Topic: Thorough mic comparison?

[Evil Taper]

Is there possibly a show out there where a bunch of tapers ran from the same location with nearly identical rigs, just different mics?  It's hard to really get an honest opnion of a mics true voice when there's so many factors in play from rig to rig or show to show even.  Any suggestions would be grrrreat.

[Mike R.]

Here's one way to do it:

http://transom.org/tools/recording_interviewing/200508.mic_shootout.html

It's focused on a different application than most of this group, but the comparison is still interesting, and the method is probably pretty good for making a choice.  I'm no golden ears, but not tin either :-)  I think I was more surprised by how these mics sounded alike than their differences.

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

Not sure if you like PH, but when I was starting out, I reviewed several PH shows for which I had several different sources.  It was easy to do w/ PH as there were plenty of sources...  Most sources in this method are a few feet apart, but overall, you can tell the difference in equipment.

Also, Mark Terry and I did a AKG481/ADK A51S LE comp during a Barefoot Manner show couple years ago.  First set, we ran our rigs, second set, we switched mics:

http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=13529
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=14011

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[CQBert]

You could always seek out some of the 4 channel guys and see if they are running different mic pairs as shows....  I know for a fact that some do..

CQBert