"Fletch" wrote in message
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It sounds like you've already purchased these, based on your statement:

"...about a pair of Studio Concepts (I think you meant 'Projects')
C-4's I'm receiving today..."

You need to stop spending money and start testing before you purchase.
But before that, you need to do some research, which means reading
about stuff like this.

I did.

If you do not have the option of testing beforehand, buy only from
places that have a good return policy.

B&H in NYC. Fantastic place. Staffed by sound pros, some multilingual.

When you receive microphones, immediately start to put them through the
testing to be sure they do what they should, sound like they should and
will be acceptable for your needs.

We're happy to help you, but it would help you more to actually buy
some books by qualified engineers and read up on what you are striving
to put together. There are some really good manuals out there.

Fletch, please stick to the question. FYI, this is for pleasure, and
service-swapping. I am a hifi audiophile. I love really, really good
recordings. My new sport is trying to do them myself. I am not a
project-studio kind of guy.

Learn about the components of a recording studio, their function and
the best way to build up your stock of equipment, what to buy first, et
al.

Fletch, this is very condescending. I've done two film soundtracks and a TV
pilot, using both my HHB Portadat, a Tascam FW-1082, Steinberge Cubase,
Soundforge, and the Audio Restoration Suite. Ever spend three weeks getting
camera noise out of a sound track? I have.

By the way, Harmony Central is often more a "users" forum and less a
"professional" forum. To it's credit, you can get a sesne of what a
piece of gear is about. But I am leary of their viability as an
authoritative source of information on the more critical aspects of
gear.

I think you're right.

For that, you may wish to subscribe to industry trades like Mix, which
have reviews and articles on techniques and on many levels of gear.
They also have a website where they post the reviews spanning many
years' time.

I'm pretty simple. I'm not a project kind of guy, and I don't think I'll be
compressing/fuzzing the hell out of tracks. I would like to do some chamber
ensembles.


Sound on Sound, Proaudio, record producer, all dot coms, have similar,
equally professional level reviews and articles. And there is our
illustrious Ty Ford's site, too. He even has mp3 audio samples.

Perhaps you are already doing this. If so, keep reading and digging for
the info. These are just some helpful suggestions you may wish to
pursue.

--Fletch

Thanks. Now, how would you go about doing acceptance testing on a condenser
mike?