Members bee3 Posted November 6, 2015 Members Share Posted November 6, 2015 I just bought a new microphone... awaiting delivery. While searching for audio examples of the mic itself, I came across this little gem of a live performance duo using the same mic I purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted November 6, 2015 Members Share Posted November 6, 2015 Nice song, yes. Jeez the setting looks staged. So that mic - a Shure something or other? nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted November 6, 2015 Members Share Posted November 6, 2015 Townes Van Zandt & Kathy Mattea singing Townes' song "At My Window." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted November 6, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 6, 2015 Nice song, yes. Jeez the setting looks staged. So that mic - a Shure something or other? nat whilk ii The mic is a modded MXL990 done by Michael Joly at Oktavamod. You can read about it here: http://www.oktavamodshop.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_28&products_id=189 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted November 6, 2015 Members Share Posted November 6, 2015 I've been on a big Roger Miller kick... again. [video=youtube;p3jiXa06-R0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted November 7, 2015 Members Share Posted November 7, 2015 The mic is a modded MXL990 done by Michael Joly at Oktavamod. You can read about it here: http://www.oktavamodshop.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_28&products_id=189 Ah...those Octava mics are something else. I picked up a dented little Octava MC-012 from a Guitar Center blow-out for something like $90 years and years ago, and man, it's a killer acoustic small condensor guitar mic. All the acoustic tracks in my Soundcloud account are recorded with it. Mine's unmoded...Joly has been modding these for a long time - it's tempting.... nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted November 8, 2015 Members Share Posted November 8, 2015 What's with modding a mic? What is done to them to 'improve' them.Why not a buy a mic that does the job off the shelf? There's thousands to choose from. Just wondering……... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted November 8, 2015 Members Share Posted November 8, 2015 Moving Hearts formed in Dublin in 1981 and released this album.Some of the musicians had played together in other groups such as Planxty.The album had a big influence on me back then - especially this track which is a sort of Celtic folk / jazz fusion. [video=youtube;DE-Kr7aZa1Q] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted November 9, 2015 Members Share Posted November 9, 2015 What's with modding a mic? What is done to them to 'improve' them. Why not a buy a mic that does the job off the shelf? There's thousands to choose from. Just wondering……... Yeah, you're correct - there are plenty to choose from. Every mic is a compromise in some ways - this goes for all the gear, actually. Sometimes the original gear specs just include something stupid or cheap that can be remedied by Mr Fixit at home. Whichever the case, from time to time somebody figures out a relatively easy and cost-effective way to simply mod someone else's design, and if it makes enough of a difference, word gets around. The specific mod depends on the mic or other original gizmo, and the creativity of the mod-inventor. For example - I have a Presonus MP-20 preamp that, in it's day, was a nice B+ sort of preamp. The early runs incorporated Jensen transformers (it was a big selling point) but Presonus quietly switched to a generic transformer that was not quite as good pretty early on. So people started pulling the generics and replacing them with Jensens - easy enough if you are good with a soldering iron. Some mods are so effective and popular, that someone will make a little business specialty out of performing the mod, since most people are not comfortable or experienced with opening up a delicate bit of gear and monkeying around with it's innards. These Octava mods have the reputation of turning already serviceable and inexpensive mics into something exceptional for far less than you'd spend buying straight off the shelf. You already like the mic and know it, and the mod just takes you further in the same direction. Guitar players, of course, are famous for doing this - there's an entire industry devoted to electric guitar mods. And now the guitar makers are working the well-known mods used by famous players back into their own line-ups. Also - it's fun for those so inclined. I love doing this sort of thing, being a DYI person forever. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted November 9, 2015 Members Share Posted November 9, 2015 ^^^ Thanks for the comprehensive explanation. Because I don't do 'serious' recording, I haven't thought about these things. But I understand the DIY drive - Apart from my good guitars, I also have some Tele components that I like to mess with. I also have my old 1968 Japanese dreadnought that I do unspeakable things to in an attempt to hone my skills at keeping my good guitars well set up and maintained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbfrancis Posted November 10, 2015 Members Share Posted November 10, 2015 The rap on modded mics is that they don't keep their value, so of course I'm always looking for a used one. I have an Apex 460 that I'm thinking about sending to Advanced Audio in Canada, supposedly sounds like an AKG C12. IN the end I realized my obsession w/ mic mods was like any gear obsession, a diversion from finishing music. That said, Justin let me know how that works for you - I'm looking for a good mic on my voice. Not crazy about the SM7B I'm using now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted November 11, 2015 Members Share Posted November 11, 2015 "Franny," by Marc Benno. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2D01RGwDag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted November 11, 2015 Members Share Posted November 11, 2015 I liked that Marc Benno piece.... This is one anybody would be proud of writing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted November 13, 2015 Members Share Posted November 13, 2015 I got asked to join a band to play keys. Now I just need to find a keyboard I'm thinking I'll go the electric piano route. I really like the Hohner Pianet as a not as heavy, not as many parts to break, not as expensive version of a rhodes. It was used on this classic [video=youtube;yf-d-Ka30EY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf-d-Ka30EY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted November 13, 2015 Members Share Posted November 13, 2015 One of my favorite songs of all time. Pianist Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra with vocalist, Billie Holiday. "It's Like Reaching for the Moon." [video=youtube;81q6Xb-mdIY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted November 14, 2015 Members Share Posted November 14, 2015 ^^^ Love 'Joy to the World'. It triggered a memory of another song I listened to a lot back then. Rock Coast Blues [video=youtube;-zJ3uXMD5X4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted November 17, 2015 Members Share Posted November 17, 2015 I don't remember if I posted this song in a FIT before today, but I typed out all the lyrics last night because I kind of wanted to learn it. It's one of songs that's pulled me through some dark times. There's some great word play here I think some of you will really appreciate it. Guys name is Brent Best. He has a solo record that came out this year. I still need to check that out. This is from when he was playing with a band called the Drahms. [video=youtube;_RsJH3_-mfE] There's a dog that is licking the sweat from my faceThere's a few hours gone, you're lost without traceThere's a bottle that's broke but was drank first I'm sureThere's a stain on your shirt and your tongue feels like furThere's about 15 between me and my bedIt's one room away but you slept here insteadThere's blood on the floor from where I hit my headThere's a pain in your brain bit at least you're not dead It's a wondrous life, wondrous life, and I got no misgivingsIt's a wondrous life, wondrous life, I find myself living Now the bartenders tending to bar me from drinkHis intentions are tender he's helping he thinksTo remind me to mind myself and don't be an assHis assistance excepted he soon pours a glassThe patrons all patronize the drinkers are drunkThe smokers are smoking they spew with the spunkOf a jukebox that is choking out meaningless junkWhile you fade to fumes in your own cloud of funk It's a wondrous life, wondrous life, and I got no misgivingsIt's a wondrous life, wondrous life, I find myself living There's a knock on the door but there's nobody homeExcept for you silent, you sit by the phoneIt's unplugged from the wall so it won't make the soundThat comes with the call of a girl you once foundTo be radiant gold with a brilliance I'm toldThat comes when you love someone, strange things unfoldA blissful fog rolls in and clogs up your brainAnd you miss little clues that could save you the painOf shattered plate windows and old clothes that stinkFrom three weeks of wearing them, pushed to the brinkWith a broken heart brimming with broken heart schemesOf sorrow and swimming through deep whiskey streamsYeah, I'll just dive deeper and swim towards the lightThat surely must come at the end of the nightLike a sailor, I'll sail on, a pilot I'll flyOn failures freight airliner through turbulent skiesLike a soldier of sorry ill march to the fifeand the drum beat of losers that choose this same lifeWe'll drink to the morning we'll drink to the lightThat surely must come at the end of the night We'll sing to the fallen, we'll sing to the straysWe'll drink till we've driven your memories awayI'll drink to the wonder of wondrous daysWhen I cast my eyes skyward and at last I can say It's a wondrous life, wondrous life, and I got no misgivingsIt's a wondrous life, wondrous life, I find myself living Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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