On Wednesday 04 August 2004 10:04 am, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:39:20 +0100 > > tim hall <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Last Tuesday 03 August 2004 21:13, Mark Knecht was like: > > > On the low-end, but dodgy > > > reliability, are these Octavia mics you see so much of these days. > > I have a pair of the Oktava MK-319's and I have to say that I'm very > happy with them, within limits. What limits? Well, the bodies can be > rather resonant, adding a ringing tone to the recording if they're > mounted with no consideration for shock absorption, and I absolutely > cannot use them in conjunction with my Behringer T1953 tube preamp - the > sound is far to brittle when I use the 2 of them together. > > I like the 319's for some vocals, some acoustic instruments, as drum > overheads, and for live stereo recording, which I do a fair amount of. > > > Also worth having a pair of PZMs around if you can still get hold of them > > ;) Great for cheap drum overheads. > > PZMs are certainly still available; Crown sells them for a relatively > low amount of money. I like them for drum overheads, but one trick I In the States, RadioShack sells rebadged Crown PZM's for even cheaper. The connector is 1/4" phone. > found is that if I'm recording drums in my basement, which is relatively > small, I'll set up the kit to face a wall and be 4-5 feet back from it, and > I'll hang a PZM on that wall. While there's no stereo separation to it, > it gives me a good signal to mix in for a different kind of ambience that > isn't given by the overheads - it's got more of the kick drum than the > overheads will pick up, which can be a Good Thing sometimes.
