AT4073 for music?

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Chris_Mueller

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I was considering the AT4073 as a shotgun mic for my setup, which will probably be used for dramatic work this summer. In the meantime, I was hoping to maybe record some music with it. Would it (or any of the other mics like the ME-66 or AT897) be appropriate to do (individually) instrumental and vocal, "studio-style" recordings with this mic, or would I have to use some kind of consdenser mic?
 
The 4073a is a condenser mic... and it's a damn good one at that... but it probably wouldn't be my first choice for music. If you haven't had a really good mic before then it will most likely blow you away... but for musical recording you could get stellar results even with an AT3031 cardioid for around $170... a shotgun (ANY shotgun) pattern just doesn't favor musical recording in the way a more basic cardioid or hyper would...

All the good shotguns were mainly designed to pick up dialog... and even though that's in the same range... it's different... it's hard to explain but crystal clear when you play with the different mics.

So yeah, you could use the 4073a for that... but you would get equal (or maybe even better) results with a cheaper mic that was intended for music.
 
had my 4073a for less than 3 weeks. In those weeks I've been able to shoot dialogue, live music, and a (jewish) wedding. Out of the 3 settings the mic did not like the live music so much especially when heavy drums (bass drums) or very low brassy sounds would happen. This live music was an orchestra. Did some documenting, mostly camera mounted. I mainly recorded this way because I needed to catch dialogue of the conductor and composers talking to musicians but as far recording instruments it worked fairly well except for when lower brass (trombones, french horns, tuba) and percussion (bass drums) would be the dominant sound.
 
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