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| Topic: RE 20 or SM 7B |
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| Re: RE 20 or SM 7B [message #389311 is a reply to message #389200 ] |
Wed, 03 December 2008 12:08 |
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 maarvold
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Registered: April 2004
Location: Simi Valley, CA |
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| wwittman wrote on Tue, 02 December 2008 18:38 |
about half way inside the shell, coming in off center, but pointed at an angle at more or less the strike point
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This is my placement as well (as taught to me by my mentor, the guy who got me using SM7 on kick).
Michael Aarvold
Audio Engineer
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| Topic: The New ADK A-6 Condenser Microphone |
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| Re: The New ADK A-6 Condenser Microphone [message #389373 is a reply to message #266853 ] |
Wed, 03 December 2008 15:25 |
Larry Villella
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Registered: September 2006
Location: PORTLAND OR |
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I got to listen (for the first time in 25 years) to a vinyl
recording of ABC Impulse Album Hues By Sam Rivers Jr.
Sam Rivers son and I engineered the first 4 tracks on this
live session in 1971 at the Jazz Workshop in Boston.
I remember we had 8 channels of Langeven linear pots and
a notorious Scully 8 track, and a handful of New U-87s.
My takeaway from this re-hearing isn't anything too profound:
The 87's were wonderful on OH, Good for Piano, and
OK on Flute and Tenor Sax, not so hot on Soprano Sax.
My guess is that similar application-specific best-use-scenario
exist for the ADK A6 (both mics are slightly forward in the mix).
The best part of the Sam Rivers Jr story for me was a call
I got last year that Sam was recording a new CD - using ADK!
So you might say we've come full circle.
As a guy who likes to play and record music,
the most fun for me is when serious musicians
have that 'lightbulb-moment' regarding analog tonality.
The real lesson here is that Tenor Sax can tolerate
a slightly bright mic, but a particularly 'reedy' soprano
cannot. To resolve that in 1971 we would have - in a big
studio setting - have pulled out a U-67 or even a U-47.
So darker colors, Like Hamburg or S-7B would be the
solution for the Overly Bright / Overly Nasal Source.
I dig the A6 on a wide variety of sources.
But being Mostly-Neutral isn't always the Color you want!
Still, the A6 cuts a wide swath in the utility column!!!!
Larry J. Villella, Founder, ADK Microphones
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