I have had the pleasure of listening to a few recordings made with just your cardioid-mic (ca-14?) plugged into a mp3-player with wave-recording-function. The last week a fast rockband was taped and I can't stop listening to it!!!! (might have to do with the fact that I have a tattoo of that band on my arm... hehehe)
Now.... the result of that is... well... stunning really!
I use the Sonic Studios DSM-6EL with bassfilter at the moment, and since they are omni's I get much bass all the time, even though I filter some out it still comes out boomy in medium sized clubs/halls... If i take too much bass out it sounds thin and flat. In Sweden where I live, only 100dB is allowed at concerts, making the crowd more noisy than the show sometimes, now if I use an omni-mic to that, well sometimes it sounds like crap. Also at larger shows I only get boomy results, at least indoors. Outdoors it's good, not great! (I have no sort of windscreens to the DSM's, they look like a joke, the one's that excist).
I'm really considering selling my DSM's+bassfilter ($900 worth) and buying your CA-14's. I've been taping since 1992, but have never heard stealthing-results like these...
All help appreciated from you Chris, to choose a model with settings that suits my purposes (I tape Rock + Metal). I only want the cardioids, no omni's. If I like what these produce in smaller+medium-sized places then maybe I'll get the omni's later for taping at bigger places.
I use the R-09 at the moment (the first model, not the HR), what do I need to add to the CA-14?
Very much thanks in advance!
/Jonas Karlsson, Sweden (jontebus)
