boom mic recommendations

[Dave_Fisk]

Re: boom mic recommendations

You may also want to check out the Sanken CS-1. It's a small, short shotgun that sounds fantastic, and is less than $800. It's a really good all around mic, that is forgiving, yet has fantastic rejection on the back side. Eveyone that I know that has one loves it. I really like it for interiors where you have low ceilings, or in a car.

-Dave

 

[Slapdragon]

Re: boom mic recommendations

[quote author=Dave_Fisk link=board=audio;num=1089258338;start=15#20 date=07/08/04 at 16:16:33]You may also want to check out the Sanken CS-1. It's a small, short shotgun that sounds fantastic, and is less than $800. It's a really good all around mic, that is forgiving, yet has fantastic rejection on the back side. Eveyone that I know that has one loves it. I really like it for interiors where you have low ceilings, or in a car.

-Dave
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I have started looking at that one.

 

[xort]

Re: boom mic recommendations

Nobody has asked what you are using the gun for. Interior or exterior? I think the ME66 is OK for exterior but picks up echoing on interiors easily. A Hypercardioid is a better choice inside. The K6 capsule has a cardioid and supercardioid head available and there are plenty of other choices around. The AKG blue line is quite affordable.

 

[MattinSTL]

Re: boom mic recommendations

I found the me66 to be a disaster for interiors. Even the 4073a gave too much room sound in every use I've tried. So far I've been doing interiors well with Oktava mk012 hypers.

Dave, I'm really intrigued by the Sanken CS1. Which mic do you like better, CS1 or mkh416? My ears prefer the 416, but the CS1 would definitely do interiors and I doubt the 416 would pull it off. What are your thoughts on all that?

 

[Slapdragon]

Re: boom mic recommendations

[quote author=xort link=board=audio;num=1089258338;start=15#22 date=07/13/04 at 05:28:27]Nobody has asked what you are using the gun for. Interior or exterior? I think the ME66 is OK for exterior but picks up echoing on interiors easily. A Hypercardioid is a better choice inside. The K6 capsule has a cardioid and supercardioid head available and there are plenty of other choices around. The AKG blue line is quite affordable.[/quote]

It has to be, for students, a microphone that can do equally poorly at as many tasks as it can face, while being capable of being dropped and battered.