Chandler TG Mic...and I’m living on the elliptical

Also waiting on my order from sweetwater but I placed it a bit later. Sometime in early march. They did say it'd be a few weeks though, so fair enough.

It’s totally fine...ragan doesn’t mind waiting...check the Stam thread.

Haha yeah...I have been waiting like a year or something for some of that stuff as well.

I have confidence in Chandler to behave appropriately, though. I've got two REDD.47 preamps and an RS124. Love them.

Incidentally, I recently discovered that running Floor Toms through that chain sounds absolutely amazing. Wasn't expecting the RS124 to be so good on drums in general since I expected it to be slower than it apparently is.

87s never sound bad. They rarely sound extraordinary, but they never sound bad. They often times sound REALLY good to the point of excellent.

I have other mics in my locker that I would use first, but I still have some love for the 87.

I’ll have a TG mic waiting for me when I get back to town in a few days.

SirThinksAlot and I did a bunch of vocal/guitar tests yesterday afternoon. He brought his TG over to my shitty little space and manned the mouse while I did what I like to do with a new mic - play guitar and sing from about 3-4feet, sing a cappella at 12-18", and run a vocal through a rough mix. On the Vox/guitar,  we did A and B settings at each twist of the knob in cardioid and omni through the ULN8 pre; on just plain vox A and B settings with each twist through the ULN8 pre; and in a mix A setting sampled at each twist through the Metric Halo ULN8 pres then through the Coil Audio CA-70.

Here are some random thoughts: this mic is really quiet - can't even hear it when it's cranked and you touch it to twist the knob or, for you OCD people, attempt to twist it in the shock mount or adjust the angle because it's not perfectly centered with your eyes (hey, that's a thing.) I hate the shock mount, but that's par for me. It will fit nicely in a standard Rycote, though, and it's a pretty light microphone. I didn't monitor the vox/guit or plain ol' vox through headphones (because why?) and haven't given them a listen to see how they fared, but heard lot's of ooo's and aww's from across the room. I had a brutal cold this week and was still hacking phlegm (no we didn't use a pop filter...he he) so I was croaking like Frog Sinatra.

We switched over to a song I'd just finished tracking electric guitars on before getting sick, put on some headphones and sang through the first verse on each setting in cardioid, first using the ULN8 pres and then the Coil Audio CA-70 wide open. Without reading anything about this mic, I guess each setting is some sort of EQ. Best I could tell without thinking to much (my superpower), some kind of high shelf of varying degrees or HPF or something. Anyway, the changes weren't subtle and weren't obnoxious, some obviously cut better then others, but any of them were usable. The TG had no sibilance issues for me (did I say I never use a pop screen?) and though I tend to hit ess's pretty hard, and they whistle through the gap in my front teeth, it was very forgiving. The mic exhibited non of that hi/mid pinch when I leaned into it, but maybe that's a thing with tube mics.

The TG really shined through the CA-70. At NFB fully counter clockwise, the CA-70 can be pretty clean sounding - open tube clean with a very physical and dimensional sound. The different switches were a bit more nuanced, still obvious, but more rounded. We picked the one we like best (facing the back of the mic, one click from center to the right), but honestly, any of them were usable. I think Alex preferred a more hifi sound, I prefer a more flat sound so I can EQ as needed as the song comes together in a mix and we landed somewhere between those preferences. Before bouncing it down for Alex to take home, I sent it through the Retro Sta/RND 5033 chain I used for vocals, rolling of a little of the bottom, but otherwise keeping the rest of the EQ in bypass and hit the Sta gently for about -10db at single and fast release so it would sit a little, but still be able to get a good picture of what the mic was doing.

This morning after reamping last weeks guitar tracks through my trusty Fulltone TTE and working on the rest of the song a bit, I farted around with the vocals some more. Hit the Sta a bit harder at double with a slightly slower release and rolled the 5033 high shelf up and those esses's that are always so brutal for me sounded nice and sizzly without ever wondering at what point I break and reach for a de-esser. Takes that high EQ very nicely. It shoved the vocal down a bit more with a bit more and it's hanging in there quite well. Frog Sinatra might have a take to use. Cool mic. When I get a mix together, I'll put up a link.

Just ordered.

Me too😁

I have mine coming in Friday according to sweetwater. Excited!

I haven't posted anything yet because I'm due to record a few different vocalists coming up. It's been fun to hear things on it so far. It does seem like the mic gets you most of the way to where you'd want a vocal. I seem to try to tweak a guitar track no matter what, mostly because I want to hear possibilities. I haven't recorded drums still.


I'd love to hear this with a REDD preamp, but I'm not aware of anyone with one in the area.

Cincinnati Northern Kentucky