Good/great Mic for under 1200.00?
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3rdpath
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i'm a big fan of the lauten horizon.
a beautiful tube mic that sounds better than many of my studio's big budget mics for s fraction of the dinero.
a beautiful tube mic that sounds better than many of my studio's big budget mics for s fraction of the dinero.
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In that price range I would check out the Peluso P12. It's a direct re-creation of the original AKG C12 (not the newer C12VR which most would agree, isn't exactly a stellar sounding microphone). It comes with the shock mount, flight case, hand made conductor cable, wooden box, etc. We've sold a ton of these and haven't had anyone come back and say that they didn't fall in love with it. Of course, YMMV but I have a feeling you'll be pretty happy.
Plus, down the road if you find that you really wish you'd bought a stereo pair, we can get you an additional P12 and stereo match it to the one you already own.
Plus, down the road if you find that you really wish you'd bought a stereo pair, we can get you an additional P12 and stereo match it to the one you already own.
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The Red mic is a good way to go. You can get different capsules for it and switch them out as needed. That's the thing about mics - there is no one perfect mic, and spending big bucks on one would be way more limiting than spending medium bucks on two or three.
Basically, you need a bright mic for dark sources, a flat mic for sources that don't need to be hyped, and a dark mic for really bright sources. There are many ways to go about that - condensors, dynamics, ribbons, but they're all basically serving in one of those three ballparks.
Then you've got your small diaphram (earthworks) for detail, or your large diaphram for fatness/richness, and you can add a tube to give you character and sometimes a bit of compression when the transients get softened by the tube circuit. (Or get enhanced by the tube circuit if it's a crappy circuit - giving you 'eshy' S's. A $200 Apex tube mic would fall into that catagory.)
Plus, you've got your patterns to consider. Figure 8 pattern has very good rejection at the null points - the sides of the figure 8 - and that can be a lifesaver if you're doing a live guitar/vocal and want less guitar in the vocal mic, or less vocal in the guitar mic. Most ribbon mics are figure 8. Most LDC condensors are multi-pattern, unless they're designed for vocals, in which case they would just be cardioid.
If I was to start over, (after spending way too much money on way too many mics,) I'd get the Red mic setup and build on that, probably starting with the FET body and a couple of capsules, and adding the tube body when I could afford it.
A nice small diaphram condensor for acoustic guitar or drum OH is the Audio Technica ATM450, but it's kind of bright and detailed, as compared to something like the Oktava MK12, which is more natural sounding. So, right there, you need a pair of both. How's your credit card limit? (I suppose yuu could get one of each, but on drum OH, it might be weird having one side of the kit brighter than the other.)
Basically, you need a bright mic for dark sources, a flat mic for sources that don't need to be hyped, and a dark mic for really bright sources. There are many ways to go about that - condensors, dynamics, ribbons, but they're all basically serving in one of those three ballparks.
Then you've got your small diaphram (earthworks) for detail, or your large diaphram for fatness/richness, and you can add a tube to give you character and sometimes a bit of compression when the transients get softened by the tube circuit. (Or get enhanced by the tube circuit if it's a crappy circuit - giving you 'eshy' S's. A $200 Apex tube mic would fall into that catagory.)
Plus, you've got your patterns to consider. Figure 8 pattern has very good rejection at the null points - the sides of the figure 8 - and that can be a lifesaver if you're doing a live guitar/vocal and want less guitar in the vocal mic, or less vocal in the guitar mic. Most ribbon mics are figure 8. Most LDC condensors are multi-pattern, unless they're designed for vocals, in which case they would just be cardioid.
If I was to start over, (after spending way too much money on way too many mics,) I'd get the Red mic setup and build on that, probably starting with the FET body and a couple of capsules, and adding the tube body when I could afford it.
A nice small diaphram condensor for acoustic guitar or drum OH is the Audio Technica ATM450, but it's kind of bright and detailed, as compared to something like the Oktava MK12, which is more natural sounding. So, right there, you need a pair of both. How's your credit card limit? (I suppose yuu could get one of each, but on drum OH, it might be weird having one side of the kit brighter than the other.)
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