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I've been recording since high school, c. 1972; mostly classical.
I've been striving, in my own inexpensive gear, to achieve transparent,
noiseless recording for three decades.
The most recent generation of gear in my rack is a pair of Schoeps CMC641's
feeding a Cranesong Spider. I thought I had achieved Nirvana.
Then I heard the BLUE B6 capsules on my old C451 bodies.
Now I'm forced to admit that absolute clarity and purity of sound is not
the only solution in all situations. Sometimes the perfectly accurate
sound is too sterile. I'm still not buying into the idea of introducing
any distortion into the recording chain, but I can see how the shimmer of
an "interesting" microphone can add to an already good recording.
I'm threatened with another case of Gear Aquisition Syndrome.
What are the primary condensor flavors out there? U-87, 251, C-12, ...
I've been recording since high school, c. 1972; mostly classical.
I've been striving, in my own inexpensive gear, to achieve transparent,
noiseless recording for three decades.
The most recent generation of gear in my rack is a pair of Schoeps CMC641's
feeding a Cranesong Spider. I thought I had achieved Nirvana.
Then I heard the BLUE B6 capsules on my old C451 bodies.
Now I'm forced to admit that absolute clarity and purity of sound is not
the only solution in all situations. Sometimes the perfectly accurate
sound is too sterile. I'm still not buying into the idea of introducing
any distortion into the recording chain, but I can see how the shimmer of
an "interesting" microphone can add to an already good recording.
I'm threatened with another case of Gear Aquisition Syndrome.
What are the primary condensor flavors out there? U-87, 251, C-12, ...