Se mics?
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MetalJonesy
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brilliant mics, just used the se2200a in the studio at the weekend and it sounded great on vocals!! my mate has one and they seem reliable and sound great, not much more to say really!!
MetalJonesy
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haha not many people do have the cash for a U87!!!
but yeah, im actually about to sell my Rode NT1A for one of the SE2200a mics!!
but yeah, im actually about to sell my Rode NT1A for one of the SE2200a mics!!
I did exactly that. Sold the NT1A and got the SE2200a..
I say that the SE2200a is more useful to me than the NT1A although its very hit and miss on vocalists. Some sound pretty good on it but others sound downright awful but considering the price Id say its a good mic.
I also have a matched pair of sE3's. Never tried them as overheads but I really like them on acoustic guitar. Using them in XY is pretty sweet!
My usual setup on classical guitar is the SE2200a around where the neck and soundhole meet, one sE3 around the 12th fret and a Oktava MK-012-01 somewhere around the bridge.
My experience is that the sE3's sound brighter compared to the Oktava and thats not always a bad thing.
I also loaned me a sE Z5600a II once. I tried using it in my apartment but it was hopeless since it picked up every little noise outside! I hear its good but clearly not for me given my current accomodations
MetalJonesy
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well thats the thing i stuggle with the nt1a more on vox than i do with the 2200a i think it has a more natural presence where as the nt1a has that heightened top end which can be a bit to harsh at times!
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I use a pair of SE 1a's for overheads and I love them. Kinda helps to take out some at around 4k though. Can't remember what Chinese factory that get their stuff from, but from what I hear it's one of the better ones out there!
Something i'd really like to throw out there is the 3 Zigma Audio mics. If you buy one head amp, you can always get another one down the road, which allows you to put a any capsule you want on the mic, and the capsule is probably 70 percent of the mic's sound. The cool thing is you can put their high end capsules, which have 47, 67, 251, and c12 curves on them, OR if you had a pair, you could put some of the small capsules and use them as overheads. Not only that, to get a new mic, its cheaper to buy a screw on capsule than it is to buy a whole new mic, which already has characteristics of what is out there.
I have their 67 style capsule (these are NOT clones BTW) and I love it on classical guitar and vocals. I just tested it today against my 4047 on my nylon string Ibanez and it blew it away. But for steel string I prefer the 4047. The nice thing is that if you want a different sound, just unscrew the capsule and pop in another one, instant mod! These capsules are pretty nice too, they are entirely new designs which took them like over a decade to design.
http://hybridmic.adkmic.com/
Something i'd really like to throw out there is the 3 Zigma Audio mics. If you buy one head amp, you can always get another one down the road, which allows you to put a any capsule you want on the mic, and the capsule is probably 70 percent of the mic's sound. The cool thing is you can put their high end capsules, which have 47, 67, 251, and c12 curves on them, OR if you had a pair, you could put some of the small capsules and use them as overheads. Not only that, to get a new mic, its cheaper to buy a screw on capsule than it is to buy a whole new mic, which already has characteristics of what is out there.
I have their 67 style capsule (these are NOT clones BTW) and I love it on classical guitar and vocals. I just tested it today against my 4047 on my nylon string Ibanez and it blew it away. But for steel string I prefer the 4047. The nice thing is that if you want a different sound, just unscrew the capsule and pop in another one, instant mod! These capsules are pretty nice too, they are entirely new designs which took them like over a decade to design.
http://hybridmic.adkmic.com/
