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Re: New Mic
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Thx for all the responses....keep'um coming!
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In that case, like I said, I just don't know if going to a $300 mic is going to be dramatic enough to make it worth it.
But maybe someone who's done it can chime in here. |
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I know I sound like an MXL fanboy, but here's my tale of the V89. Couple of years ago I had a V-69ME with a Mullard NOS tube and a Nuemann TLM-49 as my "go to" vocal mics and saw the ads for the new GENESIS mic and was curious. NAMM rolled around and I went and hit the MXL booth to check the GENESIS out(they had a bunch of mics plugged into a vintage baby Trident with headphones hooked up). I listened to the Genesis and thought it sounded fine, but didn't feel like it was worth double the V-69(or more) and was about to walk away when I noticed the V-89 so I asked to hear it. The rep pushed 2 buttons to put the V-89 in the phones and I said about 3 words into it and stopped dead in my tracks and said, "WHOA! Can I get one of these to demo in my studio for a week or two?" The rep hooked me up the following week with both the GENESIS and the V-89. After 2 weeks, I wanted them both but funds forced me to choose the V-89(as did my neighbor after he tried it against his Groove Tubes mic). The CR-89 is the same mic with a new look I had the NT1-A and it was an okay mic(not as good to my ears as the MXL). I sent it to Michael Joly for his "U87" mod and it came back an EXCELLENT mic(but the cost of the mic and mod put it out of your budget). I know all about "opinions" so take my statement as just that
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I appreciate all the reply's. But let me be clear my budget is $300, I might be able to push it to $400. But for now it is what it is. I mainly mix music that is brought to me. Sometimes the vocals are not very good. So instead of waiting for the artist to go back and redo them. I just want decent mic here that we can re-record on the spot. I know a good mic means less you have to fix in the mix. But a bad mic is a bad mic an I don't care how you mix it . All you end up with is well mixed "crap"!
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Right now I'm leaning toward the Rode NT1a or MXL CR89
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If you can stretch the budget, a Rode NT1000 would be a step up from the NT1-A.
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I can highly recommend Studio Projects C1
A very nice all-round cardioid LDC. I have two. And I also owned a Røde NT1, and it is a feable excuse for a microphone compared to the C1. I think you can get it for around 250$. |
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Something not talked about is what is your input chain like? If audio interface isn't up to snuff then you're just wasting money on another mic. |
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