blind mic test uploaded

[quincyg]

these are uncompressed improv recordings of vocal and guitar. the mic is 5 inches in front of vocalist and the guitar is off mic. the mics are in the mid price range. would like to know which mic people prefer and why. i will give the answers in a bit. the files are labeled master-g and master-h. no reference to anything.

www.randomcubes.com/mic_check

these were recording through digi 002's not so great pres. no efx on tracks.

[stevep]

They wont play on Media player.............





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[Blenn]

Here neither.

Paul Blenn

[quincyg]

drat! they play fine here with quicktime on mac, but they need to be downloaded first. what if you change the extension to aiff (with 2 f's)?

quincy

[Nu-tra]

I like Mic H better more air on top.

[Blenn]

Originally Posted by quincyg

drat! they play fine here with quicktime on mac, but they need to be downloaded first. what if you change the extension to aiff (with 2 f's)?

quincy

Nope! Sorry - still not working. Any chance of making them .wav?

Paul

[whitepapagold]

Originally Posted by Nu-tra

I like Mic H better more air on top.

Man, gotta love relativity! I like G because of the LACK of air. With his voices natural timber, mic G really brings out the best qualities of the singer. Mic H doesn't sound bad, just less in your face(or maybe thats the way he sang the take) I have to say though-SUPER COOL SOUNDING VOCALIST! I love the raspy tone! The song itself doesn't hit me like the singers natural voice does though-but then again this is about the mics. Relative to the samples regardless of anything- Im lovin G!
Its funny, g gets worse when you play h BECAUSE you notice the drastic difference in the highs. Once you get over wanting a full spectrum sound, G has a magic H doesn't. Sadly its hard for me to tell the quality because I like the tonality of the singer so much-he'd sound great through a freakin camcorder mic! Im a firm believer in if the performance and musicians are good, the equipment is almost inconsequential(-of course not in regards to cinema or high def projects) Ill take a behringer pre and a phenomenal player over a 1073 and a decent one anyday. Listening to this just makes me wish I could sing......

[quincyg]

very interesting. split so far. just to be clear this was not a "song" he just sat down and was noodling so it is improv. he may be mad that i even posted this. i will post the answer in a day or two. can you try loading the aiff in a different media player. it really should work.

quincy

[Blenn]

It's hard really. aiff is a mac format and most PC appz are not fans of this format. Wheras, I think, .wav is more universal.

If I get a chance later I will try them out in Nuendo.

Paul

[quincyg]

i have never heard of not being able to open an .aif on a pc. did you try to use the file import/open dialog or did you simply just double click it? if a lot of folks are having this problem, i will put up a .wav version. probably not until late tonight though. it really just sounds like a file association problem though.

q

[Blenn]

Yep - tried that. I have never had any luck with aiff's on a PC.

Paul

[Tukar Studio]

Well can't comment on the recordings I'm at work with crappy speakers, but thats not Justus is it?

[cramseur]

I think whitepapagold nailed it.

At first I thought H was better because it was lees in your face...smoother. But on repeat listen, I liked the "up-frontness" of G better. I think it foces itself on the listened in a way that H didn't, you can't ignore it and it doesn't blend into the scenery like H does.

Another song...maybe a different result. More instrumentation...maybe another result.

Also, I had to open the files in Adobe Audition...wouldn't play in winamp or WMPlayer.

[kingsley]

G -richer, fuller, stronger in the mid detail...........G gets my vote

[murp]

Well it's still tied at 8 a-piece as I write this...

I liked the intimacy and solid lower end of G.

[quincyg]

hmmm,
i think when it hits 20 votes i will reveal the identities. i think that's a decent sample size.

[quincyg]

anyone else want to chime in on this one?

[pata320]

reveal it

[patevil]

didnt like g at all

h was much clearer for his type of voice to me

[aussie_techie]

h was clearer and with so little going on in the song you need it to be as clear as possible. g might work better in another song

aiffs play fine in win amp but next time stick with wav so save any problems.

[quincyg]

and the winner is...
no winner. it was a damn tie. that sucks.

it was a battle from two sides of the old berlin wall:

g= microtech gefell um70s
h=your not so old friend mr. u87 ai.

this would have been more fun with a vintage 87 perhaps, but i didn't have one. the singer and i were quite partial to the gefell.