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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Mojave MA-200 tube mic.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I use Sennheiser 416s for everything


Regardless of the application?

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I suffer from gear-itis, and it sometimes causes me problems.


I got the same virus. Not good considering the resale price of audio gear.
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I know it's easy to say and hard to do, but...find a good mic for you and stick with it.

Makes things easier for pick-ups and updates.

Tiger Woods doesn't change clubs every week.

But some mics better for different things. Same as Tiger Woods uses different sticks for different strokes.

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One of the best using a 416.


Thats interesting.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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IBut some mics better for different things. Same as Tiger Woods uses different sticks for different strokes.



If you're a Voice Overist that tends to be untrue, were it really the case you'd have a mic for each of the following vowels, consonants, aspirates and presumably for talking a pile o' sh*te too .... That'll be yer 416 again Laugh
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I default to the UMT-70 for announcing/narration, or the C-1 or U87 for character voices and "live action" movie-style ADR. Easy!


Most ladies do not sound very good on the 416. I've found the the UMT-70 sets the voice on top of the mix like the 416 with the deliciousness of the M7 capsule.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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If you're a Voice Overist that tends to be untrue, were it really the case you'd have a mic for each of the following vowels, consonants, aspirates and presumably for talking a pile o' sh*te too ....

lol, I was thinking a little less detailed. Like mics that air, or mics that add presence for certain applications.

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or the C-1 or U87

I find this interesting too. Choosing between mics so far apart in quality. Is there a certain "I don't know what" that the C1 has that you prefer on occasion to the U87?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rode NTG-3. Couldn't tell the difference between it and the 416.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I find this interesting too. Choosing between mics so far apart in quality.


I would say for some of us we have maybe one "go to" mic, and a couple of others that are useful at times, but not used as often.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sylvia Villagran uses a 416, speaking of women...
I like the NTG-3, too...
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Living Culture wrote:
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One of the best using a 416.


Thats interesting.


Actually, Ann Dewigg uses a Lawson. She talks about it in part two of an interview with radio producer Ryan Drean:

Part I
Part II

She even mentions her dissatisfaction with shotgun mics.

However, another one of my favorite female talent, Rene Marie Villano, does use a 416 and loves it.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yup. Rena Marie does use a 416. I work with her several times every week. Sounds great on her. She was using a Rode NT-1 and an NTG-1 for her portable before.

She was a big fan of that AT-835B that I was using for awhile.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dan-O,

Very cool interview w/ Ann Dewigg.

Thanks!
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm currently using this one in front of me. For this week. Who knows I may have another one to review soon.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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or the C-1 or U87

I find this interesting too. Choosing between mics so far apart in quality. Is there a certain "I don't know what" that the C1 has that you prefer on occasion to the U87?[/quote]

Actually on my RCA BA-31 and my Neve 1272, my C1s sound very close to the U87. The C1 can be a bit brighter to the U87, and the U87 is more mature in sound.
As a matter of fact the TLM103 has it rough edges taken off with these two pres as well as with a Avalon 737.

The C1 & U87 are used mostly for character work. I like them both equally for own individual charms.
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