Thread: Neumann KM84
View Single Post
  #8   Report Post  
tomhartman
 
Posts: n/a
Default Neumann KM84

(David Satz) wrote in message . com...
Martin wrote:

My goal over the last 8 months or so was to find a desert island, matched
pair, of microphones to record my Martin D28. I believe I have found it in
the Schoeps CMC6 MK41. [ ... ] As for the KM84 I was quite impressed with
every acoustic guitar recording that used a KM84. Today, a few of us
compared recordings of acoustic guitar that used the Schoeps and KM84.
We all agreed the Schoeps sounded more accurate.


You certainly won't get an argument from me about that! I also prefer
Schoeps over Neumann for accuracy, and the supercardioid is the Schoeps
capsule that I've used the most over the past 25+ years. But you didn't
seem to be asking for recommendations--I thought you just wanted to talk
about the Neumann KM 84 versus its successors.

(By the way, CMC 6-- + MK 41 = CMC 641; that's how all their microphone
nomenclature is supposed to work, but no one seems to get it ... sigh ...)

--Did you also have a chance to try the MK 8 capsule? I have lately become
very fond of figure-8 microphones, and for applications that don't require
especially strong low-frequency response the Schoeps is one of the best.

Disclaimer: I've done most of the German-to-English translations of Schoeps'
product literature for many years, but I'm not a dealer or distributor.

--best regards



Another Neumann that sounded great on acoustic guitar was the Neumann
KM-54. They used them at Abbey Road quite a bit and I remember them
sounding pretty wonderful. They also used this mike on snare (!) and
piano. Seemed to be a bit of a workhorse. This is during pop
sessions...have no idea how it would fare on more legit stuff. These
are around too...but pretty expensive. Does anyone know whether the
tubes in these are still available?