Topic: Your least favorite mics. Why?

[su6oxone]

That sounds great.  Tell me more.  Did he use your mics?  A mix of soundboard and mics?  Where was it recorded?

I'm also interested because it sounds fantastic! 

[SparkE!]

church audio
(ducks fast)
seriously i have not heard a ca recording i really liked
i know many people love the mics but they just don't go well with my ears

Everyone hears sound differently. Nobody makes the perfect mic that will please all of the listeners out there. I have been a sound engineer now for 22 years. I have heard plenty of recordings of my gear that I love. I have also heard some that I would rather see "disappear" lol.... I think in the end careful attention to technique and placement combined with a good sounding source will = a good recording. Sometimes you get that sometimes you don't. That's why live recording is so challenging.

PS.. You might want to check out this recording. I think its pretty good.

http://andrewoliverkoraband.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-jimmy-maks-10-9-09?autoplay=true



Chris

That sounds great.  Tell me more.  Did he use your mics?  A mix of soundboard and mics?  Where was it recorded?

  Richard

The gear list at J. Free's disposal is listed here:

http://www.sonicarchives.com/SOUND/pages/gear.htm

[su6oxone]

The gear list at J. Free's disposal is listed here:

http://www.sonicarchives.com/SOUND/pages/gear.htm

Cool website, nice presentation of the Church Audio arsenal. 

[printguy]

That sounds great.  Tell me more.  Did he use your mics?  A mix of soundboard and mics?  Where was it recorded?

I'm also interested because it sounds fantastic!

Here's the post where this GroundHog420 shared this recording: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=125420.msg1699900#msg1699900

Here's a recent live recording I made, that was recorded with a single pair of mics on stage lip in a chatty jazz dinner club.

Andrew Oliver Kora Band:
Live at Jimmy Maks 10-9-09

This was recorded with the CA-14 cards, on a tricky stage in a trickier room.
Those fellas have been largely unsatisfied with previous attempts at getting a representative live recording of themselves.
This simple set-up seems to have done the trick, though.


Mic stand front and center; X-Y config.