Support
Looper's Delight
|
Support |
|
|
whar are your thoughts on the AKG C3000? i am curious because i have it but i havenīt really been able to warm up to it, although it was highly recomended.Ive tried recording acoustic guitars with it but i just dont like the sound too much,it seems a bit cold somehow.Maybe i am doing something wrong... Luis --- Mech <mech@m3ch.net> wrote: > At 3:21 AM -0700 6/16/07, RICK WALKER wrote: > > > >I've always had to attempt champagne living on a > beer budget > >throughout my musical career as a professional > >producer/drummer/percussionist/band leader. > > I can wholeheartedly agree with the same philosophy. > So, in the same > spirit, here's another mic tip. > > Back in the mid-80's, I was going through recording > technology > classes at university. Our teacher -- who was also > a professional > studio owner of a pretty darn nice studio for its > day, mostly > catering to overflow from the Nashville market -- > showed us this > trick: > > He took a fairly high-end AKG microphone which cost > several hundred > dollars (I think it was the original C1000), and > scoped it on the > RTA. He then brought out this *thing*. It looked > like a soda straw > with a bunch of electrical tape and a jack on one > end. He plugged in > that mic and scoped it, then compared the two > snapshots -- the > frequency response was identical! We spent a little > more time doing > blind tests between the real mic and this little > homemade thing, and > none of us could tell the difference. > > Here's what he had done. He had gone down to Radio > Shack, and > purchased one of the mic elements they sell in the > parts section. > He'd then soldered wires to the terminals, and run > the element > (rear-end first) down an ordinary drinking straw, > merely taping > around the sides to hold it in place. On the > opposite end of the > wires running down the inside of the straw, he > soldered a standard > XLR jack. Later, he showed us a more "advanced" > model where he'd > soldered an adapter for a 9-volt battery and a cheap > switch, so he > wouldn't have to rely on phantom power. > > It turns out that the Rat Shack mic elements were > from the exact same > parts source as those in the AKG. The only > difference was that AKG > would put them through a bit more QC. Occasionally, > he'd have to use > two or three elements before finding one that was > perfect. The soda > straw was merely a quick and easy housing to build > everything around. > You could just as easily use something a little more > sturdy. > > Considering the cost (95 cents for each mic element, > $1.95 for a good > XLR jack, and a few pennies for wire, solder, and a > straw), it was > worth the time to check a couple of elements. > Especially since you > were getting a $400 mic for less than $5. > > --m. > -- > _____ > "I want to keep you alive so there is always the > possibility of > murder... later" > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front