Neumann U87 or Sennheiser MKH416 for voice over work?

Your quite correct. The sample is nowhere as good as the product delivered to the client. But, I think the VO does reveal some of the OKtava's qualities.
BTW: The commercial was shot in an kitchen retail showroom so there was lots of electrical buzzing overhead, so I was forced into a lav only situation.
The Symphonic recording in the 2nd sample is of course also compressed and down rendered to mp3 from 88.1K 24 bit. But, again the Oktava's still shine through.

Your thinking of the MK012. These are the MK102: http://www.oktava-online.com/mk102.htm
The great thing about this series of microphone is that the cancellation ports are DIRECTLY opposite the main diaphragm. This results in perfect rear and side
rejection--NO LOBES! There is an almost perfectly uniform 20db rejection throughout the spectrum (40Hz to 20K) The secret of this mic is of course the large 27.5mm
diaphragm which is only 5 micron's thick. Like I said-- my favorite low priced mic.

p.s. You can of course interchange the capsules to use the 012, cardioid, omni or hyper. I have them all but, never use them. Don't like their sound.
 
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For what it's worth I have the Schoeps cmit 5u and couldn't be happier. It does most things realy well and a few things exceptionally well. It might be worth a look
 
Darn it! I hate it when I hit return and the post doesn't make it!!

My point was that's a <14 dBA selfnoise versus a TLM103 7 dBA selfnoise

A sensitivity of 16 mV/Pa versus a TLM103 23mV/Pa

So noisier and not as sensitive?

No rear lobe...so it's a cardioid not a hyper or super?

I see no polar pattern. Can you please point me to one?

If you're looking for special sound, try a Schoeps cmc641 or a Neumann TLM 67

No, not cheap, but you really should hear them.

Regards,

Ty Ford
 
I have used the U87 and an AKG 414 for many years but these days a Rode NT2000 does a pretty good job for far less than either high end mics for most of my production work.
 
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