The Maillard Reaction
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an old tune and a microphone test
Here's test run of an old tune that I threw down yesterday to see what my brand new Wunder CM7 FET microphone sounded like in a torture test... me singing :-) I was able to pull off some cheap tricks, but when I tried to go low I had to fake it a bit because I was out of breath. :-) I downloaded a MIDI clip off the net and stripped it down to Bass and Drums as a scratch track. I set the tempo to 84bpm cause I like the number 84. I tracked the vocal with a IK Plate Reverb in the monitor return... maybe a touch too heavy... maybe not. After singing I added a Sonitus FX compressor. No EQ... I'd use some, some where, I imagine, but for this track I really just wanted to hear the mic. If I was using the track for anything but testing I'd probably run it through Melodyne... because it's 2011 after all. http://www.harmoniccycle....gles/Summertime_02.mp3 I think I like this mic. best regards, mke
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/18 20:17:32
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"brand new Wunder CM7 FET microphone sounded like in a torture test... me singing :-) "
LOL! I'd never heard of that before but it looks like a pretty sweet rig, congrats.
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Scottytunes
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/18 22:33:54
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Oh, such torture! That poor mic!
Kidding!!!
Sounds good!
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/18 22:52:26
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The mic sounds great. It seemed to have a great warmth to it.
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/19 06:30:13
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I tested it against one my TLM103 mics. With the reverb it's hard to prefer one over the other I keep failing the ABX test.
Without reverb the Wunder CM7 sounds much smoother and it seems capable of taking a growl and handling it with grace.
I've always read that the TLM series got a little grainy when pushed... I bought a pair of 103s a few years ago anyway... but now it's really obvious when you compare it to something based on the pre TLM design.
I may prepare a pair of .wav for comparison. As I say, when I mixed in the reverb I had a really hard time with a ABX test. I would get my first 2 answers correct and then lose my capability to ID which is which. It was weird, I could get it right the first time every time but I couldn't prove, statistically with a ABX test, that I could really tell the difference. Which I guess is how Neumann justifies the TLM design despite numerous requests for the old style circuits.
best regards,
mike
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/19 08:38:12
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Joshua Barnes Sonar Platinum / RME UCX / i5 3.2 8 GB Memory (Dell Inspiron) / Komplete 10 / Win 7 Home 64 Bit
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/19 08:39:36
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I wish I could sing into a mic like that...I've got to settle for my bluebird.
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/19 08:48:53
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Thanks for that link. The Song and performance are really nice.
His voice seems to have a tonality that seems familiar to me. The guitar playing and the ultra hip drumming have got it going on... it sure would be fun to try to sing to a tune like that.
The funny thing about buying the new CM7 FET.... I still want a BlueBird too.
:-)
Thanks for listening!
best regards,
mike
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darylcrowley
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/19 21:37:53
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I wish I could torture people like that.
Mic sounds very warm and smooth.
You don't need Melodyne, I think just a few takes would be more than enough. Sounds pretty good. I would keep the mic.
Daryl
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Janet
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/19 23:12:13
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Keep on singin' Mike!!! :-)
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/21 00:26:00
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/21 01:13:45
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I have to settle for my lowly U87AI :-(
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Re:an old tune and a microphone test
2011/01/21 08:08:37
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mic sounded great as did the overall testing...is this @ the 2k price point? cuz i'd need to do an "Apples vs Apples" testing to get a true sense of what the mic can do....
when I was shopping for a mic I noticed the rule of "diminisng returns" kicked in around the $500 mark (for my ears and for the music I was working on)..ultimately I ended up grabbing a used Shure KSM32 which seemed to compete well with mic's at the 2k price point and could be had (used)for a 7th of the cost....again if price isn't an issue then i'd have a locker fulla jems like this...
great sounding mic to be sure!!
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