Also $56.84 delivered without Prime via Amazon AU. This microphone was recommended to me about 2 years ago so curious to hear everyone's thoughts as to how it holds up today. First post so let me know if I got anything wrong.
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It is very good, if you are ok to put it half a centimeter away from the mouth. The gain is very bad and sad.
Lol @ sad
I thought condensers pick up sound really well?
It is limited by the USB. Low current and lack of control.
I step away from the mic to breathe in.
IMO its WELL worth the money to spend triple this on something like the cheap behringer audio i/f thats on sale iirc under $70 (they own Midas, their interfaces tend to be ok) and the like of an AKG p120 or Audio Technica AT2020, Even a half decent interface and a $20 condenser would probably be a better deal
I'd definitely spend more on a condenser mic, it's worth it in the long run.
AKG C1000 is reduced to $150 from $330 at he moment in a few places. Signature bright sound super suitable for acoustic guitars and other strings. You know it from so many pro albums. Some people use for vocals as well for extra fidelity. I've had mixed results when using for other instruments, but it really stands out in general in this range without dropping a pay packet.
https://www.storedj.com.au/akg-c1000s-mkiv-multi-function-st…
In fact that's probably worth posting a deal on.
Its hard to imagine much that you would use ur avg LDC for that would also be ideal for ur avg SDC (acoustic guitar is one).
SDCs are for the intricate details of sounds, they tend to be kinda badly missing presence especially for male vocals or spoken word. They are also super responsive to transients and the undesirable parts of speech like essing and pop (but which would be sparkle and shine in a guitar or piano). Great for really high volumes because of the stiffer capacitor membrane (just naturally because its smaller). Also nice they tend to need much lower voltages to charge the plate.
LDCs are just….. LDCs. The are incredibly sensitive but tend to distort at high volumes. They tend to have a wonderful warmth in spoken word, and incredible dynamic range. They're still a lot more sensitive to speech effects than a good dynamic. A hell of a lot are designed to bring the warmth and precision (yeah i dont get how those go together either, but they do) of the like of classics like the U47.
Being honest for what most people use them for a good dynamic is probably a better bet for the money, less sensitive to background noise, no need for phantom, incredibly robust, less prone to handling noise, often a wonderful response curve for spoken word. The mic that's normally on my desk is an AKG D5 (despite several condensers in the room and 36 channels of audio under the desk ;) ).
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4.4 of 5 stars in Amazon from 2.8 k reviews so must be at the very least decent