Topic: So im gonna buy the ua-5 pmod..what is a good set of mics to go with this one/?

[Ray76]

Im going to buy it from ragan, as I really wanted one, and the oade brothers are willing to hook me up with anything I will need to be done to it, even though I didnt buy it new...ANyone have a good mic suggestion for this ??I will be using it with the JB3...Course I know it is trial and error, but I didnt know if anyone has this particular setup...
Thanks yall
Ray

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

I have no real exp. with the PMod UA5, but as I am shopping around for a WMod UA5, I thought I might be able to help...

What got me thinking about this was a comp I did with a friend few weeks back.  He ran AKG 391>MP2>M1 while I ran ADK A51S LEs>UA5>JB3.  His recording had more low-end.  Mine had brighter mids and highs.

As I am lacking low-end, I thought I'd add a WMod or WMod+ to my UA5... 

Sorta along this same line, I think I would add the PMod to the AKG 391s, to help brighten up the high-end...

So my recommendation would be AKG39x series...

Terry

[jpschust]

i always thoguht the studio projects c4s would sound nice with the pmod.

[Brian Skalinder]

In the interest of confusing the issue:  I think you should pick your mics first, and then decide what pre/ADC you want to run.   

[Ray76]

In the interest of confusing the issue:  I think you should pick your mics first, and then decide what pre/ADC you want to run.   

yeah, that would be the smart thing to do, but Im gettin a really good price for it..and Ive heard a ton of good stuff,re the ua-5 and the oade boys would mod it for me in any way i wanted.
youre right though..my common sense isnt my best feature. ..+T.. Ray

[Brian]

ok so you are set on the ua5.  how much would that leave for microphones?

[Ray76]

gotta ask my wife man. Literally..I know,  im a bitch..
Ray

[Brian Skalinder]

yeah, that would be the smart thing to do, but Im gettin a really good price for it..and Ive heard a ton of good stuff,re the ua-5 and the oade boys would mod it for me in any way i wanted.

Hey, if you're getting a good deal...

Tough to go wrong with any of the Oade mod UA5's, IMO.  Some may not pair well with certain mics, but they're all quality gear as far as I'm concerned.

...Go for it!

[Brian]

is your wife signed up here at TS.com?

tell her that you need some neumann U89i's to beefen up that pmod

actually any warm sounding microphone with the P-mod would do IMHO.  go LD's

[Tim]

neumann U89i's

 

[Ray76]

thanks brian.great help as always.

brian(sl taper) no my wife isnt, YET but if she finds out about it, she might..
Im keepin it a secret..Its my refuge man. My sacred place..'sides, she knows all my secrets and may embarrass me.

Ray

yall take care..ima crash..got to go to frankfurt again tomorrow..see yall tomorrow afternoon...

[Brian]

neumann U89i's

 

me likey.....me want.   a great microphone!

[Tim]

neumann U89i's

 

me likey.....me want.   a great microphone!

I miss mine. I'll buy another pair in the future but I really want an active setup to go with them, they were just too much to deal with sometimes. Estrin had u89s and a schoeps active setup, eventually that's what I'll run too.

[highwayjill]

the only show that i know of off hand that i've heard with a p-mod ua5 is this one:
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=17124
sounds good, considering the band didn't really like the sound of the room.... though i think it could use a little more bass

i taped a show with joe a few months ago.... didnt think anyone else would tape, walked in the door, and 2 othertapers were already set up (joe, and the other was a guy in the opening band).  I"d really like to hear the difference between different sources from pretty much the same place, but i havent gotten around to asking for a copy   the band asked us not to spread the show around (because the dumbass running the soundboard/owner of the club did a shitty job), so i'm happy to have my copy 

[pfife]

actually any warm sounding microphone with the P-mod would do IMHO.  go LD's

TL! TL! TL!

 

Seriously, I have w-mod w/ TL's, and I think, overall, that it lacks a bit of clarity- which I think would be nicely remedied by the p-mod

just my .02 tho

[Tim]

LD's are inherently less detailed than sd's.... they lack that bite, for lack of a better term. The size of teh diaphragm causes them to be slower and less detailed and more "musical"...

[DCDireWolf]

I run Studio Projects C4's off my UA5 warm mod and I'm very satisfied. 

Don't forget to pick up something to read your levels with though, like a svu or svu2 or borrow somebody's dat or use an old dat, or something.  all you get on the ua5 is a flashing red blinker and on the jb3 it's really hard to read the levels in the dark.

Have fun.

[alienbobz]

I was just going to ask a similar question about this mod. Right now I have the Marshall MXL 1006 BP's. I do enjoy these, but I thought they would be better with an oade mod. I am also thinking about getting the TLs soon, but I don't want to go the same route as a lot of people (seems most have the w mod with them). So right now I am either thinking off getting both the ua-5 and the tl's or just keeping my current mics and getting a p mod ua-5. Does anyone have any clips with the TL's and the P Mod? I would love to hear that.