Topic: New, more useful Beyer MC950 Sample

[acidjack]

As promised, attached is a link to a 20min sample of tonight's pull with the Beyer MC950s.  Nothing fancy - pointed at stacks, running direct into an R-44 at 24/44.1.  Placement was a clamp + Manfrotto pole attached to the SBD cage, slightly LOC on the floor, mics at about 7.5-8'.  Club is about a 500 capacity venue and a nice square room with good acoustics.  I was probably 40' or so from the stacks.

I was also running my DPA 4021s DIN from the same spot into the R-44 as well.  Although an entirely unfair/not necessarily valuable comparison, I've attached a link to that sample as well.

Both are raw - no amplifying, no EQ, nothing except for balancing the channels. 

Also, the band hasn't cleared the posting of the recording yet, so please just give it a listen for mic evaluation purposes, and don't do anything else with it.  Thanks! 

Both are in VBR 0 MP3.  I think that should be fine for a not-very-technical comp.

MC950's: http://www.acidjack.com/music/mc950sample.mp3
DPA4021: http://www.acidjack.com/music/dpa4021sample.mp3

[spcyrfc]

what band is that?  what venue?  thanks for posting.

[acidjack]

Wild Beasts, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

[mblindsey]

Tough.  Okay, this is no expert opinion.  I like the MC950 overall (just a smidgen...can't quantify it.).  However, there is something about the stereo image on the MC950, while listening on HD280's, that twist's my brain a little bit.  So, of the two...the DPA seems like a better "recording".

--Michael 

[page]

Tough.  Okay, this is no expert opinion.  I like the MC950 overall (just a smidgen...can't quantify it.).  However, there is something about the stereo image on the MC950, while listening on HD280's, that twist's my brain a little bit.  So, of the two...the DPA seems like a better "recording".

--Michael

invert the phase of the right channel on the 950 recording. you'll hear the stereo image solidify a lot.

In some aspects I'm surprised there is as little low-bass content as I would have expected when compared to the 930s (which have that sort of schoeps mk4 or mk41 slow bass roll off). The freq docs show the same roll off, maybe there just wasn't an abundance of bass in the venue. 

Thanks for posting it (and thanks for keeping the mp3 up after all this time).

edit: listening to the dpa sample, I'm not sure there was an abundance of bass rolling around in the room. Nice sounding room.

[acidjack]

It is a nice sounding room.  The sample is from slightly LOC, which also probably effects the stereo image.   This venue (Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY) has now kicked us out of that spot and makes us do everything from the balcony, which at least allows one to record from center...