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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Babcock" data-source="post: 68377" data-attributes="member: 46"><p>Re: Affordable/Value Mic for Recording Vocals/Piano</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]151657[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I've said a fair bit about the Beyer stuff in the past. The Opus 88 is renamed and is now the TDG 58C (I have ranted in the past about Beyer switching to difficult to remember product names, and it still irks me)</p><p></p><p>I have 5 Opus88's in my personal mic collection (they follow around with my big DW kit when I play), and they are wonderful mics. Their greatest asset of course is the mounting system. It is a joy to use. </p><p></p><p>They have held up well, they have been smacked, soaked in downpours and used on many different types of kits, even with wood hoop kits. Never had a problem mounting them, never had a failure, they always sound great.</p><p></p><p>If you think I like them just because they are easy to mount and hold up well, that's not the whole story. They are my favorite sonically also, and I've used all of the usual suspects. Years ago there was a tom mic shootout with probably 30+ mics and audio samples. The Opus88 was my pick - I liked the sound, but also liked the lack of bleed - much better than some other popular choices in this regard. Traditional favorites like the Sennheiser 421 sound good in isolation but have a lot more bleed than many people think. Opus88's are not overly hyped in their frequency response, and therefore present a fairly accurate picture of the source that you can tweak to your desire. As a result, they are more versatile IMHO across genres. If I'm going for the rock thing I'll often notch out a bit in the low mids to tame ringing overtones and add some LF and HF shelf, presto. On a jazz kit I'll often leave them untouched.</p><p></p><p>They work fine on snare too. They aren't my first choice (I5 is), but perfectly acceptable.</p><p></p><p>I have no desire to use anything else, both on stage and in studio. Toms are a done deal for me. Wish I could say the same for other instruments and mic choices......</p><p></p><p>YMMV.</p><p></p><p>Attached is a shot of them in use on 5 toms with my personal setup. I have since switched from 57's or PR20's to I5's on snare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Babcock, post: 68377, member: 46"] Re: Affordable/Value Mic for Recording Vocals/Piano [ATTACH=CONFIG]151657.vB5-legacyid=5286[/ATTACH] I've said a fair bit about the Beyer stuff in the past. The Opus 88 is renamed and is now the TDG 58C (I have ranted in the past about Beyer switching to difficult to remember product names, and it still irks me) I have 5 Opus88's in my personal mic collection (they follow around with my big DW kit when I play), and they are wonderful mics. Their greatest asset of course is the mounting system. It is a joy to use. They have held up well, they have been smacked, soaked in downpours and used on many different types of kits, even with wood hoop kits. Never had a problem mounting them, never had a failure, they always sound great. If you think I like them just because they are easy to mount and hold up well, that's not the whole story. They are my favorite sonically also, and I've used all of the usual suspects. Years ago there was a tom mic shootout with probably 30+ mics and audio samples. The Opus88 was my pick - I liked the sound, but also liked the lack of bleed - much better than some other popular choices in this regard. Traditional favorites like the Sennheiser 421 sound good in isolation but have a lot more bleed than many people think. Opus88's are not overly hyped in their frequency response, and therefore present a fairly accurate picture of the source that you can tweak to your desire. As a result, they are more versatile IMHO across genres. If I'm going for the rock thing I'll often notch out a bit in the low mids to tame ringing overtones and add some LF and HF shelf, presto. On a jazz kit I'll often leave them untouched. They work fine on snare too. They aren't my first choice (I5 is), but perfectly acceptable. I have no desire to use anything else, both on stage and in studio. Toms are a done deal for me. Wish I could say the same for other instruments and mic choices...... YMMV. Attached is a shot of them in use on 5 toms with my personal setup. I have since switched from 57's or PR20's to I5's on snare. [/QUOTE]
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