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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: Roving Sign on February 15, 2006, 09:33:12 PM
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I've been pretty impressed with the sound on the Quirk sourced 7-15-84 Grateful Dead show that was torrented recently...
FOB: 2 Beyer M160s>D5>MC>CDR>EAC>FLAC
Just saw this on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7390565934
Shucks - its a ribbon mic! Are these used anywhere else around here...?
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These are great mics, and this paired with the figure of eight mic (I think m168?) makes a killer mid-side set up. But ribbons are not as hearty, so be gentile.
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its mate is the m130. I love them , what ive heard. I want to get a pair, actually..very nice price for the pair. They are used a LOT for classical recordings.
"be gentile" I dont see how being a pagan would help with a fragile mic. :P ;)
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i've used m160's and m130's in the studio a lot. the engineer i interned for used them on a lot of instruments. drum overheads, percussion, violin, a pair on leslies, and even on some electric guitar amps.
i think they a have a very smooth and natural sound and i wouldn't mind hearing more concert recordings made with them. i bet they could sound real nice. the only drawback is that the frequency response really drops off after 16k. HF adjustments in posts might be necessary for a lot of our applications. i know i had to bump up the highs on a lot of instruments in the studio to get a nice overall sound.
i know that probably doesn't really help to much for our purposes, but i thought i'd offer my experiences anyway.
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I often use one when I play live. I know Lee Oskar formerly with WAR used one also. I can't imagine using one for concert recording.
Even though it's a ribbon mic it's not near as fragile as people think. I have four of them and carry three with me whenever I travel with the band. After 11 years, I am still on my original m160 it's been all over the world.
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just remember to keep that phantom turned off!!!