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AKG CK69 single or pair?
« on: December 30, 2016, 04:40:46 PM »
I recently found a reasonably priced CK69 long/short shotgun and I was curious if anyone has any experience with this cap for recording bands in 》1000 seat venues.  I was thinking of adding it to the rig as a single mono source pointed center stage, but was also thinking or picking up a second ro run a 'stereo' pair.  I have run the Naks with the CP4s in pairs and as a single but never the AKGs.

Thanks for any assistance and guidance.
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Re: AKG CK69 single or pair?
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2016, 09:26:37 PM »
the ck69 is a much nicer shottie than the Naks
I never ran the long tube when I owned them, but the short gun is really nice and flat with good rejection
I only ran them once with a pair of ck62s, but by themselves they sound nice when you need the directional pickup
Ted probably has much more experience with them than myself, hopefully he will chime in

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Re: AKG CK69 single or pair?
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2016, 12:13:09 PM »
Thanks Darby, I am excited about trying it out.  For now I guess I will just toggle between long and short with the single and see how I like it in the mix and if it is really a nice addition I will look to adding a second mic.
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Re: AKG CK69 single or pair?
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2016, 03:48:27 PM »
Here is a recent show from the Sherman Theater with just the ck69's.  I'm not familiar with this venue, but the recording sounds great!

https://archive.org/details/rre2016-11-26.akg480ck69.flac16
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Re: AKG CK69 single or pair?
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2017, 01:04:26 PM »
Thanks Chris, it indeed sounds nice.  I was hoping more folks like Darby who had experience with the caps would chime in but oh well
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