urt,
I'm not sure how much I would attribute to the Grace preamp. Though I
would be hard pressed to tell the difference between the Grace and the
Sound Devices preamps with similar mics. I feel there is a
significant difference between the Schoeps and Sennheiser tracks, but
this is no surprise. I look forward to comparing them with the
regular line of MKH soon.
That said I would like to withhold my opinion about the sound of the
MKH 8040 until a few more people have commented on it. The Schoeps vs
Sennheiser is interesting to me from the perspective of the Schoeps
are what I have been recording with, so I am probably a bit biased
towards their sound. (I'm also looking for a more humidity resistant
field mic!)
In the field I matched levels by ear and there could be slight level
differences in the two tracks.
The ORTF configurations were similar, pointing in the same direction,
baout 18" apart, the Schoeps was in a zeppelin, the MKH's were in
separate ball windscreens. Remember the Schoeps are a slightly
different pattern, sub-cardioid vs regular cardioid.
--greg weddig
Baltimore, MD
http://gregweddig.net
--- In Curt Olson <> wrote:
>
> Thanks Greg,
>
> Impressive openness and quiet on the MKH 8040 track. How much of that
> would you attribute to the Sennheiser mic itself vs. the Grace preamp?
>
> Also, were your ORTF configurations pretty much the same?
>
> Curt Olson
>
> Greg Weddig wrote:
>
> > Here are the two samples , previously posted, without any changes,
no
> > eq, no normalization.
> >
> > Schoeps MK21 SD 744t:
> > http://gregweddig.net/prettyboy/Schoeps_mk21_ortf_2496_sample_raw.wav
> > or
> > http://tinyurl.com/3ek5as
> > ~~~~~~
> > Sennheiser MKH 8040, Grace Lunatec V3, SF 744t
> > http://gregweddig.net/prettyboy/
> > sennheiser_8040_ortf_2496_sample_raw.wav
> > or
> > http://tinyurl.com/4c3qmd
> >
> > --greg weddig
> > Baltimore, MD
> > http://gregweddig.net
>
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