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Title: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?
Post by: rdflash on December 07, 2005, 03:22:52 AM
What would be the best pick from the following choices...

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/120/mics

and what options are needed for GREAT sounding recordings??

curious so I can buy these when the price is low!

thanks for the help in advance
Title: Re: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?
Post by: poorlyconditioned on December 07, 2005, 04:42:08 AM
What would be the best pick from the following choices...

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/120/mics

and what options are needed for GREAT sounding recordings??

curious so I can buy these when the price is low!

thanks for the help in advance

For sound: CMC-4 (aka, AT853).  These are a good price now too.

For size: CMC-8 (aka, AT943).  These are also a good price.

By the way, if you buy CMC-8, you can buy adapters (AT-ADAPT, $5 each) and put AT853 capsules on later if you decide you want either a bit better sound, or maybe you have some AT853 caps lying around (like me).

  Richard

PS: if you have problems with overloading at high sound levels, try building the battery box I describe at: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AT853.
Title: Re: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?
Post by: kgreener on December 07, 2005, 07:32:52 AM
What would be the best pick from the following choices...
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/120/mics
and what options are needed for GREAT sounding recordings??

For sound: CMC-4 (aka, AT853).  These are a good price now too.

For size: CMC-8 (aka, AT943).  These are also a good price.


Is this a known fact that the CMC-4/AT853's sound better than the CMC-8/AT943's, or just a matter of opinion?  Is it proven, and is there evidence out there that the CMC-4's sound better?  I own the CMC-8's and think they sound great, but never read that the CMC-4's actually sound better.  Not trying to be difficult, I'd just really like to know...maybe I'll get the adapter and get some 853's if they really do sound better.

Thanks much!  :D

edit:  I'm running mine modded for phantom use only
Title: Re: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?
Post by: cpatch on December 08, 2005, 01:14:36 PM
PS: if you have problems with overloading at high sound levels, try building the battery box I describe at: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AT853.

I can't open these files...what type are they?

Craig
Title: Re: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?
Post by: poorlyconditioned on December 08, 2005, 02:01:05 PM
PS: if you have problems with overloading at high sound levels, try building the battery box I describe at: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AT853.

I can't open these files...what type are they?

Craig

They are Jpeg images.  I changed the extensions to .jpeg now.  Please *reload* your browser window and then look at them...
 
  Richard
Title: Re: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?
Post by: cpatch on December 09, 2005, 01:01:41 AM
Thanks.

Craig
Title: Re: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?
Post by: hitch on December 10, 2005, 04:01:49 PM
PS: if you have problems with overloading at high sound levels, try building the battery box I describe at: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/AT853.

I can't open these files...what type are they?

Craig

They are Jpeg images.  I changed the extensions to .jpeg now.  Please *reload* your browser window and then look at them...
 
  Richard


Thanks Richard for sharing your schematics!  A big +T for you. :)

Toni
Title: Re: What is the best Cardioid Microphone from Sound Professionals?
Post by: lordbelial on December 12, 2005, 03:45:49 AM
Well.

I'm goona upgrade to a 3-wire battery box since I'm taping ONLY heavy metal loud shows.

Guess i'm being lightly brickwalled when the shows are really LOUD, I taped Opeth this saturday and even the floor was shaking because of the high leves that came out from the PA's... so I'm gonna make this 3 wire battery box in a short lead time. I thought on this upgrade when I ordered extra cable for my CMC-4 (at853), I'm pretty skilled into soldering, designing and electronics in general.

Thanks to poorlyconditioned I'll be able to save the 50$ upgrade from SP and the shippment cost!!