-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 01:05:39AM +1000, Loki Davison wrote: > On 4/12/07, Paul Winkler <pw_lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >For vocals, I like my MXL V67G and my Sennheiser 421. > > > >For acoustic guitar I don't currently have a mic I really like. The > >V67G is tolerable, as is the 421, as is my MXL V57 (flatter mids than > >the V67 but more harsh on top). But none of them are really ideal for > >guitar. I've heard the small-diaphragm MXL 603 is a good value, they > >go for around $100, I've been meaning to try that. For $200 or so you > >could also check out the AKG 535 which doubles as a very very nice > >handheld mic. > > > >I still want to find a good small-diaphgragm condenser. Or maybe some > >ribbon mics, yum. > > > > Thaks for all the great info and ideas! From prices here in Australia > the MXL's seem like a good idea. The Octava's get great reviews but > seem hard to find and pretty expensive here. The review of the 603 > http://www.mojopie.com/603.html is glowing and they are REALLY cheap! > ;) I'm not sure to get 2 603's for stereo recording ($150!) or the > MXL2001 and 603 for $150 too. 2 small diaphragm or one of each? Guess > i also have to ask mic pre or mixer? I don't need a mixer for anything > else... so i'm thinking seperate mic pre. Is solid state or tube > better at the cheap end? A few companies seem to have $100 tube mic > pre's. > I bought an MXL-990 and tried it out, and didn't like it, so I sold it. But, as has been pointed out by several folks in this thread, that may have more to do with my not knowing what I was doing. - -ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGHmz3e8HF+6xeOIcRAkV5AKCnXx11kayZbAweBd7jKIEEz/XIgwCfVlzY 61T6JlsxzUUPqp/gTKWq2KY= =FTU1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
