Topic: How's this for a cheap festival rig?

[aberg]

I wanna tape some outdoor shows this summer with open taping policies... how do you think this will work out for me as a cost effective rig? I also wanna use the superlux mics for small clubs/bars too. Think this'll do the job?

Superlux SMK-H8Ks (ORTF, 12') > Denecke PS-2 > Hosa MIT-176s > JB3 (.wav @ 44.1 kHz)

Suggest alternatives if you can... thanks.. this board is the best.

[Ed.]

superlux are some kickbutt mics for the price...i actually prefer their sound to some other mics that are $1000+ more.  however, thats cuz i'm still running them and i can't afford new mics yet. heh

[Chanher]

if you can afford that, that will definitely work.  there are other alternatives, but for the same money there is no drastic change.  plus I'd like to hear some more superlux tapes...

[plucks]

Team ADK is always a good choice too.

[johnw]

Do you already own the PS2? If not, you could get a new UA5 for $20 more than the price of the PS2 and the 2 Hosas. I'm new to this, and confused as to why you would want just a power supply.

[aberg]

Is that the stock UA-5? It would need a digi-mod to be usable in the field. I'm actually thinking of opting for the Art Phantom II power supply which is about half the price of a PS-2.. The only disadvantage is that it's bigger, but I dont' plan on stealthing with this rig. I have mini SP mics for that.

[johnw]

Yes that's stock. But honestly the mod doesn't look that hard-It's what I'm planning on doing anyway. But I just realized that you could get a PS-2 for $130 or so. I was thinking it was around 170 - sorry.

[Swampy]

Superlux are definitely a good choice. I liked thoes mics a ton!

[jpschust]

if you can swing it, a cheap a/d would really help out your sound- the jb3 is known for picking up the sound of the drive spinning during analog recording

[Scuba Jeremy]

I'm a fan of the PS2. I used it for about a year before I stepped up to the UA5, it's a very very clean way to power your mics, but it won't do much in the way of gain, you just have to hope that your Line In will be enough to drive the sound from there. I ran MC012s > PS2 > PCM-M1, worked great.

Good luck!

[RobC]

for outdoor festival shows,  spend some $$ on a god pair of windscreens,  on a windy day cheep mics with good screens are going to make way better tapes than really expensive mics with shitty (or no) wind screens.

[F.O.Bean]

what hosa converter box is that??just curious

[Kindguy]

Hosa MIT-176s are line transformers.

[jkoch]

make sure you've got enough power for the jb3 since a battery can only get at most about 3 hours...also remember that the first battery slot is hot swappable...