"Iain Churches" wrote

After only one listen, I would pick the ribbon. But
bear in mind that the results you ultimately achieve
are the combination of the mic you choose and
careful positioning in a given acoustic


Not shove the mic out a ways into the room and jiggle about with the sound
levels a bit, then?

:-)



People tend to avoid ribbons as they are fragile,
but with a little TLC they can last a lifetime.


Mine gets handled right and stored right - bound to get buggered up,
eventually....



Most people of our age in the UK remember Reslo
as the best-known ribbon mic manufacturer (the SR1
was often supplied with Ferrograph and Vortexion tape
recorders) but there was another British manufacturer
that made a good and very affordable ribbon mic,
The Film Industries M8. In the 1960s they cost the
grand sum of £8.15s or £10.7.6 with on/off switch.

One sees them occasionally on e.Bay. Something to look out for.
http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...dustriesM8.jpg


That's a very nice looking mic!!


*(Also summat of a progress report for Iain! :-)

Appreciated:-)



OK, here's another one from about half an hour or so ago:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/shown...he%20Child.wav


Recorded with my Samson USB multipattern mic!



One often sees a mic just placed above the bell
of the saxophone.


Or even clipped on to it!!!



You seem to have chosen to set the mic well back
from the alto, Keith You might care to try a more
intimate, immediate sound. In which case try a position
which forms an equilateral triangle with the bell and
the top F key (that's the very first LH pearl key,
which it normally covered by any finger) Keeping
the two lower angles the same, zoom in and out
at right-angles to the body of the saxophone, a few
cms until you get what you want.


OK, I've got a lot closer to that with the above recording but I was at full
stretch on the USB cable! Early days yet - almost 'any noise' for now and
refine it gradually as the 'performer' gets going!!



Iain

PS. Pity Santa has been and gone, this might have
been nice. I have seen them go for a lot more
money.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEUMANN-M49-M-...item4ced1c1b56



Oooh! Just like mine!

:-)