Topic: Unscientific Quick Mic Comp (sample link inside)

[TNJazz]

So we did some scratch track acoustic recording last night and I thought it would be fun to take a couple of condensers and run a quick comp.

This is totally unscientific, and mic position may play a small factor as well but I thought it might be interesting to have a listen.  All three mics were about an inch apart and all were aimed at the neck of a Larrivee acoustic guitar at approximately the 12th fret area.

Mics were run straight into Digi 003 preamps and into ProTools.  Had I thought about it a little sooner and had more time to get the test set up I would have run them through the DM4800 preamps, or at least the Tridents or something.  These are simple base scratch tracks though, and will be replaced at some point anyway.

Mics used were:

Schoeps CMC621
beyerdynamic MC803
Sontronics STC-1

Samples are here:  http://www.bigpurpledog.com/audio/MicComp.zip

Thoughts and comments are welcomed.  I will name which sample goes with which mic sometime in the next couple of days.

[dennisrtyler]

   mic 2 seems a little more laid back than the other two while mic 3 seems a little more hyped than the others. this is hard...i'll say

mic 1 beyer
mic 2 schoeps
mic 3 sontronics

[TNJazz]

70 views and the only one to step up and post a comment is Dennis?   

Anyone else give the samples a listen?

[stirinthesauce]

mic 1 - sontronics
mic2 - beyer
mic3 - shempz

fwiw, all the sources sound very nice.  Whatever source is the sontronics, it held it's weight with the other two.

listening pc> resolv 65a w/sub

[stirinthesauce]

dirk, let's hear what you have to say 

[TNJazz]

Kind of a pathetic response to this, don'tcha think?

1 = Sontronics
2 = beyer
3 = Schoeps

Jon wins the prize.  Martin, tell him what he's won.

[stirinthesauce]

Kind of a pathetic response to this, don'tcha think?

1 = Sontronics
2 = beyer
3 = Schoeps

Jon wins the prize.  Martin, tell him what he's won.

I just know what I like 

I really, really liked the beyer source.  However, the sontronics sounded very nice indeed!  Schempz sound like schempz. 

I know Martin's prize.  A complimentary reach around.

[cybergaloot]

They all sounded pretty good to me, but then all I have here at work is a very cheap pair of Sony headphones. I'm looking forward to checking out the Sontronics soon.

[J.T.L]

I know Martin's prize.  A complimentary reach around.

That's not a prize...that's a punishment.

[stirinthesauce]

I know Martin's prize.  A complimentary reach around.

That's not a prize...that's a punishment.

That's what I say.  Tommy seems to say different.  but of course, his daily drama is with Sally or Fistina.  So go figure.