Re: OT top affordable microphones (was headache from cds)

[mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>]

I know absolutely nothiong about microphones.. I have a collection, (of UN-named weid looking things found at car boot sales) and they all sound different.. but to say which is the best, would be odd... This one is warm - this one is tinny.. however.. I have a question.

 

An only just discoverd feature of my Zoom h4 is mike emulation... So... whats up with that? Does it work, is it nonsense, if theres something in it, why dont they just emulate the 10 best mikes, and watch them all go out of business as they flood the market at a tenth of the price...

 

mark

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:00 PM, L.Angulo <labaloops@yahoo.com> wrote:

Kevin please go on and tell us about this affordable hi quality mics!!
ive been doing some recording and ive been having some problems recording acoustic guitars i am currently using a Rhode NT5 to do this,one of the problems i am having is that when i record i push the signal as far as possible without causing distortion,i triy to find the sweet spot until it sounds good but when i play it back in Sonar it sounds really weak and i have to compress them and EQ them to come to life.Now as you are saying a good mic should capture the sound without having to do this and i believed the NT5s are decent mics...
if you were right now to choose the affordable mics you must have to record voice,drums and instruments which ones would you pick?
cheers
Luis



>
> What continually amazes me is the selection of affordable,
> high-quality microphones these days.  They have huge dynamic
> ranges.  Well, I sure don't want to compress them!  :)
>
> -- Kevin

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