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They have a $10 dynamic omni. What's going to suck about it?
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In article , Tobiah wrote:
They have a $10 dynamic omni. What's going to suck about it? Something useful, probably. If it's typical of the usual dictation machine dynamic omni, the most interesting thing about it will be the breakup modes of the diaphragm which make for weird narrow resonances that change with direction. Stick it on a guitar cabinet, turn it around, move it forward and back, toward the center of the cone and away from the center of the cone, and I bet you find it's useful for something. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On 06/07/2013 01:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
In article , Tobiah wrote: They have a $10 dynamic omni. What's going to suck about it? Something useful, probably. If it's typical of the usual dictation machine dynamic omni, the most interesting thing about it will be the breakup modes of the diaphragm which make for weird narrow resonances that change with direction. Stick it on a guitar cabinet, turn it around, move it forward and back, toward the center of the cone and away from the center of the cone, and I bet you find it's useful for something. --scott I was looking at a Rode NT2-A that I can probably get for about $200. I want an omni to compliment a pair of NT1-A's that I use for micing a classical guitar to see if it can add something different to the sound. I just wondered if I'd be totally wasting my time, and $10 to try the RS mic. If I didn't think that the omni added anything good to my sound, I'd save the $200, but if the RS mic is going to be entirely unrepresentative of what a good omni could add, then I wouldn't want to miss out on the better mic. Tobiah |
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On 06/07/2013 01:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
I was looking at a Rode NT2-A that I can probably get for about $200. I want an omni to compliment a pair of NT1-A's that I use for micing a classical guitar to see if it can add something different to the sound. The NT2-A is a dual-diaphragm mike... the omni pattern on it is not really very omnidirectional at all, which is an unfortunate side-effect of that sort of design. I just wondered if I'd be totally wasting my time, and $10 to try the RS mic. If I didn't think that the omni added anything good to my sound, I'd save the $200, but if the RS mic is going to be entirely unrepresentative of what a good omni could add, then I wouldn't want to miss out on the better mic. The RS mike won't sound anything like what a good omni will, but you might want to try the Behringer ECM-8000, which can be had for $20 or so and really will give you a sense of what a good omni pattern will bring you. It's a lot easier to make a good omni condenser than a good cardioid. But... the RS mike will be an interesting and useful low-fi thing to have around... it will have all kinds of weird midrange peaks and make room sounds very hollow. Surprisingly useful on guitar amps, or as a third overhead mike on a drum kit that you can bring in to make the midrange grubbier. Everyone should have a $5 dictation mike in the kit somewhere. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On 6/7/2013 6:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
The RS mike won't sound anything like what a good omni will, but you might want to try the Behringer ECM-8000, which can be had for $20 or so and really will give you a sense of what a good omni pattern will bring you. It's a lot easier to make a good omni condenser than a good cardioid. The Behringer ECM-8000 can be had for around $60.00 not $20.00. -- Here In Oregon Twitter: I don't tweet, I leave that to the birds. MySpace: Then put a lock on it. Facebook: Ever hear of the term identity theft? |
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Tobiah wrote:
They have a $10 dynamic omni. What's going to suck about it? Anything broadband. I'd try it on harmonica first. -- Les Cargill |
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On 6/7/2013 7:00 PM, HIO wrote:
On 6/7/2013 6:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: The RS mike won't sound anything like what a good omni will, but you might want to try the Behringer ECM-8000, which can be had for $20 or so and really will give you a sense of what a good omni pattern will bring you. It's a lot easier to make a good omni condenser than a good cardioid. The Behringer ECM-8000 can be had for around $60.00 not $20.00. Still damn cheap. Looks like many people use it with Smaart software to tune their rooms. Is this mic mainly meant to be used as a measurement mic, or does it do well recording certain instruments as well? |
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"Paul" wrote in message
... On 6/7/2013 7:00 PM, HIO wrote: On 6/7/2013 6:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: The RS mike won't sound anything like what a good omni will, but you might want to try the Behringer ECM-8000, which can be had for $20 or so and really will give you a sense of what a good omni pattern will bring you. It's a lot easier to make a good omni condenser than a good cardioid. The Behringer ECM-8000 can be had for around $60.00 not $20.00. Still damn cheap. Looks like many people use it with Smaart software to tune their rooms. Is this mic mainly meant to be used as a measurement mic, or does it do well recording certain instruments as well? It will give a fairly honest reproduction of what was going on in the room, so if it's a nice piano in a nice sounding room then you can get a surprisingly good recording. The noise floor does make the room sound 'grainy' to my ears, for lack of a better description. I've recorded many practices with just a single ECM8000 stuck in the middle of room, simply because it's quick and predictable to set up. Not great but plenty good enough to hear what went right or wrong later. Sean |
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In article , HIO wrote:
On 6/7/2013 6:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: The RS mike won't sound anything like what a good omni will, but you might want to try the Behringer ECM-8000, which can be had for $20 or so and really will give you a sense of what a good omni pattern will bring you. It's a lot easier to make a good omni condenser than a good cardioid. The Behringer ECM-8000 can be had for around $60.00 not $20.00. Keep looking. The same mike is also sold under different names; Parts Express oftenm stocks it. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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In article , Paul wrote:
Still damn cheap. Looks like many people use it with Smaart software to tune their rooms. It (The ECM-8000) is accurate enough for rough room tuning work. If you do narrow sweep measurements, you'll see spikes all over the place and you will have to move the mike and see if the spike moves or not to determine if it's a mike or a room issue. But for rough work where you're mostly looking at the low end modes of the room, it's usable. Is this mic mainly meant to be used as a measurement mic, or does it do well recording certain instruments as well? It's made and sold as a measurement mike, but it's really just a generic omni electret capsule in a tube. It's about the most neutral thing you will find in the price range, but it's also pretty noisy and no two seem to have the same noise spectra. The noise isn't a problem for room tuning where you are measuring loud things in the first place, and it's not a problem for rock drum overheads. I wouldn't try to record a clavichord with it. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On 6/7/2013 8:52 PM, Paul wrote:
On 6/7/2013 7:00 PM, HIO wrote: On 6/7/2013 6:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: The RS mike won't sound anything like what a good omni will, but you might want to try the Behringer ECM-8000, which can be had for $20 or so and really will give you a sense of what a good omni pattern will bring you. It's a lot easier to make a good omni condenser than a good cardioid. The Behringer ECM-8000 can be had for around $60.00 not $20.00. Still damn cheap. Looks like many people use it with Smaart software to tune their rooms. Is this mic mainly meant to be used as a measurement mic, or does it do well recording certain instruments as well? It works well with this thing. http://tinyurl.com/me34ey6 The engineer I flew in said there are better tools than this but for the *price* it works well and if it breaks you can just go buy another one. -- Here In Oregon Twitter: I don't tweet, I leave that to the birds. MySpace: Then put a lock on it. Facebook: Ever hear of the term identity theft? |
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On Friday, June 7, 2013 3:37:39 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
In article , Tobiah wrote: They have a $10 dynamic omni. What's going to suck about it? Something useful, probably. If it's typical of the usual dictation machine dynamic omni, the most interesting thing about it will be the breakup modes of the diaphragm which make for weird narrow resonances that change with direction. Stick it on a guitar cabinet, turn it around, move it forward and back, toward the center of the cone and away from the center of the cone, and I bet you find it's useful for something. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." Excellent advice! I still have an old cheap Sony mic...likely made for recording into a cassette deck, back in the day. While playing around and experimenting one day, I stuck it right against the grill cloth on a little 80's Fender solid state amp and got an absolutely *huge* guitar sound!! No one would believe it, when I told them how I did it....(ha ha) Mike |
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On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:59:32 +0100, wrote:
Excellent advice! I still have an old cheap Sony mic...likely made for recording into a cassette deck, back in the day. While playing around and experimenting one day, I stuck it right against the grill cloth on a little 80's Fender solid state amp and got an absolutely *huge* guitar sound!! My favourite guitar cab mic wasn't sold as a mic at all! If you want a useful budget dynamic mic then see if you can find a Yoga D606. James. -- http://www.jrpmusic.net |
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