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Post by barforama on Aug 1, 2014 17:17:53 GMT -6
I have just completed this extensive listening session-video.
Use your ears and make your own judgment.
Enjoy :-)
Similar sessions with male vocals coming shortly.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Aug 1, 2014 17:38:27 GMT -6
I have just completed this extensive listening session-video. Use your ears and make your own judgment. Enjoy :-) Similar sessions with male vocals coming shortly. I love your comp and eq shootouts. Looking forward to this too. |
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Post by odyssey76 on Aug 1, 2014 18:42:32 GMT -6
I have just completed this extensive listening session-video. Use your ears and make your own judgment. Enjoy :-) Similar sessions with male vocals coming shortly. Damn, that's a ton of work - thanks for doing this. Was wondering how the samples were created? |
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Post by barforama on Aug 2, 2014 4:39:42 GMT -6
Vocals are recorded through a standard K&M pop-filter. The lips were approx. 5 inches from the capsule. Signal-chain was; mic -> Great River MP2NV -> RME Fireface -> Logic |
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Post by barforama on Aug 3, 2014 10:33:14 GMT -6
Chapter two is airbourne!
male vocals - same microphones - knock yourselves out!
:-)
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Post by barforama on Aug 3, 2014 10:34:06 GMT -6
Chapter three - drums - coming right up...
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Post by formatcyes on Aug 3, 2014 15:20:13 GMT -6
Huge amount of work here thankyou.
Whats interesting is how usable nearly all the mic recordings would be. A couple that jumped out as "hmmm" but very few.
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Post by yotonic on Aug 4, 2014 0:21:52 GMT -6
I'm not sure...  I see why Chris Martin likes that C414XLSII that sounded the best to me. It always has a nice sweet spot for tenors and none of the pinching, eq artifacts, or zingyness you find in cheaper mics. While most of the Rodes sounded terrible I liked the NTK on your voice. But C414 XLSII wins. Thanks |
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Post by barforama on Aug 4, 2014 7:03:02 GMT -6
...and what complicates the matter even more is, that you (as in "all of us") will have very little clue as to which mic will sound the best in a given arrangement of a song.
I use, and very much like, the BLUE Bottle system with interchangable capsules. I have the whole capsule-kit plus a customized Tim Campbell CT-12 capsule - 10 capsules in total. I have recorded vocals on four of my own projects with that mic and I usually record the first verse with all the capsules and then I can A/B (or A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I/J) compare the texture of the vocaltracks and chode the one I like the most. I have not used the same capsule for vocals two times - on my own voice that is - it's allways different what sounds the best.
...and I'm rarely in doubt which is the most suiting for the task.
I guess what I am trying to say is, that the very subtle differences is very likely to be what makes it hit or shit ;-)
Food for thoughts...
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Post by barforama on Aug 5, 2014 1:45:40 GMT -6
Huge amount of work here thankyou. Whats interesting is how usable nearly all the mic recordings would be. A couple that jumped out as "hmmm" but very few. I do think that the drum-FOK session do show bigger differences between the mics. Wait for it ;-) |
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Post by aremos on Aug 5, 2014 10:31:57 GMT -6
DPA's.
(Wonder how Schoeps would have compared.)
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Post by barforama on Aug 6, 2014 6:32:11 GMT -6
I have just finished uploading the drum-session;
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Post by jcoutu1 on Aug 6, 2014 6:44:19 GMT -6
I have just finished uploading the drum-session; Could you post a list of mics in the order that they're featured? Also, are the files available for download? Thanks again. -Jesse |
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Post by barforama on Aug 6, 2014 7:12:39 GMT -6
AKG C214
AKG C414XLII
AKG C414XLS
AKG C2000B
AKG Perception 120
AKG Perception 220
AKG Perception 420
AKG Perception 820
Audio Technica AT2020
Audio Technica AT2035
Audio Technica AT2050
Audio Technica AT4033
Audio Technica AT4040
Audio Technica AT4047
Audio Technica AT4050
Avantone CK6
Avantone CK7
Avantone CV12
BLUE Baby Bottle
BLUE Blueberry
BLUE Bluebird
BLUE Dragonfly
BLUE Rocket Stage One
BLUE Spark
BLUE Woodpecker
Bock 195
DPA 2011C
DPA 4015C
DPA 4099U
Neumann TLM49
Neumann TLM102
Neumann TLM103
Røde K2
Røde NT1A
Røde NT2A
Røde NT1000
Røde NT2000
Røde NTK
Royer R121
sE Gemini 5 FET
sE Gemini 5 tube
sE 2200AII
sE 2200T
sE 4400A
sE VR1
sE X1
sE X1R
sE Z5600AII
Sennheiser MK4
Shure SM57
Telefunken CU29
no. They are not available for download :-)
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Post by svart on Aug 6, 2014 9:38:25 GMT -6
Interesting. On vocals it was a much closer sound to each other. Some might be a little more nasal or dark than others but none really changed the overall tone too much.
On drums it was much easier to hear the difference with the "cheaper" mics having "harder" mids with generally more honk.
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Post by Ward on Aug 6, 2014 13:29:31 GMT -6
Blue Woodpecker, Neumann TLM102, and DPA 4099 are all most agreeable on her voice, with the T-Funk CU29 being very very close to the top-3.
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