dang, i though studio condensators were sensitive, but i have a pretty basic mic amp with no external pre-amps and it’s already un-usable because it picks up EVERYTHING around you. A ribbon must be crazy, how would you even handle that at home? Do you use a fully sound planned room?
CptEnder@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hey! I use a modern day ribbon microphone. A MXL RI44, it’s a lot cheaper than the DX-77 haha. I used to stream full-time and I found the soft pattern suited my deepish voice really well.
Ribbons are great sensitive mics for dialogue/talk but not super great for singing as the very thin filament inside can actually break if yell too loud in it. Mine also requires a cloud lifter “preamp” device to amplify the XLR signal before going into my amp with phantom 48v power. Otherwise my audio device barely picked up a signal they’re that sensitive haha. But it sounds great!
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 11 months ago
can@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Hm, I wonder if my mic could use a preamp…
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cheaper, but doesn’t have the cool factor. And yeah, I used to do VO and I used to do it with either a 77 or a 44 at the studio where I was managing, but I couldn’t afford it when I struck out on my own. I do have a Neumann U87 large diaphragm condenser which sounds damn cood though.
And I wouldn’t plug a ribbon mic directly into the 48v anyway. The power could literally break the ribbon. Or at least that’s what I’ve always been told.
My unrealistic “if I were rich” dream would be to open an all pre-1950s technology recording studio. Mics would be things like 77s and 44s, the board would have only pots, no faders, and it would record straight to a vinyl lathe. No multitrack recording, no tape, not even stereo. If you want to digitally master that vinyl somewhere else, go for it.
I actually looked into actually doing in back in the 90s and back then, it would have cost me over $200,000. I was in my 20s and there was no way I could get that kind of business loan, so it never happened. I wouldn’t even want to know what it would cost now, but I would do it in a heartbeat if I could afford to. I think it would be pretty popular with a certain type of musician. Especially if they played something like folk or roots or blues.
CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh man, I would be so on board with that. As long as there’s vacuum tubes.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There would have to be.