Iain Churches wrote:
"Keith G" wrote in message
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Iain Churches wrote:
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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Some time before Christmas, Don made an interesting
comment in that he was "surprised that the AKG C1000s was still in
production due to its poor reputation"
The dealer offered me a pair for extended evaluation.
IOW Iain suggested the C1000 to some unfortunate poster on UKRA without
himself having ever heard it.
You are mistaken. I never suggested or recomnmended this mic to
anyone. The subject came up when we were discussing Keith's AKG
tube mic, and Don remarked that he was surprised the C1000s was
still in the catalogue due to its reputation. I asked a colleague in the
UK, who stated it was good for "groove piano". That aroused my
interest, and it went from there.

It did indeed.

As someone whi is interested (if not fascinated) by the subject of mics, I
have read a fair bit of stuff on the Net and can say there appears to be
not a mic made (now or in the past) that doesn't have both its
fans/enthusiasts and detractors.

How true. Though there is an old saying, particularly pertinent to
valve Neumann microphones, "The only people who don't like
them are the people who don't have any:-)

:-)

If Swim would knuckle down to regular practice on both the piano and the
clart I would get a (suitable) Neumann, just to *have* one!!




There are some pretty good all-rounders, in mics of all
vintages, especially in the higher price ranges, but generaly
speaking there is no "one size fits all" solution.

So, many mics are chosen for specific applications.


Is my understanding.

I have the valve mic used for 'Georgia', a Russian Oktava large
condenser, a 'classic style' ribbon and the USB multipattern large
condenser.

Not because I need them or have different jobs for each one, but just
because I like them!!

:-)

I would like more recording to do - then I could *walk the walk* with
Arny...!!

;-)




Therefore, the obvious only safe way with any mic is to get one and try
it - all this 'opinion of people I trust' BS doesn't work, in my book....

Yes. You can hear after a very short time, if the mic is suitable
for the application in which you are trying it. Just to re-inforce the
impression , it is good practice to mount your "standard mic for that
application" alongside and compare.


Yes, yes - these days, I am placing two of the above mentioned mics
together for the recording sessions we are doing (when we are doing
them) for direct comparisons.

I posted some 'duplex tracks' (one mic on one channnel, another mic on
the other channel) here recently but frankly the total lack of response
makes it not really worth the bother!

But it's fun to do, so WTF - I post 'em anyway!!


:-)