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Originally Posted by bob katz Hmmmm..... bright mikes and aggressive acoustic guitar squeaks do not get along well. |
I'd like to address the contention by a couple of people who posted on Gearslutz that modifications I perform on professional condenser mics, vintage or contemporary, end up as "bright" sounding. As it is hard for most to verify what the actual case may be, I find it useful to correct this opinion and clarify.
1. (Regarding this thread): The modification of KM84s I perform never include any high frequency alteration from the stock model- what you got in high end before the mod is what you will get after the mod, down to the last quarter dB.
If the mic appears bright, it either is defective, or the higher resolution I achieve through modification is misinterpreted.
2. On all other models I deal with I am very, some say overly, consciencious NOT to make the mics bright and frequency unbalanced.
The last time I deliberately added highs was in the days of slaved 48 track analog recording, in the late 1980s, when the mixes got so thick that clients literally demanded that I incoroprate high frequency extensions in some of the mics.
None of that is present policy or has been for decades, and even back then, it affected mostly rock&roll studios and producers who owned U87 mics.
Furthermore, none of these high frequency extensions are kept in when I revisit any of these earlier mods I performed, but the mics are rebalanced to counteract the still rather poor high frequency processing power of most A/D converters and digital recorders.
The exception to the 'balanced response' approach is when specific artists request tailor-made vocal mic responses they feel they (or production houses) need to have, in order to express their voice or production styles.
Best regards,
Klaus Heyne