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This website pursues the unexpected undertaking of the classical guitarist, from the practice room to performance hall, and the studio.
I hope that you’ll find the content useful!
This website pursues the unexpected undertaking of the classical guitarist, from the practice room to performance hall, and the studio.
I hope that you’ll find the content useful!
The opinions as portrayed in this page are subjective, and they revolve around my perspective about sound and productions, as well as the idiosyncrasies and complications of recording the classical guitar.
The assessment of these microphones comes from personal involvement. I auditioned all of them, lived with them for a few days or weeks and compared them side by side, in my room, with my guitars.
In alphabetical order.
+ Calm & natural sound characteristics
+ Excellent for smaller/unattractive sounding rooms for isolating the instrument
+ Impressive for concert amplification and recording
+ 283Hz low cut filter
- Requires a good preamp with a lot of clean gain
+ Calm & natural sound characteristics
+ Huge low-end, smooth mids and highs
+ Excellent as a pair for Blumlein setup in decent-sounding rooms
+ Wonderful as a Side mic with M/S Setups
- Requires a good preamp with a lot of clean gain
- Not ideal for smaller rooms
+ Elegant sound with pronounced and smooth high-end
+ Cardioid pattern is suitable for any room
+ Low noise
+ 40Khz, 80Khz and 160Khz can be handy
- The fact that the OC818 exists
+ Universal multipattern studio microphone
+ Elegant sound with pronounced and smooth high-end
+ Inexpensive for the performance and versatility
+ Low noise
+ 40Khz, 80Khz and 1260Khz low cut filters
+ Omni, Cardioid, Super-Cardioid, Figure-8 - supports a large array of setups
+ PolarDesigner plugin and PolarPilot App (Read my review)
- Nothing
+ Extremely detailed and natural reproduction
+ Linear frequency response
+ Humbling honesty
+ Excellent depth
+ Excellent for great sounding rooms
+ Can also be used in smaller rooms with the Close-miking grid
+ Plethora of modification accessories to alter the sound characteristics
+ High output, not very dependent on the preamp
- Price
- Player and instrument must be top-class
- On the verge of being noisy with very soft instruments or very dynamic styles
+ Extremely detailed and natural reproduction
+ Linear frequency response
+ Humbling honesty
+ Excellent for any room
+ Ideal for close-miking
+ NOS setup sounds perfect
- Price
- Player and instrument must be top-class
- Can be noisy with very soft instruments or very dynamic styles
+ Excellent craftsmanship
+ Classy sound
+ Sounds gorgeous in Omni
+ Very smooth mids and highs
+ Omni, Cardioid, Figure-8 - supports a large array of setups
+ 90Hz low cut filter
+ Small size
- Cardioid and Figure-8 can be tad bass-shy
+ A steal for what they offer
+ Natural and smooth sound
+ Linear Characteristics
+ Wide pattern with low proximity
+ Tiny size, almost as big as an XLR plug
+ Did I mention inexpensive?
- Require a decent preamp, otherwise can be noisy
- Not as detailed as the high-tier offerings
- High-mids can be a little fake-sounding
+ Classy sound
+ Natural with smooth highs
+ Excellent craftsmanship
+ Very low self-noise
+ Small size
- High-mids can be a little fake-sounding
+ Classy sound
+ Big low-end
+ Uncolored-linear sound characteristics
+ Detailed and accurate
+ Excellent depth
+ Excellent craftsmanship
+ Omni, Wide-Cardioid, Cardioid, Super-Cardioid, Figure-8 - supports a large array of setups
+ Very low self-noise
+ High output, not dependent on the preamp
+ 100Hz low cut filter
- Expensive
+ Classy sound
+ Big low-end
+ Uncolored-linear sound characteristics
+ Detailed and accurate
+ Excellent depth
+ Excellent craftsmanship
+ Self-noise is non-existent
+ High output, not dependent on the preamp
- Nothing, maybe the price
+ Warm sound characteristics (if you want that kind of sound)
+ Switchable Capsules for added versatility
+ Hypercardioid capsule is more linear, good for concert amplification
+ Price
- Murky and sluggish sounding
- Inconsistent manufactoring
- Can be noisy
- I don’t know why someone would buy these for Cardioid or Omni when the Line Audio mics are cheaper, flatter and sweeter-sounding
+ Euphonic sound
+ Linear characteristics
+ Smooth highs
+ Never harsh
+ Low self-noise
+ Switchable Capsules for added versatility
+ Omni-like low-end, Cardioid pickup
+ Small and light
- Price
- Slightly vailed highs
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