Oktava Question

Caveman

Caveman

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Oh mighty audio gurus,
Can anyone clue me in on the difference between the
mC-012 and the mK-012. Also since I would be using these as "all purpose mics" i.e. ambient sound / controlled indoor dialogue etc.
Would there be a need for all 3 capsules or should I just be looking at the super cardioid capsule. Would the omni capsule be useful for ambient noise?
The reason I ask is my friend offered to sell me his and he is missing the omni capsule, not that I couldn't pick one up but if I don't need to than.....
Thanks much-
:D CAVEMAN
 
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I believe they are exactly the same. Only different model number schema's between europe and the US.

I have one and they sound great. I have to admit that I haven't used mine as much since I got the Sennheiser MKH-60, so I don't have a feel yet for what application I would prefer to use the Oktava's.
 
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same mike
the cardioidand hyper , the omny usially not good for film aplication
 
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I agree with Oleg. I've got a couple Oktavas with cardioid and hyper. So far I haven't seen a situation that called for the omni.

Just to let you know how much confidence I have in the Oktava... on my last paid shoot I had an AKG ULS ck63 in my bag ($820 hyper) and one of my Oktavas ($195 hyper) and I totally forgot that the AKG was with me until I got home. I just grabbed the first hyper I saw in the bag. No worries.
 
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I never use my omni capsules. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of these mics. For the money, sure, they are nice, but I don't think they sound all that great.

Does that stop me from usin em? Of course not. Hell, they're so cheap, they are almost considered expendables. They are my "put it in harms way" mic. For a beginner mic, you really can't beat them. They just sound a little "boomy" for my taste.

-Dave
 
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How old are your Oktavas? I got mine probably about a year and 3 or so months ago and when I disected them to the now famous mods... I found that the only thing that hadn't been "factory modded" was one tiny cap and one FET... and the little cap was already a Philips job which Scott Dorsey said that if you saw this then changing that cap was of debateable value. By the time that the whole Recording magazine mod became common knowledge Oktava had already integrated a lot of those changes. The Oktavas most guys are using are over 3 years old... and in some cases 6-7 years. I don't think the most recent models are nearly so "hit and miss" as the earlier ones which gave them such a lousy reputation for consistency. But of course, I could be wrong and maybe I just got lucky in choosing two random mics which both had most of the newer mods and sound the same?

Still I would agree that compared to some other mics they can sound a little boomy... not so much to offend my taste, but with the wrong voice I could see your point.
 
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Well, I bought mine out of the rental department here at work, so I have to assume that are at least 4 years old. I hope you are right. I really like these mics for the "put it in harms way" mic.

-Dave
 
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