I'm considering putting together a mid-upper level rig for open taping mostly in rooms with bad acoustics. Would just like some suggestions of mics that perform better than average in unforgiving circumstances or some mic>power/processing combos that might be good for this environment. Lets stamp the budget at around $850 total (assuming I can get a good deal on new or used gear). I'd mostly be using these for taping local jazz acts or the bassy open acts like Pfunk or Claypool. Should I just invest in more processing for my 4061 to excell in an open taping situation and forget about getting some high end cards altogether? Lets assume I have an oade sbm-1 already. Thanks for any opinions but please try to not be a fluffy fanboy.
definately not 850 ..but if you can get the $$ check out pearl elm-c.
you come up with some of the most off the wall names for stuff that ive ever heard. where do you hear about these mics???can you get them in the US??
hey..those are swedish mikes!
Line source loudspeakers are well known in professional audio: they give a good spread of sound laterally but have tightly controlled directivity in a vertical sense. The Pearl linear microphone capsule has some similar properties, though this is not its only advantage. Conventional microphone capsules are round. It's an easy shape to make consistently, but it has one significant disadvantage in that its high degree of symmetry makes the primary resonance quite pronounced. Damping can reduce some of the ills caused by that resonance, but it is still there and most often well within the audio band.
The size of round capsules is also a problem. Large is good for signal/noise ratio, but leads not only to a lower (hence more noticeable) resonance but also to a more marked increase in directivity at high frequencies. Very small capsules suffer from a reduced signal/noise ratio.
Pearl has made rectangular capsules for many years now, but never before with such an extreme (7:1) length/width ratio. The new linear capsule has more than twice the surface area of large-diameter round capsules, giving excellent signal/noise ratio, but avoids their high levels of in-band resonance (the resonance due to end-to-end vibration modes is very weak). In addition, at high frequencies the small width dimension makes for very good uniformity of directional pattern in the lateral sense, while usefully attenuating reflections from floor and ceilings - high frequency signals from above and below the 'line of sight' are almost never of any use!
This means that Pearl's new microphone can deliver a very accurate, uniform and consistent response pattern, with very flat response, low noise and useful attenuation of 'nuisance' reflections. The capsule is used in the new models ELM-B (figure-of-eight) and ELM-C (cardioid) and is highly recommended for stereo recording. The result: exceptional sonic neutrality. Hear it for yourself!
Finished in black chromium.
The ELM comes in aluminium case AC01
www.pearl.seindependent audio is the u.s rep.
unfortunately they ar not wellknown due to poor marketing, the company has existed in 50-60 years or so
the stack tapers are gonna love this mike!