oktava mk012 sources

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500lb Productions

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Available on ebay for ~$200 shipped, cardioid only.

Seems too cheap to trust, or is that about right??

These don't seem to be available from too many sources.

I have a 4073a, so I only need the indoor mic, so cardioid is the preferred? or should I get the omni?

still learning here.
 
The first thing to learn is to use the search option. This has been discussed hundreds of times.

First, your source is http://www.sound-room.com. Upon checkout, enter the coupon code DV for a 5% discount.

Without going into any detail, you want the hypercardioid.

Phil

P.S. you caught me on a good day. Usually I would make you do your own homework and find the answers above.
 
This might already have been discussed but is it true that the Oktava is a Chinese rip-off of the Russian "Oktaba" which goes for about $500?

Talked to a guy on another site who said the Oktava isn't that good of a mic...
 
bballplaya283 said:
This might already have been discussed but is it true that the Oktava is a Chinese rip-off of the Russian "Oktaba" which goes for about $500?

Talked to a guy on another site who said the Oktava isn't that good of a mic...
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Not if you get it from http://www.sound-room.com

It's the real thing. That guy is wrong.
 
bballplaya283 said:
This might already have been discussed but is it true that the Oktava is a Chinese rip-off of the Russian "Oktaba" which goes for about $500?

Talked to a guy on another site who said the Oktava isn't that good of a mic...
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I'm not going to refresh all the links that are easily found in this forum, but man was that other guy off the mark. It wouldn't even matter if I put a long thread explaining all this up because I know there's already one on here.

How anybody could be surprised at the transformation of the facts when relayed by humans is beyond me. All it takes is a few misinformed people to spread bad info like a virus.

Thankfully DVXuser is full of antibiotics... meaning people who know better.
 
Well, this young man has already indicated in another forum that he is 14 and just learning so keep that in mind before we say what we really would like to say.

And Matt, I got to hand it to you, you stayed cool and calm, as you always do, but I know those were fightin' words!

BB, if you do a search in the audio forum using the search tool you will find the answers to your questions. This is good advice for any product. Look and see what has been said before, then post a question if it has not been answered or if something is still unclear to you.

As far as the Oktava, you will find a ton of threads that talk about the mike. Also, you will not find any other product on this website that has a higher rating and positive reputation in relation to what it cost.

Paul at the Sound Room is the place to get one and you are going to want to get one after you do some research here.

Start by reading the stickies at the top of the forum. All the info is in there in a nut shell.

P.S. Matt, I agree that people can really get the facts wrong and spread bad information. I've even heard people claim that I have a body like Pamela Anderson.
 
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Kelly that's almost an inside joke, but if you can handle the landslide of PM's that ensues then so be it. :)
 
I got my oktava from sound-room about a month ago and I love it. I definitely see what you mean Matt about it requiring wind protection even indoors
 
HorseFilms said:
You're gonna love the mic. It has no business sounding as good as it does for that price.
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I got the Oktava for indoor dialogue scenes... I bought a matched set, expecting I'll want to record some scenes in stereo with the back and forth dialogue, and indoors it can get tricky for the booms to move without crossing the field of view of the cameras.

Anyhow, on a related note, a friend is a classical piano composer, and I was going to practice by recording him performing his latest sonata live.

Can I use the MK012's with the -10db cap, on stands, at an appropriate distance (trial and error) from the piano (mixing through a field mixer)? Or do I have to make him borrow some piano mics?
 
I am by no means an audio guru, but you should be able to get some nice results using the Oktava for that. Maybe someone else can give you some advice concerning mic placement or some other useful tips.
 
K my bad about potentially further spreading the "virus". I don't doubt anything the big-time posters say here or the "audio gurus," but the person who said this is like, "the audio guy" on another forum that I regular, so I'm used to taking everything he says as the truth.

I'll correct the other guy and set him straight.

Thanks for the help with all your comments, I've been reading everything.

Oh and sorry for bringing up an old topic. I searched "Oktaba" because that was supposed to be the "real" version of the Oktava, but I came up with no results and assumed it was safe to say there hadn't been discussion on it.
 
OK my fault but I'm going to add more talk about the "fake Oktaba" microphone.

http://imdb.com/board/bd0000017/nest/48833539

Repete86 is considered the "sound guy" on the IMDb director boards (which are lame and full of amateurs). I told him about what you guys said here and he still backs up what he says. I also told him about Mission Impossible 3 and the Oktavas, but he says that they used the Oktaba and he has talked to the sound guy from MI:3, who is the person who told him about the Oktaba.

I'm really not sure now. Sorry for the doubting and bring up an old topic.
 
He is simply wrong. Not about there being Chinese knockoffs of OktaVa but about the name OktaBa.

If you buy an Oktava from an unreliable source there is a chance you will recieve a OktaVa labled mic that was made in China. But the ones that you get at Sound Room are the Russian made original OktaVa...not OktaBa. Somewhere in these forums is a link for indentifying a "fake". Search "Fake" and "Oktava" and you will probably find it. Until this thread the term "Oktaba" has never been discuss here because it is new twist on bad version of the internet "phone game".

Here, 2 seconds on Google: http://www.microphones.ru/Oktava/Oktava_overview.html

And look, the site that probably responsible for someone starting the OktaBa rumor: http://www.oktava-online.com/mk012.htm (notice the header and yet the mic they show has the proper name, Oktava)

Maybe this one should be recorded at Snopes.com :)


Cheers
 
I'm not a linguist but I believe the 'B' in 'OktaBa' is not a 'B' at all. It's a Russian (Cyrillic?) character. My guess (and it's just that) is that 'Oktava' is their westernized tradename. As wabbit said, there are Chinese knockoffs that have been sold through outlets like Guitar Center but the quality control was so bad that I think has Guitar Center stopped selling them.

I think the bottomline for most folks here is that if you buy an Oktava from a reputable souce such as the Sound Room, you'll get the real stuff. And if you get the real stuff and mount it properly, you'll be real happy with the results you get. I know I am.

-Dan
 
500lb Productions said:
I got the Oktava for indoor dialogue scenes... I bought a matched set, expecting I'll want to record some scenes in stereo with the back and forth dialogue, and indoors it can get tricky for the booms to move without crossing the field of view of the cameras.

Anyhow, on a related note, a friend is a classical piano composer, and I was going to practice by recording him performing his latest sonata live.

Can I use the MK012's with the -10db cap, on stands, at an appropriate distance (trial and error) from the piano (mixing through a field mixer)? Or do I have to make him borrow some piano mics?
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I used 2 octava mk-012s recently to record a jazz band's Steinway piano. One on the big strings, on on the smaller strings, about 10 inches up from the dtrings on a boom stand. Mics were about 16" apart from each other. No -10db pad needed, and sounded great!
 
Okay, here's a thread from back in February:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=45388

Wrote I:
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Many own this great mic, the Oktava MK-012. It is a must-have for relatively inexpensive audio gathering.
There are some 'fake' Chinese versions out there also, FYI.

Here's how to tell the difference:
http://www.oktavausa.com/HHT-MK012.htm

BUT, there are also side-by-side tests that show little audio difference between these two mics:
http://www.sound-patterns.com/mk012/
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You can't go by the 'OktaBa' or 'Oktava' alone.
The quality problems were in the Russian versions.
Guitar Center stopped selling the Chinese ones because of licencing issues.

More reading on the fake ones:
http://debris.com/journal/1274
http://debris.com/journal/1280
http://debris.com/journal/1285
http://debris.com/journal/1291
 
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