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Advice on cheap microphones
just gathering opinions on cheap microphones - i am going to purchase
i microphone and would like to keep the price in the $100 limit. the application would be about anything, with an emphasis on vocals and acoustic guitar. the mic's i've been considering are the oktava: 012, 319 or 219. i only have experience with the mc(k?)012 and that was with drums - i have heard there can be issues with popping p's on the 012 with vocals - and vocals will be the most important. any other manufacturer/model suggestions welcome - these are just the ones i have been considering based on research. thanks, joel |
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Advice on cheap microphones
"joel" wrote in message
just gathering opinions on cheap microphones - i am going to purchase i microphone and would like to keep the price in the $100 limit. the application would be about anything, with an emphasis on vocals and acoustic guitar. the mic's i've been considering are the oktava: 012, 319 or 219. i only have experience with the mc(k?)012 and that was with drums - i have heard there can be issues with popping p's on the 012 with vocals - and vocals will be the most important. Learn how to search www.groups.google.com You'll find it very useful. To answer your question, the general consensus is "get an sm57". And about the Oktava 012, the MK is the one at Guitar Center, the MC is the one at the Sound Room. Think of the C as standing for "control," as in quality control. |
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"joel" wrote in message
just gathering opinions on cheap microphones - i am going to purchase i microphone and would like to keep the price in the $100 limit. the application would be about anything, with an emphasis on vocals and acoustic guitar. the mic's i've been considering are the oktava: 012, 319 or 219. i only have experience with the mc(k?)012 and that was with drums - i have heard there can be issues with popping p's on the 012 with vocals - and vocals will be the most important. Learn how to search www.groups.google.com You'll find it very useful. To answer your question, the general consensus is "get an sm57". And about the Oktava 012, the MK is the one at Guitar Center, the MC is the one at the Sound Room. Think of the C as standing for "control," as in quality control. |
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"Thomas Bishop" wrote in message news Learn how to search www.groups.google.com You'll find it very useful. To answer your question, the general consensus is "get an sm57". And about the Oktava 012, the MK is the one at Guitar Center, the MC is the one at the Sound Room. Think of the C as standing for "control," as in quality control. I keep seeing the "Oktava at GC" comment, but when you go online (ain't no GC's near me) their "online shop" is via Musician's Friend, and they don't have ANYthing "Oktava." Neither does AMS nor Zzounds. Any online place have these Oktava 012's at a price comparable to the GC special? And which capsule does the GC special include? |
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"Thomas Bishop" wrote in message news Learn how to search www.groups.google.com You'll find it very useful. To answer your question, the general consensus is "get an sm57". And about the Oktava 012, the MK is the one at Guitar Center, the MC is the one at the Sound Room. Think of the C as standing for "control," as in quality control. I keep seeing the "Oktava at GC" comment, but when you go online (ain't no GC's near me) their "online shop" is via Musician's Friend, and they don't have ANYthing "Oktava." Neither does AMS nor Zzounds. Any online place have these Oktava 012's at a price comparable to the GC special? And which capsule does the GC special include? |
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"MikeK" wrote in message
... I keep seeing the "Oktava at GC" comment, but when you go online (ain't no GC's near me) their "online shop" is via Musician's Friend, and they don't have ANYthing "Oktava." Neither does AMS nor Zzounds. Any online place have these Oktava 012's at a price comparable to the GC special? And which capsule does the GC special include? The GC mics come with the cardoid capsule for $100, or you can now get all three for $200. They don't sell the capsules separately. They were running a special recently for 2 012s for $100. There are serious quality issues with their stock as previously noted. I have a pair and a friend also has a pair, and between us we tried at least 15 mics to find 4 that sounded good. If you have to do mail-order, use the Sound Room. The 219 sounded like crap, but I've heard that you can cut off the plastic grille and get a good sound. I also have a 319 - which has a rich but dark sound to me. I've noticed from handling that the metal grille has a ring to it, but I've never picked it out on a recording yet. It sounded OK on slide guitar to take some of the edge off the string noise, but mostly I use it on kick drum for lack of anything better to use. Sean |
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Advice on cheap microphones
"MikeK" wrote in message
... I keep seeing the "Oktava at GC" comment, but when you go online (ain't no GC's near me) their "online shop" is via Musician's Friend, and they don't have ANYthing "Oktava." Neither does AMS nor Zzounds. Any online place have these Oktava 012's at a price comparable to the GC special? And which capsule does the GC special include? The GC mics come with the cardoid capsule for $100, or you can now get all three for $200. They don't sell the capsules separately. They were running a special recently for 2 012s for $100. There are serious quality issues with their stock as previously noted. I have a pair and a friend also has a pair, and between us we tried at least 15 mics to find 4 that sounded good. If you have to do mail-order, use the Sound Room. The 219 sounded like crap, but I've heard that you can cut off the plastic grille and get a good sound. I also have a 319 - which has a rich but dark sound to me. I've noticed from handling that the metal grille has a ring to it, but I've never picked it out on a recording yet. It sounded OK on slide guitar to take some of the edge off the string noise, but mostly I use it on kick drum for lack of anything better to use. Sean |
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