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Post by michaelcleary on Sept 30, 2019 10:11:32 GMT -6
U87 Rhodium. Not sure how to post pics here but will do when I figure it out.
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Post by michaelcleary on Sept 28, 2019 9:55:08 GMT -6
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 30, 2019 16:56:52 GMT -6
Just got an email that the update is in!
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 30, 2019 14:31:42 GMT -6
Senn e902. Much better than the e602 and also great on floor Tom.
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 12, 2019 17:34:57 GMT -6
How close do you guys get the 121 on guitar cabs? i've actually hung it on an amp like one does with a 409/609/906 at lower volume. higher volumes I'll go a couple inches off.
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 12, 2019 8:39:06 GMT -6
Always on electric. Occasionally on acoustic. Horns. Sometimes it’s just right on a vocal where nothing else seems to work.
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 2, 2019 8:15:16 GMT -6
MD441 is a great dynamic but its usually at least twice the price. SM7B is a must if you have a bad room. Only if you're in the USA, which Mr. Holmes is not.
If you happen to be recording Michael Jackson. Are You?
Erm, no.
That makes no sense.
why are you hung up on only Michael Jackson can use this mic? I have used it on my vocals as well as others with perfect results. It is my go to for a tight rock vocal sound. when I want bigger, I use my U67, when I want airy, I use my M149. When I stack a lot of vocals, I'm talking 50-60 tracks and sometimes more, My crappy room sneaks into the track. Multiply that by 50 and it sounds pretty bad. The SM7 greatly reduces the room bleed and therefore the exponential buildup. Does that make sense to you now?
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Post by michaelcleary on Aug 1, 2019 14:41:54 GMT -6
MD441 is a great dynamic but its usually at least twice the price. SM7B is a must if you have a bad room. Perfect on certain vocals, also if stacking a bunch of vox it reduces the room build up that can happen with lots of vocal tracks. I tried it on acoustic and it had a specific sound that may or may not work for you depending on the guitar. I have other options that I turn to for acoustic but if you need it specifically to reduce room noise and cant afford an MD441 then it will do the trick.
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Post by michaelcleary on Jul 3, 2019 15:17:28 GMT -6
Just used it on sax again, perfect.
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Post by michaelcleary on Jun 17, 2019 8:25:54 GMT -6
I have both. I mix on the 600, listen back on 650. 600 seem flatter to me, the 650 seem prettier sounding.
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Post by michaelcleary on Jun 13, 2019 16:45:04 GMT -6
I remember using some on toms many years ago. I recall they were fine but it was long enough ago for everything old to be new again. stick it on an acoustic guitar (Boston - "More Than A Feeling" etc), stick it on an electric guitar cabinet (Rolling Stones? I'm not sure), something cool should happen Yes! Thanks. I remember seeing some old pics on guitar amps. If this gives me the Boston acoustic sound I’ll be thrilled.
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Post by michaelcleary on Jun 13, 2019 16:04:00 GMT -6
A buddy recently gave me a couple of re15. I’ll have to give them a shot. Some would say those are the "cream of the crop" of general old EV mics I remember using some on toms many years ago. I recall they were fine but it was long enough ago for everything old to be new again.
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Post by michaelcleary on Jun 13, 2019 15:59:07 GMT -6
A buddy recently gave me a couple of re15. I’ll have to give them a shot.
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Post by michaelcleary on Jun 11, 2019 8:18:44 GMT -6
This happened last year briefly and we have reports of it happening again now. If you get contacted by someone claiming to be from Neumann/Sennheiser looking to exchange mics for services please let me know, it is a scam so do not fall for it. Thanks, mc
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Post by michaelcleary on Jun 11, 2019 8:15:46 GMT -6
Only have my phone, but seems like it sounds really great. What’s that KM84 on these days? the 84 lives on hi hat but just recently I tracked a mandolin with it on a busy strummy piece and it was perfect for the track.
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Post by michaelcleary on Jun 10, 2019 19:30:19 GMT -6
My go to has always been my M149 but I just recently started using my Royer SF12 stereo ribbon mic. It stays on over heads when not on my baby grand but it never wowed me until now. This is thru an original Great river white face stereo mic pre with a touch of Elysia expressor on the way in. mixed with a uad la2a gray, touch of H delay and H verb and a sniff of the glue on the 2 bus. soundcloud.com/mcblive/improv-in-c
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Post by michaelcleary on May 29, 2019 10:51:37 GMT -6
Sm7, blankets or whatever you have to deaden the room, walls, ceiling. Sometimes a closet loaded with clothes if you can fit but close up on an sm7 will get you most of the way there.
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Post by michaelcleary on May 24, 2019 11:48:54 GMT -6
The chambers sound great. Bravo! Mc
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Post by michaelcleary on Apr 21, 2019 15:49:27 GMT -6
Maybe speaker is wired backwards. It won't be the first time. Last album I mixed guitar player used two amps and one one of them was wired backwards. I told him and he was always fascinated about "stereo" he got. Check DC offset and call amp tech Brass instruments spikes appear on positive cycles so you can surely tell issues in microphone, cables and gear if they are flipped I don't see how wiring the speaker backwards would create assymmetrical offset in a single amp.
Could be a tube problem, could be something's wonky with the self-biasing circuit (which is also affected by the vibrato in some of those amps, depending on the exact model), could be a sign that you have a slightly leaky coupling capacitor. There are a lot of possible causes.
Knowing the actual model number would be helpful.
Take it to a tech.
1967 vibrolux 2-10". I'll reach out to my tech this week. Thanks mc
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Post by michaelcleary on Apr 21, 2019 9:38:44 GMT -6
yes, but my question is why would it overshoot to the lower side as opposed to the positive side. Is it because of the complex nature of the vibrolux amp signal?
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Post by michaelcleary on Apr 21, 2019 9:23:09 GMT -6
Just recorded some guitar tracks in Cubase with two mics, U67 and R121 on an old late 60's vibrolux. Sounds great but i noticed a lot of offset on the negative (bottom) half of the waveforms. why is this? it was the same on both mics and both were tracked thru different preamps. Thanks, mc
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Post by michaelcleary on Mar 20, 2019 13:22:05 GMT -6
Quick question for anyone who knows the real facts. How many U47FET reissues were made, or plan to be made? How many U67 reissues were made, or plan to be made? I've heard 2000 for each. But . . . seems out to lunch for the 67, which I would expect to be around 400 like the last time. Just talked with someone from Neumann and the plan is to keep it part of the line up for as long as they can get parts. They’ve already sold almost 800 worldwide so far.
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Post by michaelcleary on Mar 4, 2019 7:54:31 GMT -6
Yes, I meant akg and fixed the post, thanks. I find the 600 more neutral and the 650 a little more "sweetened"/hifi sounding. I'll mix on the HD600 and then give a listen on the 650. sometimes the 650 will reveal a little more low end info. In general I view the 650 as more of a pleasure listening HD than a clinical HD but both are excellent.
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Post by michaelcleary on Mar 3, 2019 11:54:42 GMT -6
I been mixing on HD for years. I switch between HD600 and HD650 for mixing, popping on the AKG K701 occasionally. Then playing back on laptop, car stereo, consumer HD and buds. I have nice monitors but a shitty box of a room. My kick drum tends to be hot when playing back in the car so I try to be conscious of that. I like loud vocals so I am aware that HD can affect how that plays out. Hence, why I play back on different mediums to see how it translates. Still learning but figuring things out along the way...
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Post by michaelcleary on Dec 24, 2018 8:30:48 GMT -6
want.
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