.com/open?id=1VL6sINykxx-MS9lrptnswcOVABKBt4GB
TF08 UAD LA2 - drive.google.com/open?id=1YLWqWQW_QrVoBNV0zAmuZ0bMOp_bRh1g
TF08 Acoustic - drive.google.com/open?id=1z4RA_Fdz9eP480QndZC130hzlzMmQwu4
TF08 Acoustic - drive.google.com/open?id=1z4RA_Fdz9eP480QndZC130hzlzMmQwu4
Hey guys, this review is long overdo! M57 wrote a really great review in the review section, but I thought I would add this here too.
The Omni8 Audio TF08 is the newest condenser microphone form Mark Fouxman - who is most notably connected with his fantastic ribbon mics under the Samar brand. Mark sent me one of his new condensers and I wanted to share my impressions for the rest of the gang here at RGO.
The website states this about the mic:
“...the TF08 delivers smooth sound, with deep bass response and an un-hyped, sibilance free, top end. Due to the un-colored and neutral nature of the sonics built into the TF08, it is especially suitable for applications where sibilance-free sound is a priority, notably vocals and voice over applications.”
And in short - it absolutely does just that. Really well. The capsule was designed in-house and isn't attempting to be one of the usual suspects. The very first thing I noticed about the mic was a deep low end extension with a little bump around 200Hz. And on my vocals, I had to dig a little out around 200 Hz. Then I noticed that the top from seemingly 7kHz up seems to be - not rolled off - but not hyped. I’m not used to actually adding top end on my vocals, but I could do that with ease with this mic. And that leads me to something I think is really important, but gets overlooked entirely too often - how the mic takes equalization.
I think one of the hallmarks of great capsule design is the (stay with me here) consistency of quality throughout the entire frequency spectrum. You can really hear this with cheaper mics. Dig out some 200-300 Hz, then you have to dig out some wonkiness in the 800-1kHz…then you’re left with a dentist’s drill at 2-3.5kHz. In other words, the quality of the frequencies isn’t the same throughout. The TF08 “takes” EQ extremely well. There is quality throughout the frequency range. And small changes make big differences - and that’s a good thing!
The mic has a noticeable proximity effect - not sure if it’s more than other FET mics, but you can definitely hear it from different distances in the samples below. It’s a realistic, fast-on-transients, neutral-on-top and big on bottom sounding microphone. The more I think about it, it seems to be a natural fit for Mark coming from Ribbon mics. This is kind of a Ribbon sounding condenser if you will. I could see this being killer for vocals, piano, acoustic instruments…really just about anything. There’s a promotion right now selling the mic at $899 (retail will be $999). This is a fantastic price for a mic of this quality. In fact, I would really say this is one the best sub-$1000 condensers I’ve heard.
As I posted farther down the page, there has been a redesign of this mic - and it’s pretty stunning...so, I deleted the initial file links and will add the ones I’ve done with the new mics. Really a special mic.
TF08 RAW - drive.google.com/open?id=1iFP1Ve9LgFQZvh1_RfGdSJjRcNzeuQac
TF08 UAD 1176 - drive.google.com/open?id=1VL6sINykxx-MS9lrptnswcOVABKBt4GB
TF08 UAD LA2 - drive.google.com/open?id=1YLWqWQW_QrVoBNV0zAmuZ0bMOp_bRh1g
TF08 Acoustic - drive.google.com/open?id=1z4RA_Fdz9eP480QndZC130hzlzMmQwu4
TF08 Acoustic - drive.google.com/open?id=1z4RA_Fdz9eP480QndZC130hzlzMmQwu4
Hey guys, this review is long overdo! M57 wrote a really great review in the review section, but I thought I would add this here too.
The Omni8 Audio TF08 is the newest condenser microphone form Mark Fouxman - who is most notably connected with his fantastic ribbon mics under the Samar brand. Mark sent me one of his new condensers and I wanted to share my impressions for the rest of the gang here at RGO.
The website states this about the mic:
“...the TF08 delivers smooth sound, with deep bass response and an un-hyped, sibilance free, top end. Due to the un-colored and neutral nature of the sonics built into the TF08, it is especially suitable for applications where sibilance-free sound is a priority, notably vocals and voice over applications.”
And in short - it absolutely does just that. Really well. The capsule was designed in-house and isn't attempting to be one of the usual suspects. The very first thing I noticed about the mic was a deep low end extension with a little bump around 200Hz. And on my vocals, I had to dig a little out around 200 Hz. Then I noticed that the top from seemingly 7kHz up seems to be - not rolled off - but not hyped. I’m not used to actually adding top end on my vocals, but I could do that with ease with this mic. And that leads me to something I think is really important, but gets overlooked entirely too often - how the mic takes equalization.
I think one of the hallmarks of great capsule design is the (stay with me here) consistency of quality throughout the entire frequency spectrum. You can really hear this with cheaper mics. Dig out some 200-300 Hz, then you have to dig out some wonkiness in the 800-1kHz…then you’re left with a dentist’s drill at 2-3.5kHz. In other words, the quality of the frequencies isn’t the same throughout. The TF08 “takes” EQ extremely well. There is quality throughout the frequency range. And small changes make big differences - and that’s a good thing!
The mic has a noticeable proximity effect - not sure if it’s more than other FET mics, but you can definitely hear it from different distances in the samples below. It’s a realistic, fast-on-transients, neutral-on-top and big on bottom sounding microphone. The more I think about it, it seems to be a natural fit for Mark coming from Ribbon mics. This is kind of a Ribbon sounding condenser if you will. I could see this being killer for vocals, piano, acoustic instruments…really just about anything. There’s a promotion right now selling the mic at $899 (retail will be $999). This is a fantastic price for a mic of this quality. In fact, I would really say this is one the best sub-$1000 condensers I’ve heard.