Topic: Mic questions / recommendations

[slap]

Hi,

Being a silent reader of the forums for a while, must say this is a Walhalla for tapers. Wow.
I don't tape too often, but try to get some shows here and there.

I've been using a Sony MZRH10 minidisc and (not certain:$) some Core Sounds binurals. Omni's, I guess. Outside the SCB sound great though. Much richness, lots of bass..
Thing is they give me in smaller halls too much bass and make the result sound boomy/ lots of echo. As far as I understand now, much is to be gained when one is using cardiods at these places. So I'm very interested in those so called stealthy cardiods. Have a couple of questions though;

1 Will cardiods indeed give me less bass and less echoing in smaller venues?
2 The omnis I've been using do the job just perfectly while plugged in the input 'MIC (plug in power)', there is also an input jacket called 'LINE IN (opt)'.
Will I need a pre-amp for it, or can I just use them as I used the omnis (IE plugged in the MIC IN)?
3 Will I need a bass roll-off or something? I prefer to keep the rig as small as posible (stealth IS an issue for me).
4 Chris, what cardiods could you suggest me in the price range of $200? And will you ship to The Netherlands?

Thanks in advance,
Regards
Robbert

/edit
Forgot to mention I usually tape loud shows.
Any help would be more than welcome, thx.

[sunjan]

So I'm very interested in those so called stealthy cardiods. Have a couple of questions though;

1 Will cardiods indeed give me less bass and less echoing in smaller venues?
2 The omnis I've been using do the job just perfectly while plugged in the input 'MIC (plug in power)', there is also an input jacket called 'LINE IN (opt)'.
Will I need a pre-amp for it, or can I just use them as I used the omnis (IE plugged in the MIC IN)?
3 Will I need a bass roll-off or something? I prefer to keep the rig as small as posible (stealth IS an issue for me).
4 Chris, what cardiods could you suggest me in the price range of $200? And will you ship to The Netherlands?

Hey Slap,

+T for coming here, and for taping in Europe! Since this question is more related to mics, perhaps you can ask a moderator (Bri) to move this post to the mic subforum, you'll receive more answers there!

/Jan

[Arni99]

Dude no offence but posting a something about Microphone madness or SP in my Sales thread for my preamp Is totaly inapporiate. And not cool at all. Please do the right thing and remove this post. thanks....

no problem chris...my fault....didn´t realize it was your retail-thread....

[Church-Audio]

Dude no offence but posting a something about Microphone madness or SP in my Sales thread for my preamp Is totaly inapporiate. And not cool at all. Please do the right thing and remove this post. thanks....

no problem chris...my fault....didn´t realize it was your retail-thread....

No problem thanks for understanding..