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microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« on: November 13, 2006, 01:49:04 PM »
uploaded 4 tracks

the link is here

test.rar - 9.55MB

direct link here (if the above does not work)

http://www.zshare.net/download/test-rar-a7f.html




the lineage of the outtakes are:

microphone>STUDER D19>LA-22>Soundscape converter>HD( with wavelabs dithering for 16bit)

I will reveal the name of the mics later  :-*

Hope you enjoy, and the tracks are part of tracking for a norwegian rock band debut album ( basically real-life studio tracks before additional processing during mixdown and mastering)


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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2006, 05:59:01 AM »
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2006, 07:28:32 AM »
Interesting comparison Muj. +T.

For me, it's a toss up between files 1 and 2.  Both sound just a bit smoother than 3 and 4 to my ears.  In the latter two I heard some harshness on her highest notes.  Tonally though, the mics seemed quite similar to me. 

Wow, apparently my ears weren't awake yet when I listened.  1 doesn't sound nearly as good as 2 does to me now, 3 sounds much better than it did to me earlier, and 4 sounds really good.  It would go 4, 2, 3, 1 for me now.  I guess the decongestant hadn't kicked yet when I first listened.
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2006, 08:09:57 AM »
In order of  preference
4, 2, 1, 3  (all pretty damn close though)  4 my choice b/c I thought it really opened things up.  (1 and 3 virtually identical to my ears)

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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2006, 08:46:56 AM »
Interesting observations. +T my personal favourite is also track 4 >:D
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2006, 08:52:24 AM »
the microphones for track 2 and 3 are from the same microphone company and share the same capsule, only the circuitry is different and the voicing >:D
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2006, 01:13:39 PM »
Quote from: muj on November 15, 2006, 08:52:24 AM
the microphones for track 2 and 3 are from the same microphone company and share the same capsule, only the circuitry is different and the voicing >:D

SPA mod AKG ck62's & JW Mod 460's?
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2006, 04:25:15 AM »

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SPA mod AKG ck62's & JW Mod 460's?
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not quite ;D  more like tube vs slid state


anyone else?
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2006, 02:05:24 PM »
Hey muj,
Downloaded the file this morning but it was unreadable by window  ???  Was this a wav. file, flac. file,  ???  Really want to give this a listen.
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2006, 02:19:47 PM »
yes these are .wav and can be played on most players.

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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2006, 02:27:49 PM »
Quote from: muj on November 29, 2006, 02:19:47 PM
yes these are .wav and can be played on most players.



hmmm, weird.  I'll re-download again when I get home.  Some weird file extension is what I got the a.m., definitely not .wav
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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2006, 03:07:37 PM »
yep do that!

i might as well reveal what mics were used

mic 1 was karma k55 tube mic

http://www.karmamics.com/products.htm

mic 2 was microtech gefell um92.1s

www.microtechgefell.de

mic 2 was microtech gefell umt800

mic 4 was --like all the people liked the most- pearl dt40

www.pearl.se


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Re: microphone test/comparison: which outtake do you prefer?
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2006, 04:07:45 PM »
The file is compressed.  You need WinRAR (or Winzip) to decompress it.  That's the questionable file extension.
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