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Post by gouge on Apr 1, 2018 3:41:35 GMT -6
I was wondering which ldc mics had the better off axis sound.
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Post by johneppstein on Apr 1, 2018 15:42:29 GMT -6
I was wondering which ldc mics had the better off axis sound. Well, according to the BBC tests the Neumann/Telefunken U47 wasn't bad...... |
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Post by spindrift on Apr 1, 2018 21:46:29 GMT -6
U89, TLM170
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Post by iamasound on Apr 2, 2018 12:41:55 GMT -6
Microtech Gefell m930...sweet!
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Post by ericn on Apr 2, 2018 12:54:50 GMT -6
Anything that is a single Omni capsule not switchable will offer the most consistent off axis response!
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Post by Martin John Butler on Apr 2, 2018 15:29:17 GMT -6
Best yet, the Chandler Redd.
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Apr 2, 2018 15:39:25 GMT -6
U47-FET.
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Post by gouge on Apr 2, 2018 17:27:28 GMT -6
Hi bob, Do you have any thoughts on what elements of the 47fet design gave it good off axis. |
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Apr 2, 2018 17:37:36 GMT -6
It's a hyper-cardioid.
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Post by Martin John Butler on Apr 2, 2018 18:56:38 GMT -6
Bob's probably right, but you'd have to like the U47 FET first. I don't love it at all.
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Post by gouge on Apr 2, 2018 20:23:00 GMT -6
As an aside note I was thinking of building a u47fet but thought the diy versions were card.
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Post by joseph on Apr 2, 2018 22:06:26 GMT -6
Josephson C716
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Apr 4, 2018 14:57:26 GMT -6
Bob's probably right, but you'd have to like the U47 FET first. I don't love it at all. I used one at Graham Nash's house when they first came out and thought it was a decent mike for recording fiddle and other instruments when an 87 didn't cut it. I never saw any more until I moved to Nashville and discovered it was several people's "go-to" kick mike for good reason. |
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Post by Martin John Butler on Apr 4, 2018 19:27:43 GMT -6
I had two mint vintage U47 FET's here on loan, and my wife didn't like the sound at all. She preferred the Blackspade Um-17R I had at the time. If I owned one, I'd think about putting one of the 47 FET capsules in one of the new U47 clones being made, but I'd probably just sell it and buy two of the Golden Age or Stam U47's, or two Stam 67's.
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Post by ericn on Apr 5, 2018 2:16:43 GMT -6
Bob's probably right, but you'd have to like the U47 FET first. I don't love it at all. I used one at Graham Nash's house when they first came out and thought it was a decent mike for recording fiddle and other instruments when an 87 didn't cut it. I never saw any more until I moved to Nashville and discovered it was several people's "go-to" kick mike for good reason. The 47 FET isn’t a bad mic, when it works it works. I prolly should have picked the one I could have had for $1700 12 years back, it’s just not a $3000 mic these days, I mean I could buy a pair of 84’s and a UM70 for that! Well that’s what I told myself a couple of weeks ago when the guys at the local GC asked me to inspect the one they had. It’s a nice mic, it just very seldom sends shivers down my spine and $3K is a lot for a kick mic! |
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Apr 5, 2018 11:14:07 GMT -6
I still use my collection from 1970-72 which was based on what I felt I needed to learn other than Motown's KM-86s or couldn't expect to find in a lot of studios. (Mortals couldn't even think about owning a recording studio back then.)
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