New M221 omni from Gefell

[Janne_L]

Originally Posted by rumleymusic

......on Monday we will have samples?

[aracu]

Originally Posted by Marik

On this one I left the grids on. The piano (Steinway D in Bard College upstate NY) had new hammers and was not completely broken in, so needed some additional brilliance.

The microphone heads (of my own design) are transformer coupled--I needed that because in that particular hall I had to use 150' cables and also I ran into some noise issues there before. Also I used my own custom pres and AD converter going SPDIF into Masterlink and Tascam DR680 as a back up.

I used the mics with Jecklin disk. About 6 feet out the piano and 7 feet high. That hall has beautiful acoustics. To compensate for the new hammers and some too much of the mid-forward qualities of that particular instrument I used EQ--an octave wide bell down a few dBs on 400Hz.

Best, M

That is really interesting. I would love to know more about the mic heads which you design to go with the Gefell. I assume you mean all the electronics and body of the mic, besides the Gefell capsule, is that correct?

[Janne_L]

Originally Posted by Janne_L

No microphones!!!!

Shipment did not work as promised, no microphones= no recording today.

[Janne_L]

I finally bought a pair of Gefell M221!

I would have bought a matched pair Thuresson CM402, but he (Jörgen) found it hard to get parts, so it was difficult to get answers on how long it would take to made ​​a pair for me.

As soon as I have any recordings on a pipe organ, I'll post a sample here!

[JonesH]

Originally Posted by Janne_L

I would have bought a matched pair Thuresson CM402, but he (Jörgen) found it hard to get parts, so it was difficult to get answers on how long it would take to made ​​a pair for me.

He does matched pairs now? last time I mentioned that he just laughed and looked at me in a funny way...
I have a pair of the gefells waiting to test drive when I get back from vacation and tours.

[Rumi]

By now there MUST be a sample that can be uploaded. Beggin'...

[JonesH]

Here's two short snippets from my test drive of the mics. The instrument is an old so-so Steinway, the location is Umeå City Church where my girlfriend is the principal organist. She's improvising over some swedish hymn in this clip.
The files haven't been thoroughly matched except by ear during the recording, but the 221 files are polarity switched for the right channel that was out of phase with regards to the other one (the mic, that is, not my cables!!)

[didier.brest]

Thank you very much !
The M221 sounds slightly more robust (firts part in chords) and richer (second part).

[mljung]

Originally Posted by didier.brest

Thank you very much !
The M221 sounds slightly more robust (firts part in chords) and richer (second part).

I think I agree with this, a bit more body and weight in the sound from the Gefells. As a result the reverb [which sounds almost artificial] seems a bit more "washy" captured by the DPA's in this example.

::
Mads

[rumleymusic]

I like the smoothness of the Gefells. A little more character, less sterile.

Odd to hear they gave you a mic hooked up backwards. That, along with Janne_L troubles with the first pair he got is rather off-putting.

[amfortas2006]

Here is a rec I did a couple of days ago with a pair Josephson C617 (with the Gefell MK221 capsules).

I did add about 2dB at 500-600Hz.

Just a pair of the 221-s at roughly 65cm

[didier.brest]

Nice!

Did you record the voice and the piano only with a C617 pair ?

There is this test with the C617 and the DPA 4006, and other ones (Schoeps, Sanken, Eathworks) where I hear the same kind of sound difference between the DPA and Josephson like between the DPA and the Gefell in the test from JonesH.

[amfortas2006]

Originally Posted by didier.brest

Nice!

Did you record the voice and the piano only with a C617 pair ?

Hi Didier, yes only the pair (distance 3,20 m, width 65)

In this DPA/Gefell test (JonesH) i think I like the DPA better. But usually i always liked the Gefells (Josephson in early cases) better. Especially on piano, at the right distance they sounded so natural to me

[MichaelPatrick]

As a C617 owner I love the small M221 capsule because it captures amazing amounts of detail and the 200v polarization helps keep noise low. The usable dynamic range is huge. The practical benefit is clear resolution of microdynamics and pure long reverb tails like no other microphone I've heard.