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Decent affordable fig-8?
« on: November 09, 2012, 05:27:23 PM »
I'm looking for a sdc fig-8 that's good enough for MS and double MS recording to be used in combination with two Rode NT-5. Affordable as in: substantially below the usual Schoeps and Neumann mics.

Any suggestions?

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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2012, 05:32:04 PM »
Quote from: fotoralf.be on November 09, 2012, 05:27:23 PM
I'm looking for a sdc fig-8 that's good enough for MS and double MS recording to be used in combination with two Rode NT-5. Affordable as in: substantially below the usual Schoeps and Neumann mics.

Any suggestions?

Ralf

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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2012, 07:22:24 PM »
Naiant Studio may have some left...
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2012, 07:49:59 PM »
Does it have to be small diaphragm?
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2012, 07:57:00 PM »
Quote from: yltfan on November 09, 2012, 07:49:59 PM
Does it have to be small diaphragm?


im guessing yes since he already said that ;) i would look into the 390 series first, even tho i havent heard one in awhile, but they are def affordable
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2012, 08:19:22 PM »
Cascade victor with lundahl transformer beats all of them.  There is nothing better at this price or 3x's. Once you go ribbons you won't go back. Buy now and thank me later.
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2012, 03:33:29 AM »
Not totally affordable - but what I want and would get:

http://www.milabmic.com/showproduct.asp?id=1133&show=specs

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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2012, 04:39:32 AM »
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2012, 06:29:51 AM »
Quote from: yltfan on November 09, 2012, 07:49:59 PM
Does it have to be small diaphragm?

The directivity pattern of all affordable LDC mics I have tried  is not symmetrical enough to allow for decent MS recordings, let alone double-MS for subsequent processing into 5.1 surround.

Maybe I should have mentioned that I don't record music but soundscapes, at sound pressure levels usually between 20 and 50 dB below what you'd get in a mjsic concert situation. Given the rather low sensitivity of ribbon mics and their susceptibility to wind noise, I'm more than a little sceptical as to their usability for this purpose.

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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2012, 08:45:24 AM »
 You are right. Ribbons would not work for you.
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2012, 11:31:24 AM »
Quote from: F.O.Bean on November 09, 2012, 05:32:04 PM
Quote from: fotoralf.be on November 09, 2012, 05:27:23 PM
I'm looking for a sdc fig-8 that's good enough for MS and double MS recording to be used in combination with two Rode NT-5. Affordable as in: substantially below the usual Schoeps and Neumann mics.

Any suggestions?

Ralf

AKG 390 series ;) MBHO also makes one!

I think the MBHO one is almost the same price as a Schoeps MK8, sadly  :P
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2012, 07:47:01 PM »
Quote from: acidjack on November 10, 2012, 11:31:24 AM
Quote from: F.O.Bean on November 09, 2012, 05:32:04 PM
Quote from: fotoralf.be on November 09, 2012, 05:27:23 PM
I'm looking for a sdc fig-8 that's good enough for MS and double MS recording to be used in combination with two Rode NT-5. Affordable as in: substantially below the usual Schoeps and Neumann mics.

Any suggestions?

Ralf

AKG 390 series ;) MBHO also makes one!

I think the MBHO one is almost the same price as a Schoeps MK8, sadly  :P

Really? Damn my bad! I should've known better since I ran Mbps for 4.5 years :)
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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2012, 07:10:10 AM »
Quote from: fotoralf.be on November 09, 2012, 05:27:23 PM
I'm looking for a sdc fig-8 that's good enough for MS and double MS recording to be used in combination with two Rode NT-5. Affordable as in: substantially below the usual Schoeps and Neumann mics.

Any suggestions?

There is only one I can think of - the Ambient ATE 208 EMESSER.

Very small, close to Schoeps in quality and made specially for Ambient by MBHO in Germany.

Comes as a kit and is less than half the price of the Schoeps.  I think it's about £600 in the UK.

It's the least expensive single-diaphragm condenser fig-8 on the market, as far as I am aware, but still up there with the expensve ones in quality.




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Re: Decent affordable fig-8?
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2012, 11:53:45 AM »
what about Audio technica AT4081 fig8 ribbon?

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AT4081/
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