Just to point out - there ARE other options out there besides Neumann. Don't buy mics solely based on name alone.
That is what I have been thinking. Neumann was the first Mic I started researching since my recent start in the High quality audio field.
I have been here on TS for about a week now. AND WOW!
There is so much to take in I really didn't even know where to start....
I was dead set that I wanted to buy some High end mics, buy a Marantz cdr 420, and maybe a nice mic pre-amp, but now I am all confused.
I just read the entire SD 722 vs. Korg Mr1000 thread all the way through, and now I have to decide if I want DSD or if I want to stick with whatever the 722 or the marantz 420 record in (Still very confused on the whole sampling rates and what 24 and 16 and 94 and all those numbers mean ((And I would love if anyone would throw a link to elsewhere on the site where that type of info is explained.)))
Now I am not so sure about the Marantz 420, because I read there was some concern about the PA system making weird vibrations or something.......
But I thought the previously mentioned 420 (gotta love the name) would record straight to the hard drive. And then I would have the option to go back to my hotel room and burn my CD....is that not the case?
GEEZ...and I still don't know what to do about Mics....
I need to go home tonight and do the Archive . com search by Source idea and just listen to some....
There is a sea of Audio advise out here and it is tough for a beginner to wade through all the bullshit and figure out what sound I like, and then how to reproduce it...
I am a second generation Dead Head (my dad taped over 168 dead shows going Nakamichi CM 300's straight into a Marantz PMD 430) and I plan on taping what Dead reunion shows I can and other than that I want to "tape" Dark Star Orchestra, Ratdog, Phil & Friends, and other modern jam bands that still tour a lot. As well as Steve Pryor (Tulsa Blues guitar player) who plays bar gigs and assorted smaller venues.
So there...if anyone actually read that they now understand something of my situation, and I would be very appreciative if anyone would take the time and offer their recommendations to a beginner.
Thanks.