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wrote:
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that mics should be as neutral and invisible as
possible, and thus useable on any type of source. after using such
nice mics for a few years, i have sold all my neumanns, rode tube
mics,
royer ribbons, etc etc, - every mic that i had originally selected
for
its specific "color" for specific applications.

Yes, I was referencing things like MC012, SM57, Beta 87a, etc. I've
been gradually heading the same way, I'm fortunate to work with such
high quality instruments and singers now that I'm losing interest in
the character mics too. Although I won't give up the ADK A-48 for
female vocals and the superb AEA R84 for male.

That's what is driving my use of omnis -- I can get very close to the
source and not fight all the problems from rooms and directional mics.
Acoustic guitars in particular are just so much easier with close
omnis. So it sounds like maybe from your experience of going a similar
direction in tone, the AT4049a-EL might not get what I want. And I
don't want to pay for Schoeps or DPA.

The ones I clipped on the side of my head were Radio Shack lapel mics,
hadn't tried them in years but find I can still make them work
occasionally... maybe those are all I need g

Steve