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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: tgakidis on September 18, 2009, 03:48:32 PM
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Don't know if this has been talked about, but......
http://www.akg.com/site/press_center/powerslave,id,182,nodeid,0,_language,EN,nodeid,33.html
The new C 414 XLS and the C 414 XL II offer nine pickup patterns that enable it to choose the perfect setting for every application. For live-sound applications and fixed installations, all controls can be disabled easily for trouble-free use, and the peak hold LED displays even the shortest overload peaks.
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(http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm442/tgakidis/c414.jpg)
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so is that why you've been selling so much gear lately??
JAson
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The perfect thing for when you can't decide if you want to run Subcards or Cards... run that thing half way in between!
Seriously though... There is a significant difference between the sound of Subcards - Cards - Hypers.... but I have a hard enough time setting up trying to decide what I should run on a given night.... and I think more choices would actually be more confusing.
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It's not setting it up that would give me trouble, it would be trying to remember how it was set 3 years later when I actually got around to tracking out the show.
JAson
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It's the perfect mix between the previous 414's and the 422/426. You get the 9 patterns with the ability to run any config, not just XY.
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It's not setting it up that would give me trouble, it would be trying to remember how it was set 3 years later when I actually got around to tracking out the show.
JAson
lesson learned from my drinking days: Take notes!
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It's not setting it up that would give me trouble, it would be trying to remember how it was set 3 years later when I actually got around to tracking out the show.
JAson
lesson learned from my drinking days: Take notes!
Just a hint but I always will speak all the pertinent info into one of my mics after a show. Setup, config, distance, etc before I shut down completely. Sure does help a few years later when I finally get to tracking out the show. :)
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Posted by Brian in another thread....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/bskalinder/c34/c34_patterns.jpg)
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:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
(http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm442/tgakidis/c414pix.jpg)
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The only thing is with used 414's going for $1100 in the yard sale, it's going to be a hard nut to swallow to buy a brand new set at retail just for this feature.
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Giggity
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The only thing is with used 414's going for $1100 in the yard sale, it's going to be a hard nut to swallow to buy a brand new set at retail just for this feature.
I agree.....
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I'm looking to pick these up used for $1100. :P I have been lusting for some 414's and now these come out...
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any word on what retail is yet?
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Posted by Brian in another thread....
Please note: I made some big assumptions in creating the pattern images, and the assumptions may or may not apply to the new C414. The original post:
Here're some generic images of what the C34 (and I assume C422, as they use the same control box) patterns look like from each of the steps on the S42 selector box. Big Assumption: each step on the S42 adjusts the pattern in equal increments. There are 9 steps on the S42 selector box, from omni (step 1) through cardioid (step 5) to figure-8 (step 9).
Found the interim steps interesting. Looks like step 6 is similar to supercardioid and step 7 similar to hypercardioid. Curious to try out the two interim positions between card and omni. :)
Images generated with the Schoeps DMS plug-in.
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Thanks Brian, your chart is a good reference though. I used quite a bit with my 426.