Ty Ford wrote:
Anyway,

I remembered I also had a new little Rode SD omni here, so I'm putting the
AT2021 and the Rode Omni clips BOTH up in the Audio folder in my Online
Archive.

The AT2021 is brighter and edgier than the rode and neither are as smooth as
my Schoeps CMC641. The AT 2021 does remind me a bit of a KM184. The Rode Omni
is a little smoother on top.

Enjoy,

Ty Ford

Something about that Schoeps clip is just luscious. Almost hypnotic.
Nice playing by the way. And your track on the latest RAP CD is
fantastic. It's obvious even to a novice like me that you really know
what you're doing with these mics. The Rode sounds nice too.
Sadly, after hearing the Schoeps, I'm not extremely fond of the bright
sound of the 2021. And I say sadly, because I just went out yesterday
to buy it(with the AT2020 in the 2041 studio pack.) I figured for the
extra $50(after returning my lone AT2020) I couldn't lose on the 2021
since upon first hearing you said it sounded similar to the Neumann
mic. I figured I should have a mic dedicated to the acoustic since I'll
be recording it regularly.

I'm going to be recording a mellow song this weekend with vocal and
acoustic guitar. I don't know if I should be worried about the
brightness in this mic. I guess I just need to mellow it out with some
eq cuts. I still feel like I made a good purchase. I doubt anyone would
suggest a better acoustic guitar mic for less than 50 bucks. Maybe
sending it through the tube of my Studio Projects VTB-1 mic pre will
warm it up a bit. I also have an ART Tube pre I could try. Any
suggestions would be appreciated. I'm pretty much flying blind here.
Maybe some combination of the 2020 and 2021?

I used the AT2020 on the guitar with my last song and it sounded okay
but not great, too twangy. Maybe I should blame the Elixir Nanoweb
strings I used. I just got some Martin SP phosphor bronze lights and
Elixir Polyweb X light. I haven't restrung yet. Suggestions on which to
use for a mellower sound?

Thanks
Jeff