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Post by LittleBlindShakey on Mar 8, 2008 8:19:27 GMT -7
I own the Micro Track II recording device and I want to purchase two microphones to record the band at festivals. I don’t want to record off the board. The MT II has phantom power, etc and can handle good mics. Can someone recommend a reasonably priced pair of mics to me so that I can record wave files in stereo? The local Guitar Center Store has some inexperienced guys in the pro audio section that I don’t think are helpful so I need some advice. I want to keep the cost of two below $1,000 unless someone can explain to me the incremental value of getting better mics for a live recording. Thanks, I need the help. After your input I will go post in the Buy/Sell/Trade section as a WTB.
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Post by dixiechicken on Mar 8, 2008 11:19:42 GMT -7
Well.. difficult question really - but check out the Rode mics. Many use Rode NT in home and semi-professional studios.
You may want to consider two big membrane condensers with switchable direction characteristics. (omni, cardioid, figure-8, hyper-cardioid)
Those condensers with this feature set is often i bit more expensive - but will give you a great deal more options.
Cheers: Dixiechicken!
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Post by zgrip on Mar 9, 2008 8:43:55 GMT -7
I have a matched pair of Rode NT5's that are nice for a lot of things, including live recording. I think the retail street price is about about $429 a pair. Any good quality matched pair of small diaphragm condensers should work well. Or check out this forum for live concert tapers, enough discussion on mics there to keep you busy for months :-) www.taperssection.com/
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Post by LittleBlindShakey on Mar 21, 2008 6:27:38 GMT -7
I went with the suggestions and purchased a matched pair of Rhode NT5 mics. I am going to place them on a stand with the two mic mount bracket and hope to get a little lucky. My hope is I can move them out front of the stage at an intersect area and point one of them to the left and one to the right side of the stage. Just trying to get a half decent live recording of the band that with a lot of luck and creative engineering can be made into a demo CD. I will run the mics into my Micro Trac II. I know this is a crap shoot but with a dozen festivals this summer to play perhaps among them I can cull out a decent CD. They best way to do this is a combination of mics for the crowd and then off the board but I can’t really pull that off with the Micro Trac II and the time I have available to get set up and off the stages.
Thanks for the advice I received
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Post by bluzman on Mar 21, 2008 7:02:35 GMT -7
Outdoors you may need windscreens.
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Post by dixiechicken on Mar 22, 2008 2:40:54 GMT -7
Outdoors I have sometimes in lieu of proper windscreens used wolen socks taped around the mic elements. It works just so-so but is better than nothing. Cheers: Dixiechicken!
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