Topic: which mic works best with the mr-1

[audiothings]

greetings

which stereo omni mic with high sensitivity/low noise floor (for recording acoustic sources) is known to work well directly (without external battery box) with the korg mr-1's internal preamp?

thanks,

[moooose]

I don't know (and never will know) which mic works best. I know that AT 853 U omnis (soundprofessionals) works imho very well without any battery box.

[audiothings]

thank you moooose. i am unable to find the 853u omnis on either sound professional's site or audio technica's site. i did find the sp cmc-8 quite interesting, but it uses the at943 caps. do you think it will perform equally well without a battery box?

thanks,

[Javier Cinakowski]

thank you moooose. i am unable to find the 853u omnis on either sound professional's site or audio technica's site. i did find the sp cmc-8 quite interesting, but it uses the at943 caps. do you think it will perform equally well without a battery box?

thanks,

On Audio Technica's site it is    U853R

On Sound Pro's site it is sp cmc-4u (or something similar)

[moooose]

yes yes yes, the sp model is called cmc-4u (here is the link to the page: http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-CMC-4U).

Regarding battery box, it all depends on the sound pressure level. I would at first try without battery box; anyway if you have a basic confidence with a soldering iron you can easily DIY a battery box - it's really simple and fun.

[nameloc01]

The u853 are designed to utilize a 3wire power setup. ...in one form or another.                 

[Javier Cinakowski]

The u853 are designed to utilize a 3wire power setup. ...in one form or another.                 

I don't see how that is a helpful post.   

Almost any microphone that would plug into the mr-1 would perform better if used with a 3-wire setup.  This is not unique to the 853...

That being said, the 1/8" version of the 853 works just fine for moderatly loud sources.   For loud sources a 1/8" plug will work just fine if a resistor (4k7,2k2) modification is used.  Church Audio, Sound Professionals and others on this borad can do this modification.  The 4.7 mod that Church developed performs just as well as the 3-wire setup, and is more convienient....

[audiothings]

i have a pair of avenson sto2s in the studio...



they are very similar in specs to several mics discussed here, and use the same panasonic capsules that many miniature mics use. for my intended applications, i would like something less noisy than them (27 dBA), and the only ones i can find are the dpa4060 (23 dBA) and maybe the sonic studios DSM-1S/x (26 dBA).

are there any others?

thanks,

 

[nameloc01]

What i said..since you didnt catch it..is that they were designed to use a 3w setup. I said nothing else. The mod is beneficial if you already have a 2w bb or recorder that has adequate plug in power. But then you are bound to that or similar..plug in power wise..recorder. Think about it.

[Javier Cinakowski]

What i said..since you didnt catch it..is that they were designed to use a 3w setup. I said nothing else. The mod is beneficial if you already have a 2w bb or recorder that has adequate plug in power. But then you are bound to that or similar..plug in power wise..recorder. Think about it.

No, I caught what you said and understand it very clearly. 

The creator of this thread asked a very specific question, regarding microphones that will work directly with the mr-1, without any battery box. 

There was no reason to mention anything about 3-wire setups in this instance.  3-wire setups will not work without the use of a battery box or compatible preamp.  Additionally, it has been demonstrated that a modification such as Mr. Church's will allow proper performance of 3-wire electrets, in a 2-wire format, negating any reason to raise this 3-wire issue.

 

[nameloc01]

Fyi. I just called a.t. , ar they have an office about 30 mins. From me.. The engineer i spoke said..any modification to their mics at all..voids the a.t. warrantee. Period.

[Javier Cinakowski]

Fyi. I just called a.t. , ar they have an office about 30 mins. From me.. The engineer i spoke said..any modification to their mics at all..voids the a.t. warrantee. Period.

As far as warranty issues go, you are only slightly correct:  Modification to the microphone body or capsule would absolutly void the warranty.

However, modification to the wire, is likely completly acceptable.  Audio Technica understands the fact that people will add different connectors to the calbes.  Typically in modular systems such as the Engineer Sound and UniPoint line, customers will use different connectors to be used for different purposes.  Be it a wireless transmitter connector, mini-xlr, 1/8", xlr or hardwired to a power supply/walpack....

[Church-Audio]

Fyi. I just called a.t. , ar they have an office about 30 mins. From me.. The engineer i spoke said..any modification to their mics at all..voids the a.t. warrantee. Period.

Well I think he misunderstood your question.. Actually replacing the connector on a microphone does not void your warranty.. Why because there are no standards for audio connectors for mics used with wireless body packs.. So if AT did have a warranty like this they would not be smart at all since anyone that owns one of these mics might want to change the connectors. Secondly I was doing a play in Canada and we were having issues so I did some consulting with AT on solving the issue and resoldering connectors was never an issue with them.

UPDATE.. I put a call into Jim Walker he is the head of technical services for AT. He will give me the last word on this. It seems silly to me because many companies change wireless connectors on mics. And I know I did not have this issue with them 2 years ago when we were working out issues for the 800 series mics for a show I was doing.


Chris

[Javier Cinakowski]

Fyi. I just called a.t. , ar they have an office about 30 mins. From me.. The engineer i spoke said..any modification to their mics at all..voids the a.t. warrantee. Period.

Well I think he misunderstood your question.. Actually replacing the connector on a microphone does not void your warranty.. Why because there are no standards for audio connectors for mics used with wireless body packs.. So if AT did have a warranty like this they would not be smart at all since anyone that owns one of these mics might want to change the connectors. Secondly I was doing a play in Canada and we were having issues so I did some consulting with AT on solving the issue and resoldering connectors was never an issue with them.

Chris

I dunno Chris, he only lives 30 miles from the AT office, he must know what he is talking about...

[nameloc01]

What i know is the engineer at the stow,ohio office clearly stated the u853 come with a mini xlr..because..again..they were designed for 3w. He stated adding anything to or taking anything off of them at all voids the warrantee. He did use the word "period" so if you are looking to argue that call them yourself...1-330-686-2600