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Post by sparkey on Mar 23, 2024 22:51:34 GMT -6
Anyone try the schoeps large diaphragm mic? Heard it was fantastic.
uses besides vocals?
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Post by bricejchandler on Mar 24, 2024 1:18:34 GMT -6
Great mic, balanced sounding but not clinical.
A bit less bite compared to an 87ai.
It looks great and sounds nice on most things you'd expect a fet LDC to sound nice on, acoustics, vocals, piano.
Sounds very natural on picked acoustic guitar or piano for example, without kind of "telephoney" sounding mid peaks that you get with an 87ai, or even a Soyuz 017 fet, not saying those peaks are necessarily a bad thing since they often help things cut through a mix but the Schoeps feels much flatter and gives a more in the room feel.
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Post by honkeur on Mar 24, 2024 6:42:07 GMT -6
It may look like a LDC, bit it is a SDC !
(I'm sure it sounds fantastic, though.)
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Post by bricejchandler on Mar 24, 2024 8:35:41 GMT -6
It may look like a LDC, bit it is a SDC ! (I'm sure it sounds fantastic, though.) Oops! I've used it enough where I should know this! |
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Post by sparkey on Mar 24, 2024 15:04:26 GMT -6
If I have the schoeps cmc6 Mk4’s for my acoustic guitar will the v4 u be a good addition or overkill?
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Post by Shadowk on Mar 24, 2024 15:44:38 GMT -6
I have the same question as Sparkey, from the clips I've heard I really do like that V4 though. It seems to have that original blue bottle soft top but with tons of clarity and detail, added on that there's no annoying distortion whatsoever I'm thinking flagship mic? Some things are up my alley but this seems like an insta-buy.. Even if I'm trying not spend any more money and at roughly $2.8K it's not a cheap mic. Although I don't think Schoeps makes anything less than amazing mic's.
Very nice.
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Post by honkeur on Mar 24, 2024 18:14:17 GMT -6
I guess it’s not entirely accurate just to say, “It’s a SDC” — from the SoundOnSound review:
“In designing the V4U, the Schoeps engineers wanted to find a way of combining the technical advantages of a small-diaphragm capsule (with which they are intimately familiar) with the sonic character of a large-diaphragm design. This was achieved in essence by setting a directional small-diaphragm capsule within a bevelled pressure plate. This configuration increases the capsule's effective diameter to around 33mm, and provides a similar pressure build-up effect for off-axis sounds to that associated with a large-diaphragm capsule. Similar ideas have long been employed with omnidirectional (pressure) transducers — most notably in the Neumann M50, for example — but I've not come across it used with pressure-gradient capsules before.”
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Post by sparkey on Mar 24, 2024 19:03:46 GMT -6
It’s sounds gorgeous from the sound clips I heard
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Post by bricejchandler on Mar 25, 2024 1:14:57 GMT -6
If I have the schoeps cmc6 Mk4’s for my acoustic guitar will the v4 u be a good addition or overkill? The V4u sounds great on acoustic but a CMC6 is still my first pick when both are available, just because I'm so used to that sound and ease of placement. I've used the CMC6 for vocals a whole lot and it sounds great ( with the right pop filter) but the V4U has a more immediately pleasing tone for vocals, a little extra articulation in the high end. |
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Post by Shadowk on Mar 25, 2024 4:53:15 GMT -6
If I have the schoeps cmc6 Mk4’s for my acoustic guitar will the v4 u be a good addition or overkill? The V4u sounds great on acoustic but a CMC6 is still my first pick when both are available, just because I'm so used to that sound and ease of placement. I've used the CMC6 for vocals a whole lot and it sounds great ( with the right pop filter) but the V4U has a more immediately pleasing tone for vocals, a little extra articulation in the high end. Appreciate the feedback Brice, this extra articulation though could it just be easily solved with a splash of EQ on the way in? SDC's for me generally take to EQ really well as there's not much in the way of distortion to exascerbate. So, whilst the mic sounds awesome it sorta feels like if you already have an MK4 you're covered? |
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Post by bricejchandler on Mar 25, 2024 5:37:48 GMT -6
The V4u sounds great on acoustic but a CMC6 is still my first pick when both are available, just because I'm so used to that sound and ease of placement. I've used the CMC6 for vocals a whole lot and it sounds great ( with the right pop filter) but the V4U has a more immediately pleasing tone for vocals, a little extra articulation in the high end. Appreciate the feedback Brice, this extra articulation though could it just be easily solved with a splash of EQ on the way in? SDC's for me generally take to EQ really well as there's not much in the way of distortion to exascerbate. So, whilst the mic sounds awesome it sorta feels like if you already have an MK4 you're covered? Mmmmhh, I've never done a scientific comparison as I've used the V4 but don't own one, but I feel like besides the fact that the V4 is more voiced towards vocals compared to the MK4, the biggest difference is that it reacts more like a traditional mic as far as proximity effect and working the mic; so a singer would feel more familiar. |
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Post by nnajar on Mar 25, 2024 12:53:32 GMT -6
If I have the schoeps cmc6 Mk4’s for my acoustic guitar will the v4 u be a good addition or overkill? Good addition |
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Post by nnajar on Mar 25, 2024 12:57:06 GMT -6
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Post by Hudsonic on Mar 26, 2024 4:22:58 GMT -6
V4U in use here for about 5 years. A universal studio mic that sounds good on anything. Freq. response tailored for voice as a design goal with some slight boosts in the presence region.
A small diaphragm microphone that insiders at the Schoeps factory believe is their very best mic. Different electronics design from anything else they make and a high headroom design.
I use it on singers, piano, woodwinds etc.
I do not use it on strings.
In the USA, purchase it on line in Europe from Thomann or other German shop. Save $700 over USA distributor price.
Highest Recommend
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