Rob Danielson (offline) homed in on the suspicious fact that the mics
sounded equally bad and so identified something about the Edirol R4
(or cables, but not the mics) as the root of the problem.
He appears to be dead right! I've just done some quick tests with the
mics hitched up to a Portadisc and they work fine. I had done a quick
test with them plugged into the Portadisc before going off to the
recording session, and they seemed ok. However I like to stick with
what we've used previously, so used the Portadisc for the main mics
(TLM 103s) at the session, hitching the MKHs to the R4. I knew from
monitoring that something was seriously wrong but could not
investigate as the priority at a session is to make sure the main
recording is ok!
So, thanks to all who tried to help - Bernie, Klas, Eric, Mike. And
Rob, you're a genius.
Sorry for previous blank posting. I punched the return key too many
times in the Subject line, thinking my cursor was in the message box,
and off it went!
romillyh
--- In Mike Feldman
<> wrote:
>
> Romilly Hambling wrote:
>
> >>> our recording sessions with a
> >>> and am totally baffled by the poor quality.
>
> And from the web page:
>
> > the mics were pretty much in the same locations
>
> I heard a lot more room and less direct than in the 3032 sample;
> without knowing that the mics were in exactly the same
> position and the room was in the same configuration (doors
> open vs shut, etc) I'd say it's not an exact A-B test.
>
> All omni's have some directional character, expecally at
> higher frequencies ... the MKH 20 almost sounded like
> cardiods pointed *away* from the sources.
>
> Maybe their diaphragms are dirty since they're so old?
>
> Also, since you were running them from an R4, maybe
> the draw on the phantom was affecting things. I've
> never used any MKH mics, but my AT3032s are a lot
> easier on phantom suppiles than for example my
> Earthworks SROs, and they sound almost as good
> on loud transients, and they are quieter.
>
> -- Mike
>
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