Topic: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?

[rdflash]

What would be the best pick from the following choices...

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/120/mics

and what options are needed for GREAT sounding recordings??

curious so I can buy these when the price is low!

thanks for the help in advance

[poorlyconditioned]

What would be the best pick from the following choices...

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/120/mics

and what options are needed for GREAT sounding recordings??

curious so I can buy these when the price is low!

thanks for the help in advance

For sound: CMC-4 (aka, AT853).  These are a good price now too.

For size: CMC-8 (aka, AT943).  These are also a good price.

By the way, if you buy CMC-8, you can buy adapters (AT-ADAPT, $5 each) and put AT853 capsules on later if you decide you want either a bit better sound, or maybe you have some AT853 caps lying around (like me).

  Richard

PS: if you have problems with overloading at high sound levels, try building the battery box I describe at: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AT853.

[kgreener]

What would be the best pick from the following choices...
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/120/mics
and what options are needed for GREAT sounding recordings??

For sound: CMC-4 (aka, AT853).  These are a good price now too.

For size: CMC-8 (aka, AT943).  These are also a good price.

Is this a known fact that the CMC-4/AT853's sound better than the CMC-8/AT943's, or just a matter of opinion?  Is it proven, and is there evidence out there that the CMC-4's sound better?  I own the CMC-8's and think they sound great, but never read that the CMC-4's actually sound better.  Not trying to be difficult, I'd just really like to know...maybe I'll get the adapter and get some 853's if they really do sound better.

Thanks much! 

edit:  I'm running mine modded for phantom use only

[cpatch]

PS: if you have problems with overloading at high sound levels, try building the battery box I describe at: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AT853.

I can't open these files...what type are they?

Craig

[poorlyconditioned]

PS: if you have problems with overloading at high sound levels, try building the battery box I describe at: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AT853.

I can't open these files...what type are they?

Craig

They are Jpeg images.  I changed the extensions to .jpeg now.  Please *reload* your browser window and then look at them...
 
  Richard

[cpatch]

Thanks.

Craig

[hitch]

PS: if you have problems with overloading at high sound levels, try building the battery box I describe at: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AT853.

I can't open these files...what type are they?

Craig

They are Jpeg images.  I changed the extensions to .jpeg now.  Please *reload* your browser window and then look at them...
 
  Richard

Thanks Richard for sharing your schematics!  A big +T for you.

Toni

[lordbelial]

Well.

I'm goona upgrade to a 3-wire battery box since I'm taping ONLY heavy metal loud shows.

Guess i'm being lightly brickwalled when the shows are really LOUD, I taped Opeth this saturday and even the floor was shaking because of the high leves that came out from the PA's... so I'm gonna make this 3 wire battery box in a short lead time. I thought on this upgrade when I ordered extra cable for my CMC-4 (at853), I'm pretty skilled into soldering, designing and electronics in general.

Thanks to poorlyconditioned I'll be able to save the 50$ upgrade from SP and the shippment cost!!