Klarinet Archive - Posting 000113.txt from 2003/12

From: Spencer <laparadox@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Microphones
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:19:46 -0500

Ben, Eric, et al.

Since two people asked, I'll discuss my proposed home
recording. If I'm off-topic too much, just let me
know privately.

I have an existing 8-Channel Biamp Advantage One
pre-amp and am willing to upgrade. I'm in the process
of selecting a sound card and will use my desktop
computer for recording. I'm favoring the Layla 24
recording system (24-bit/96kHz). I have past
experience with Layla and there have been very few
complaints about their new system. Also, in the
future I can see if I can get their PCMIA card option
working with my laptop. I will probably get a fast,
large IDE hard drive to go with my 900+MHz Athalon
Processor.

Back to microphones, Ben in a past posting you listed
the Coles 4038 ribbon microphone as your all time
favorite. Is this still true? I know it varies on
location, setting, moon phase, etc., but overall is
this still your favorite? I noticed that the Coles
have a better response at the low frequencies.

By the way after several hours of going through
outdated & confusing websites on home recording, I
found a great one at:

http://www.tweakheadz.com

If you want to know the basics about home recording,
it's worth spending the time going through their
"Guide".

-Spencer
(squong__yahoo__com)

> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:18:46 -0800
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Microphone
> Message-ID: <005801c3bb6c$fde82f20$3901a8c0@CIRCLE2>
>
> First question is "Do you have a good set of preamps
> for these mics?" That
> will make a huge difference on how you should go
> about spending your money.
>
> TLM 170's are great- you can find them on ebay for
> about $1400/each. There
> are a ton of other mics out there that are fantastic
> and $2K will get you
> most of them if you have preamplifcation that will
> work for them.
>
> Let me know about that and I can go into more
> detail. Also, what is the
> rest of your recording chain?
>
> --Ben
>
> Benjamin Maas
> Fifth Circle Audio
> Los Angeles, CA
> http://www.fifthcircle.com

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