mic comparison clip

[RaceU4her]

this is my DSL 100h with everything at noon, each mic is right on the center of a T75 in the 1960. i changed nothing but the mics, just two raw tracks left and right. the order is:

57
D2
D4
421
Uni57
samson Q7
audix i5

hope this helps some of you out



https://app.box.com/embed/s/ha81txs1gisqsx7y99t65xeio28a8tjg

 

[dstroud]

very cool!! The 57 just seems to sit somewhere between all the mics, that D2 sounded really good

 

[Skolphy]

Is that the Audix D2 mic?...Sounds pretty good. 57 has it's distinctive flavor.

 

[PurityS.L.G]

Unidyne 1st then 57. Just can’t go wrong with that mic.

 

[RaceU4her]

Is that the Audix D2 mic?...Sounds pretty good. 57 has it's distinctive flavor.

Yes

 

[SpiderWars]

Cool test. I liked the 57, D2, Uni and also the i5 at the end.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

I want to say thanks to @RaceU4her since he was doing the comparison for me as an offshoot from my thread asking about mics.

 

[RaceU4her]

im kind of digging the D4 now listening again, sounds somewhere between the 57 and D2. might have to start using that thing more. you never know though, i could do this same thing on a different speaker and we might have totally different opinions, and sounding good on its own dosent mean sounding good in a mix

 

[BeZo]

I found an old discontinued D3 at my local music store, and that has really shocked me. I haven't tried my D2 on guitars, but the D3 was really balanced. Now, my go to is an sE Electronics VR1 ribbon mic to blend with a 57.

FWIW I mic my bass with an Audix D6 every show. Overdriven tube amps through a mic on a speaker sound so much better than a clipping DI, no matter what instrument you play.

 

[RaceU4her]

I found an old discontinued D3 at my local music store, and that has really shocked me. I haven't tried my D2 on guitars, but the D3 was really balanced. Now, my go to is an sE Electronics VR1 ribbon mic to blend with a 57.

FWIW I mic my bass with an Audix D6 every show. Overdriven tube amps through a mic on a speaker sound so much better than a clipping DI, no matter what instrument you play.

i have a D6 i use for my kick drum i never tried on guitars or bass. i never knew of a D3, might have to try and find one

 

[BeZo]

i have a D6 i use for my kick drum i never tried on guitars or bass. i never knew of a D3, might have to try and find one

I used it (D3) with a 57 on a recording a few years ago, but I haven't touched it in a while. I think that was back when I was still going from a mixer to a 4 channel interface for demos, so I don't have the individual tracks. I'm trying to Craigslist score a D1 and a D4 to round out my collection. Maybe I can recreate your experiment next week if I get the mics and time.

 

[HarryCooter]

It's good to know that if I just want all the wrong frequencies, I just need a Q7. The Audix sounds beefy without being dull. I think I'm going to have to get one and see how it blends with a 57.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

I came across this video of mic comparisons on a bass amp. Though it would be a good addition to this thread since it has several of the mic RaceU4her posted.