Post by mcirish on Jul 18, 2021 19:33:58 GMT -6
Today, I recorded four different SDC mics. My plan is to post the files for everyone to hear. These are some of the particulars:
1) I strapped all the mics together with the capsules lined up
2) I recorded acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola, Irish bouzouki, 6 string banjo and piano
3) All mics were recorded at the same time. I didn't want different performances to affect it
4) The mics were 12" from each instrument except the piano
5) I recorded the piano with three different setups. Straight on / 90 deg one way / 90 deg the other way
I wanted to see how each did with being off axis
6) I literally spent no time preparing what I would play - so the performance is not stellar. This is all one take.
7) All mics were recorded using a Daking Mic Pre IV into a Lynx Aurora into Nuendo
8) No processing other than matching LUFS. I did this only once and applied the gain settings to each of the tracks. It's fairly close.
9) I have 24 audio files in 44.1K/24 Bit
Questions:
1) Should I keep which mics they are a secret?
2) If secret and I go with A,B,C,D; should I keep them the same throughout? So Mic A is Mic A on every recording.
2) How long should each audio file be? I just noodled so it rambles... 30 sec?
3) Host on google drive OK? Or I can put a zip of the whole thing on one of my web sites
I want this to be informative. None of these mics are duds or known "crap". I found a few things very surprising but want everyone to draw their own conclusion. If you have any other requests (other than re-recording) I'm open.
1) I strapped all the mics together with the capsules lined up
2) I recorded acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandola, Irish bouzouki, 6 string banjo and piano
3) All mics were recorded at the same time. I didn't want different performances to affect it
4) The mics were 12" from each instrument except the piano
5) I recorded the piano with three different setups. Straight on / 90 deg one way / 90 deg the other way
I wanted to see how each did with being off axis
6) I literally spent no time preparing what I would play - so the performance is not stellar. This is all one take.
7) All mics were recorded using a Daking Mic Pre IV into a Lynx Aurora into Nuendo
8) No processing other than matching LUFS. I did this only once and applied the gain settings to each of the tracks. It's fairly close.
9) I have 24 audio files in 44.1K/24 Bit
Questions:
1) Should I keep which mics they are a secret?
2) If secret and I go with A,B,C,D; should I keep them the same throughout? So Mic A is Mic A on every recording.
2) How long should each audio file be? I just noodled so it rambles... 30 sec?
3) Host on google drive OK? Or I can put a zip of the whole thing on one of my web sites
I want this to be informative. None of these mics are duds or known "crap". I found a few things very surprising but want everyone to draw their own conclusion. If you have any other requests (other than re-recording) I'm open.
