#511617 - 04/01/04 04:34 AM
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Hbomb
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I am recording solo classical guitar into a 24bit Edirol UA5. I want to spend around $500 or $600 on a mic and was considering either a Groove Tubes GT66 or a RODE NTK or K2. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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#511618 - 04/01/04 11:42 AM
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ISedlacek
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The first thing to consider is using a stereo mic pair. Recording classical guitar with just one mic will probably not sound too nice ...
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#511619 - 04/01/04 11:50 AM
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Dogbreath
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I also recommend using 2 mics. IMO, for around $600 the Shure KSM44 is money well spent.... Dogbreath
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#511620 - 04/01/04 07:21 PM
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Chuck Moore
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a pair of AT 4033s might be a good match. I've also done pretty well with the Rode NT5s.
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#511621 - 04/01/04 07:32 PM
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jnorman
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h - from my experience, many of the current crop of mics that display a freq bump around 3-8khz are not quite suitable for nylon stringed instrumetns - they tend to give you a rather plinky sound that can be distasteful. look for mics that have a flatter response curve, such as the older neumann km84s, schoeps cmc64s, akg c480s, etc. if those are out of your price range, and the work you do is solo material in a nice sounding space, some of the less expensive omnis can be good choices. even the tinky behr ecm8000 is a reasonably flat mic. as ivo suggested, stereo micing can be very effective on guitar, but if you have to choose between one good mic or two cheaper ones that do not have the characteristics you want, better to stick with a single good mic - a good stereo reverb can give a pretty good broad sound.
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#511622 - 04/01/04 07:36 PM
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woodlakesound
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http://www.theaudio.com/kr-25a.html
Even if money was not a strong criteria I would recommend this one for the classical guitbox. Get two.
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#511623 - 04/02/04 02:31 PM
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aroneous54
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How about an Oktava Mk012 set? They are very low cost and a favorite of many on Acoustic (and other things).
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#511624 - 04/02/04 02:34 PM
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aroneous54
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by the way, I got a pair of the Oktava's for $150 at guitar center over the phone.
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#511625 - 04/02/04 07:12 PM
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skip bitman
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I secound the 4033s, for the price their a good
value.
http://www.holomorphicmusic.com
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#511626 - 04/04/04 02:29 PM
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Fletcher
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Microtech Gefell M-295's and M-296's are two of my favorites... the Josephson e22s is a pretty nice piece for the application... and the T.H.E. KP-6M is without a doubt my drop dead fave in the <$500 USD weight class [hell in the <$400 USD weight class].
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#511627 - 04/04/04 04:09 PM
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maarvold
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I'd be careful w/ Oktava 012s. They can be 'big' on the bottom in a way that could give too much 'boom' from the guitar body's resonance. A Sennheiser MKH40 ($500-600 used on ebay) would probably be pretty nice, although I would agree with previous posters that a stereo pair of something would be much nicer if the genre is classical.
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#511628 - 04/07/04 07:26 AM
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Bobro
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Maybe I'm high (not impossible) but just the other day I checked some profile links and someone posting here has several Neumann-Gefell CMV 582s in their studio?
Probably outside the 500 USD limit in the USA, with the power supply, but with the M62 capsule ( (M94 is the same thing but made for the national radio IIRC) it is very nice on guitar IMO. Maybe too thick a sound for contemporary tastes?
My partner picked up a CMV 563 with the M 55 omni capsule for 500 Euro, won't be able to fairly judge it for guitar until next month, player with great tone.
-Bobro
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#511629 - 04/07/04 10:45 AM
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steveD
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and of course my absolute favorite:
2 Earthworks QTC30's.
I really like Omni's much better than cardiods for this type of application. small diaphragm omnis provide a much richer and fuller and natural sounding bottom end.
Steve
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