Message 11/11
Date: 13-Feb-02 @ 07:31 PM -
RE: Mic help...
the QC just means that the mic specs may vary a lot from mic to mic, not necessarily that they fall apart quickly. so, you may find that one mic sounds very good, and the other one next to it may not sound nearly as good. most people have never really heard a good mic (me included unfortunately) so they wouldn't notice. and of course different eq responses might be better for different things, who knows. read rec.audio.pro, some people have spent the time sifting through GC mics to get good ones, and they thought they did.
c1000s is generally regarded as really peaky and brittle
used c3000s on choir, and most of the time wasn't really happy with them.
haven't tried either of the other two.
the audio-technica pro37r is now $99 at some places, not a bad small diaphragm.. i have used them on vocals, acoustic guitars, and even kick drum, and it worked well. it's been a few years, i've been meaning to pick a pair up to see if they are still as good as i remember (and they've got to be better than the sm58s we are using at church). make sure you run it at a full +48v.
also i've heard some good things about some of the alesis mics, they are being blown out now, you can get a groove tubes/alesis AM51 for $150 some places.
other 'studio classics' include the shure sm81 (sometimes $150 used, small diaphragm condenser) and maybe the sennheiser md421 (also sometimes $150 used, dynamic)....