Hi all,
First post here so please be gentle!
I just got a new setup and can't decide which of the various different combinations/arrangements of mics I prefer. Can you help?
If you fancy spending a few seconds to listen, please check out the playlist below (just click the play button and it'll go through them) and just tell me which you like most ie 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
Or you could tell me they all suck, that's fine.
They're all just six-second snippets of the same phrase, no EQ or effects, just exported direct.
I know it's down to individual preference, whatever suits the arrangement, etc etc. But it would just help to get an idea of what other people think. I've tried asking the cats but they just look back at me blankly.
Cheers
Brendan
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Is it one mic per clip? 1 and 4 were my favourites, but a blend of the takes may sound even nicer.
But in isolation, 2 or 4. The others have too much midrange honkiness which leaves the acoustic sounding cheap/ flat. (but, again, in the context of a mix a particular bunch of midrange harmonics might be really important so...)
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Spotify, Apple et al
1=AKG & Woody
2=AKG & piezo
3=SM58 & Woody
4=SM58 & piezo
5=piezo & Woody
So, it does come as a surprise to find that people liked 3 and 4, because really the SM58 has no right to sound good with an acoustic! But I can see that, on its own, it has quite a thick sound which the piezo adds some sparkle to. The Woody also has quite pronounced mid-range but it's more clean-sounding, so the piezo works well with that, again for the hi-end sparkle. But I've decided that I do, in the end, need to add EQ to get the sound I want. Sorry, I've just finished reading 'Are We Still Rolling' by Phill Brown and decided to go back to the basics, concentrate on getting absolutely the best sound I could before even thinking about adding any effects. Great book btw, thorougly recommended, with the exception that it then spurs idiots like me to plague people like you on forums like this.
Anyway, thanks for all the responses. If it helps, I started out on the Computer Music forum in its very first incarnation around 17 years ago, had a few demos published in CM mag, got back into the swing of things over the past year or so. I basically just enjoy piddling around with stuff, I'm no pro.
Cheers
Brendan
I have been messing around with mics for years, the 57/58 combo still stands up against 57/LDC combos so I don't know.... I still stand by 1 & 4 though.
Rode NT-3 is a very nice recording mic, too.