So i just got back from my first taping experience w/ the ck-1s. Beautiful sunny day in Chicago, so I headed out to the Green Apple fest in honor of earth day. Lots of free concerts at the Lincoln Park Zoo, so I figured I would go and catch Umphrey's McGee. Overall I'm not a huge fan, but I enjoy them enough to make it my inaugural run. First off, the paint job on these mics look really sweet in the sunlight. They have a sparkle to them.
Someone in this thread mentioned something about one of the rubber bands shooting off on their shock mount. Yeah, that happened to me as well today. Popped off and have no idea which direction it went. I wrote it off as a loss. I also didn't have any the extras in my gear bag. Not the end of the world. So the spot I had was dead center maybe 35-40 feet back from the stage. Overall a great taping location. I ran the cards in DIN and put on the dead rats as it was a little windy today and I haven't purchased windscreens for these yet.
As I'm sitting here now listening to the show, all I can say is wow! Very full sounding through the entire spectrum. I ran the CK-1s > apogee mini-mp > edirol R-1. A very nice sounding recording. Once I get a chance to track it out and such, i will post in on the LMA for those interested in hearing yet another great example why these mics are awesome!