JANUARY, 1999 |
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 RECORDING TECHNIQUES |
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IT SHURE IS A GOOD MIC |
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BY ROBERT DENNIS |
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| It was a boring show but probably because I really didn't have the time
to enjoy it. It sure was a larger AES convention than the last one I attended nearly
ten years ago. CLICK ON LOGO FOR 105th CONVENTION REPORT |
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| The Yamaha booth was right at the main entrance to the display floor and,
as such, was always super crowded. I didn't really get to play with the new Yamaha
DSP Factory. We had ordered one and were waiting for shipment. So I decided to
do a "once around" the floor to mark on the map they give out all the displays
that I wanted to re-visit. CLICK ON IMAGE TO VISIT YAMAHA'S DSP FACTORY WEB PAGE |
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| One of the few things that caught my eye was at the Shure booth.
They had on display their first full studio condenser vocal microphone, the KSM 32.
Looking closely at the mic, I saw some craftsmanship that is only used on the expensive
microphones. The shock mount system was well thought out and designed for
durability. Shock mounts always seem to fail in continued use and I was happy to see one
that looked like it would stand up to some real use. There was a raffle where Shure was giving 6 of these microphones away at the show. I filled out the card and dropped it in the slot. I went from the San Francisco show to Los Angeles on some business. Before I got back to Detroit, my office informed me that my Shure microphone had arrived. I was one of the six winners! CLICK ON IMAGE TO VISIT SHURE's KSM 32 WEB PAGE |
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| After trying out the microphone, it has become my choice for Rock vocals on this Michigan-based group I am producing. Previously we had used the (very expensive) AKG C-12 microphone as well as AKG 414, Neumann U-87 and Audio Technica 4050. The microphone, sound-wise, reminds me a lot of a Neumann U-47fet (one of my all-time favorites). The primary mic we had been using on this group was the AKG C-12. It is a warm sounding microphone, with clarity. These qualities make the C-12 (a microphone four times as expensive as the KSM 32) very popular. I found that the KSM had much of the warmth but recorded the vocalist's articulation of the words better. It's a clearer microphone - more like the singer was really there singing to you. I was impressed! | |
| How do you place the microphone? Just like any other vocal microphone: Go Here For The Tip | |
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