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Which microphones do you carry on your kit?


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Off the top of my head...

Schoeps CMC641 x 3

Sennheiser MKH30

Sennheiser MKH40

Sennheiser MKH50

Sennheiser MKH60

Sennheiser MKH70

Sennheiser MKH416

Sennheiser MKH816

Sanken CUB1 x 2

Tram TR50s x 6

Countryman B6 x 6

PA: EV RE50 x 2

      Shure SM58 x 4

      Shure 555S

Next purchase will probably be a CMIT (standard, non-AES digital).

--Marc W.

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Do you mean like all the time--every job, or just on the biggest jobs or what?  For music recording I have a large 16-hole mic case of the kind made for traveling sound reinforcement systems, and it's full beyond capacity--all the holes and all the extra space too.  For verite doco I skinny it all down to a couple of boom mics and a brace of wirelesses.  I use pretty much what everyone else here uses for dialog, for music I have some oddball choices (Shure KSM27s and KSM109s--ok, call me crazy) and some nicer more accepted things too (Schoeps, Neumann, Beyer).  Fave mic of all: Schoeps MK2s, an omni.  Pretty magical in a nice space, next to useless for movie production sound.

Mics are to recordists what guitars are to rock musicians: you can't have too many, and there is always one (or a pair) you don't have that you've always wanted....

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mk2  works grate in  a parked car back sit + driver head turns , that the people don't have it  doesn't mean you cant use it :-)

That's very true, but in recent years I had better luck w/ CUB1 for that situation, and much faster for me to mount/move etc..  Someday I'll get a 2nd MK2 so I can use them for a room pair for classical type music.....

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I'm curious about the Octava MK012's?  Are they decent mics.  Might pick up a couple if they are worth it.

While not great on a boom re handling noise, I think they are one of the best audio deals out there.  They are always around used on music forums like Gearslutz for decent prices, if not Craigslist.  I've got 4 and didn't pay any more than $100 each for any of them.  I did a lot of comparing with mics like SD Schoeps and Neumann and they were very close--even these ones of mine that haven't had the best of care.  I like them a lot, and don't see any real reason to buy them new.  (Frankly, I don't think their QC is good enough to care about "matched pairs" or "consecutive serial numbers" etc..)  Don't be put off by the internet blather about fakes--that all happened a long time ago and I haven't seen a bootleg for sale in several years.

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While not great on a boom re handling noise, I think they are one of the best audio deals out there.  They are always around used on music forums like Gearslutz for decent prices, if not Craigslist.  I've got 4 and didn't pay any more than $100 each for any of them.  I did a lot of comparing with mics like SD Schoeps and Neumann and they were very close--even these ones of mine that haven't had the best of care.  I like them a lot, and don't see any real reason to buy them new.  (Frankly, I don't think their QC is good enough to care about "matched pairs" or "consecutive serial numbers" etc..)  Don't be put off by the internet blather about fakes--that all happened a long time ago and I haven't seen a bootleg for sale in several years.

phil p

Thanks Phil.  That's very helpful.

As for the handling noise, do you have this one: http://www.oktavausa.com/ProductsPages/MK-012-01FilmEditon.html.  It says its there film edition.  I'm wondering if handling noise would be better on them.

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Most live in the cupboard but here goes.

AKG 480 Shotgun

Sennheiser MKH 8050

Sanken CS1

MKH 416T

MKH 816T

MKH 815T

AKG CK1

AKG CK7 x2

AKG CK93 x 2

AKG CK98 x 8

Sanken CSS5

Rode NT4

Rode NT5 x2

Rode NT3

Rode NTG-2

AudioTechnica 895

Tram for radios x 2

Tram for XLR x 2

Sanken COS11 x 2

Countryman B6

Shure SM63 x 2

Shure SM58

There's probably a few others things I've forgotten.

Adam

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Tram for radios x 2

Tram for XLR x 2

Just as a plug for these guys, the guys at Oscar Sound Tech have a very cool (and affordable) little TA5-to-XLR adapter originally designed for their very-similar-to-Tram lavs. It's basically like a 2" tube that has a TA5 male in one end an an XLR-male at the other end, which will allow you to use your TA5 wireless mikes for XLR phantom-powered connections. Terrific design. They can make them up either for regular Lectro or servo-bias Lectro.

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--Marc W.

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Petros,

I usually the 441 for on set voice over recording, custom effects eg strings of chinnese fire crackers, a F111 dump and burn. Basicly stupidly loud stuff that still needs to sound great, take your pick from Oleg's list.  Sounds even better though the sonosax pre's :P

In answer to how long I've been gathering my mic's about 4 years or so.

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