This is the sound of an Oktava and a 416 boomed.

MattinSTL

MattinSTL

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Here's a clip of the in-cam mic, Oktava cardioid, Oktava hyper-cardioid, and finally an mkh416... all boomed 12" overhead. DON'T TURN YOUR VOLUME UP TOO HIGH WHEN YOU HEAR THE QUIET INTERNAL MICS OF THE DVX... LATER MICS GET LOUDER AT EQUAL SETTINGS.

The in-cam level is -50db and the dials are at 12 o'clock for all clips. The 416 could have been dialed back or raised a few inches... but this gives you a real grasp of the differences in the mics.

I like the 416 the best, but there's no denying the bargain pricing of the Oktava.

Click HERE for the sound clip of these mics!

Barry S. If you still hear any buzzing on these clips, including the Oktava, then it's something from the internet. I played 'em over and over just to be sure and I can't hear any "buzziness" even in the Oktavas. So if you hear it PLEASE let me know.

It's funny. As I've been reading all the various forums and RAMPS about the mkh60 and 416. They make it sound like the 416 is noticeably noisier then the mkh60... I know the 60 is an INCREDIBLE mic... but I wouldn't call the 416 "noisy".
 
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Re: This is the sound of an Oktava and a 416 boome

its trew thats it vey hard to live the 416 sound , it took me 12 years that i used 416 (and had 81 and leter the 60 for secend boom ,
) , the only mike that sucsided to that is cs-3 e
if i look at the past ,the the low end of 416 came to compinsate on buyer dt-48 headphones :-) and sines the buyer past away (and that is quet good) the perspective on over lows chenged complitly .
the 416 stayed only with one beneffit ,its dye hard ,
thats not the qwiest mike ,but the world outside its not qwiet too.
still have one .
 
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Re: This is the sound of an Oktava and a 416 boome

Hey Matt, thanks for the posts, they have been very helpful. Together with some me66 clips I've seen earlier, I'm relieved i didn't spend my money on mics yet. It's amazing what those ocktava's can do, for the price, even though they still can't compare with true professional shotguns that cost 10x more. It surely kicks me66 ass though!

Thanks for going through all this trouble!

EDIT - Hey, look at that, I'm a Goldmember... (Would someone be interested in a pancake and a shmoke?)
 
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Re: This is the sound of an Oktava and a 416 boome

Oleg, I'm trying to figure out the feeling behind your post. Were you saying that it was hard to live with the sound of the 416... and that the only reason you kept it was because it was die-hard?

I guess that CS3 is about as good as shotguns get, but I gotta' tell ya'... I can't believe how much I like this 416. The more I play with it the more I like it.

I've had quite a few people try to steer me to the CS1 over the 416 and I was REALLY tempted to go that route. I heard a recording from the CS1 that shows off it's incredible off-axis rejection and THAT alone almost made me go with the CS1 even though I LIKE the SOUND of the mkh416 more.

Well listen to THIS clip... as I was playing around with the mic this afternoon/evening I pointed it around while I was talking to somebody... I noticed that when it's pointing at me you hear ME and NOT them... and when it's the other way you DON'T hear me! I compared the polar plots of the Sankens and the Sennheiser and thought they should have similar rejection, but then a buddy of mine sent me a sound file and said, "Just listen", and I couldn't believe that the Sanken had NO tail... Well you tell me, does the 416 have a tail or NO tail also?

Click HERE to listen to an axis test with the 416.

To my ears this is nothing short of amazing. Was this not your experience with the 416 for all those years? BTW I was sitting at the computer as I did this so you hear it in the background when the mic is facing me...
 
Re: This is the sound of an Oktava and a 416 boome

Re: This is the sound of an Oktava and a 416 boome

****, i ment leave ( i never left the 416) not live so that change the post a little :-)
 
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