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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: Jammin72 on July 17, 2010, 11:47:56 PM
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I gotta say, you look at the Graphs and they don't seem to be what you want but... for far field recording... maybe so.
Thought the MBHO mics were gonna pull of this sound signature but they were anyone's guess depending on lot.
MiLab is clean clean clean, they pull off the mid high, and high end peak with grace, not harsh at all.
Great set of mics. Here's to more VM-44's in the field.
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I gotta say, you look at the Graphs and they don't seem to be what you want but... for far field recording... maybe so.
Thought the MBHO mics were gonna pull of this sound signature but they were anyone's guess depending on lot.
MiLab is clean clean clean, they pull off the mid high, and high end peak with grace, not harsh at all.
Great set of mics. Here's to more VM-44's in the field.
I generally agree. It's like MBHO had an idea, but the Milab's took it to fruition.
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My buddy Seth ran a pair at this show......really shows you what they can do. Impressive.....thanks Seth..
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=137178.0
capn
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They do sound sweet. There was a Furthur show from Mt. Aire that sounded fantastic as well. About how much do these sell for?
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I've been running the VM44 now for about 3 months. After having run AKG, Neumann, Schoeps, and Soundfield, I can honestly put these mics right up there with the best of them. I don't see myself changing gear for quite some time. A really great sound with the Milabs.
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hey, focker, was that you at gsw on saturday night with the milabs?
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One and the same, yes.
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ah, ok. gotcha. great show. (sorry for hijacking the thread. i'll go away now)
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only a few shows under my belt with my Milabs, but so far i'm in love ;D
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For pricing, talk to TN Jazz on here, he's the US distributor
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For pricing, talk to TN Jazz on here, he's the US distributor
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agreed
Dirk (TNJazz) will hook you up!
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He hooked me up for a real fair price. I love these mics. Wish we had a good mount ... but think that's being worked on.
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These mics are Cardioids, right? No other patterns?
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These mics are Cardioids, right? No other patterns?
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Omni caps are available too.
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These mics are Cardioids, right? No other patterns?
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Omni caps are available too.
Nice. Thanks.
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He hooked me up for a real fair price. I love these mics. Wish we had a good mount ... but think that's being worked on.
My beyers use mini-XLRs which have a length of barrel that is not tapered. Do the milabs at the base or are they always tapered so you couldn't wedge them in an appropriately sized bar?
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The milabs aren't really structured well for use with a kwon-bar or the like. The ends don't really have that much length to them, and what is there is a something like two separated metal disks that sandwich in two rubber grommets/o-rings which are used to hold onto the "spear" of the milab mounts (and at the same time given the design of the system provide a good measure of shock absorption since the mics are only mounted on a small surface area of shock-absorbing rubber -- really an ingenious design if you ask me).
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b82/tramsden/IMG_2588.jpg)
As you can tell, I actually like the milab mounting option and don't really understand the fuss. I use an appropriate length of 3/4" delrin rod to make the chosen pattern (DIN, NOS mainly) and use the milab mounts, all mounted in a shure donut. Ends up being just the same in terms of size, profile, function as some type of kwonbar setup, with the added benefit that if I want to run NOS spacing but narrow the angle to 75-80 degrees, it is quite simple.
More info in this thread:
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=117392.msg1579550
As to the original thread here, anyone who's paid attention to my fluffing over the years knows I am a huge milab fan. I'm not sure though what is meant by being everything we hoped mbho's would be. I never really liked the sound of mbho's, though I bought a pair (and then sold them) when I was wanting a reasonably priced active-cable mic system with numerous capsule options.
At any rate -- milabs being what we wanted out of mbho's in the sense that both are more reasonably priced active systems (compared to schoeps, dpa, neumann, etc) or meaning that milabs aim toward the sound of mbho's in some way but achieve better results?
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hey folks
a lot of these questions are answered at the Team Boards:
Team Milab
here
http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=114343.0 (http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=114343.0)
check it out
peace
--Ian
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I made a similar mount. No problem there. I've just always wanted one of those exact measure mounts where the mics just pop right in.