Low price mic's that impress - (Beyer Content)
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:01 am
Hey gang,
Long time lurker, turns out I hadn't read the admin email properly so my account was put on hold. What a glorious start...
Anyways, I'm Mitch, a guitarist/singer from south Syd studying music at wollongong uni, I play in some bands etc, and I'm just getting into the home recording thing (may god have mercy on my bank account). After massive amounts of experimentation, scouring the net, lurking evilbay, talking to friends, engineers buddies, borrowing uni mics, sitting in on sessions etc etc I've amounted a decent (low-end, mind you) mic collection, and have had some awesome results. In particular I have become completely and utterly obsessed with Beyer mics , there's just something.... so very sexy about them. I only have two so far, an M81 and M55, and just pulled the trigger on a matched pair of M81's (m818) on original packing with stands, case, XLR connectors, and some crappy old sony f25s thrown in for free off good ol' fleabay. I know these are at the bottom of the line when it comes to old beyers (I would love an m201, m88, m69, m260... the list goes on), but I've had great results with the m81 on pretty much everything, and the m55 makes a great "clangy" room mic and mono OH for trashy punk drums. The m81 actually sounds amazing slightly cupped in the hands and behind a pop filter for a beautiful, lightly distorted warm vocal sound. To me they sound like a beefier/darker 57 with more low mids, and people have often compared them to md421's (which I haven't used yet)
I also picked up a pair of Ta@#$% pe150's off the 'bay for $40 shipped , old electret condensers that were supposedly used for bootlegging etc - these have proved to be wicked on OH and snare, and a great partner to a 57 on guit. I have used all of these mics and a few more in the process of self-recording an album, I will make sure I will post clips here when I am done.
However, before I get too carried away...
Just wanted to drop a line and say a friendly hey, I look forward to learning lots! Anyone else have experiences with the above mic's, or any other cheapo mic's that turned up a treat?
Mitch
Long time lurker, turns out I hadn't read the admin email properly so my account was put on hold. What a glorious start...
Anyways, I'm Mitch, a guitarist/singer from south Syd studying music at wollongong uni, I play in some bands etc, and I'm just getting into the home recording thing (may god have mercy on my bank account). After massive amounts of experimentation, scouring the net, lurking evilbay, talking to friends, engineers buddies, borrowing uni mics, sitting in on sessions etc etc I've amounted a decent (low-end, mind you) mic collection, and have had some awesome results. In particular I have become completely and utterly obsessed with Beyer mics , there's just something.... so very sexy about them. I only have two so far, an M81 and M55, and just pulled the trigger on a matched pair of M81's (m818) on original packing with stands, case, XLR connectors, and some crappy old sony f25s thrown in for free off good ol' fleabay. I know these are at the bottom of the line when it comes to old beyers (I would love an m201, m88, m69, m260... the list goes on), but I've had great results with the m81 on pretty much everything, and the m55 makes a great "clangy" room mic and mono OH for trashy punk drums. The m81 actually sounds amazing slightly cupped in the hands and behind a pop filter for a beautiful, lightly distorted warm vocal sound. To me they sound like a beefier/darker 57 with more low mids, and people have often compared them to md421's (which I haven't used yet)
I also picked up a pair of Ta@#$% pe150's off the 'bay for $40 shipped , old electret condensers that were supposedly used for bootlegging etc - these have proved to be wicked on OH and snare, and a great partner to a 57 on guit. I have used all of these mics and a few more in the process of self-recording an album, I will make sure I will post clips here when I am done.
However, before I get too carried away...
Just wanted to drop a line and say a friendly hey, I look forward to learning lots! Anyone else have experiences with the above mic's, or any other cheapo mic's that turned up a treat?
Mitch