do/did the three tenors (Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo) use Scheops
mics? those q-tip shaped windscreens look exactly like the ones on the
Scheops site. the Irish tenors also seem to use those same ones.

I was wondering if they were the MK41.

wrote:
do/did the three tenors (Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo) use Scheops
mics? those q-tip shaped windscreens look exactly like the ones on the
Scheops site. the Irish tenors also seem to use those same ones.

Yes.

I was wondering if they were the MK41.

Probably one of the cardioids... they are very popular for that sort
of application. The AKG 451 with one of the long active cable gadgets
is a somewhat lower-budget way of getting the same kind of thing (and
is used by the Texaco/Met guys).
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Most soloists with an orchestra (when TV are involved)are recorded on
mics with extension tubes that fit between the microphone capsule and
the body which contains the amplifiers. These gives the slimmest
profile "in shot".
AKG had the early field with VR1 and VR2 tubes (short and long
extensions, though I can never remember which way round). Schoeps seem
to dominate that market now, not least because they make fantastic
mics.

Al

thanks. i'm going to check out Schoeps a lot at AES.

I had lunch today with a guy who records for BBC Radio 3 - we were
talking mics, said "I have a theory, if it makes a noise put a Schoeps
in front of it." A little exageration for fun (and there are lots of
good mics out there) but a lot of classical people have the highest
regard for Schoeps mics. Of course you've still got to put them in the
right place.

Al

wrote:
I had lunch today with a guy who records for BBC Radio 3 - we were
talking mics, said "I have a theory, if it makes a noise put a Schoeps
in front of it." A little exageration for fun (and there are lots of
good mics out there) but a lot of classical people have the highest
regard for Schoeps mics. Of course you've still got to put them in the
right place.

Well, it has to make a GOOD noise. The Schoeps mikes, like the B&K and
Josephson Series Six stuff, do a great job of making a recording that
sounds like the real thing. If only the real thing always sounded good....
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

B+K make a set that look a little like those too...