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<blockquote data-quote="Cole Lofink" data-source="post: 40529" data-attributes="member: 36"><p>Re: Telefunken M80</p><p></p><p>I’ve been using the M80 on and off for the last couple of months. As much as I've been trying to avoid over stating others opinions here, I’m going to have too.</p><p></p><p>Wednesdays gig I was BE for a band I work with occasionally. This venue is a small club in Philly that I’ve mixed in before. The venue is a loud rock club, the primary mics used are SM58s and SM57s. Stage volume is always an issue, even with corporative bands.</p><p></p><p>I brought my own mic package as usual.</p><p>K- Audix D6</p><p>SN- Shure Beta57</p><p>HH- SM81</p><p>RK- Audix D2</p><p>FLR- Audix D6</p><p>BASS – JDI</p><p>GTR – SM57</p><p>KEY top –J48</p><p>KEY btm –J48</p><p>Vox – Telefunken M80 (Audix OM7 as spare)</p><p>Vox Lead – Telefunken M80 (Audix OM7 as spare)</p><p></p><p>As soon as the set started I went to battle with the graphic to keep the system from feeding back. Within a minute or so I was able to get the vocals on top of the mix, but I was till struggling to get them to cut through nicely. I soloed the vocal channels in my cans, and all I could here were cymbals and a bit of vocals. By the middle of the second song my EQ section looked like the war zone that had just happed. That’s when I made the call to switch out my mics to OM7s. I increased my channel gain by about 20% and noticed an immediate difference. I slowly started to bring back some of the dramatic cuts I made earlier in the system, and had the vocals cutting through like a hot knife through butter. By switching mics I was able to get the house and monitors a bit louder, and by using much less EQ, and therefore resulting in a much better overall mix.</p><p></p><p>Conclusion: The Telefunken M80 is not the mic of choice for really loud stages.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cole Lofink, post: 40529, member: 36"] Re: Telefunken M80 I’ve been using the M80 on and off for the last couple of months. As much as I've been trying to avoid over stating others opinions here, I’m going to have too. Wednesdays gig I was BE for a band I work with occasionally. This venue is a small club in Philly that I’ve mixed in before. The venue is a loud rock club, the primary mics used are SM58s and SM57s. Stage volume is always an issue, even with corporative bands. I brought my own mic package as usual. K- Audix D6 SN- Shure Beta57 HH- SM81 RK- Audix D2 FLR- Audix D6 BASS – JDI GTR – SM57 KEY top –J48 KEY btm –J48 Vox – Telefunken M80 (Audix OM7 as spare) Vox Lead – Telefunken M80 (Audix OM7 as spare) As soon as the set started I went to battle with the graphic to keep the system from feeding back. Within a minute or so I was able to get the vocals on top of the mix, but I was till struggling to get them to cut through nicely. I soloed the vocal channels in my cans, and all I could here were cymbals and a bit of vocals. By the middle of the second song my EQ section looked like the war zone that had just happed. That’s when I made the call to switch out my mics to OM7s. I increased my channel gain by about 20% and noticed an immediate difference. I slowly started to bring back some of the dramatic cuts I made earlier in the system, and had the vocals cutting through like a hot knife through butter. By switching mics I was able to get the house and monitors a bit louder, and by using much less EQ, and therefore resulting in a much better overall mix. Conclusion: The Telefunken M80 is not the mic of choice for really loud stages. [/QUOTE]
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