Members Pasz Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 By "unmatched" I mean two seperately sold AT4041's. Does Audio Technica sell matched pairs anyway? I can't find anything about that on their site or find a "matched pair package" in shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members raw-tracks Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Audio Technica does not offer "matched pairs" on their mics. What they do offer is pretty tight quality control. Any two "off the shelf" mics should be jsut fine for overheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 You can try the low tech approach to "self matching" if you're really majorly concerned. Stick the two mics as close together as possible and record something, with each mic getting printed to a seperate track. Pan the two tracks dead center, then flip the phase on one and see how much "disappears" - the more you're left with, the further apart the response of the two mics is. I've done similar things with Oktava MC012's, which can vary a bit more, but with the AT4041's, it hardly seemed worth the hassle. They do have pretty tight quality control and similar frequency responses mic to mic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 I have 3 4041's and they are all pretty dead on to eachother. My experience is the 4041 QC is very, very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pasz Posted October 2, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 That's great! Phil, Raw, Where, thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 You're welcome Pasz. Please let us know which mics you decide to go with once you've made your choice, and what you think of them once you've had a chance to use them a bit. And of course, please let us know if you have any additional questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 The AT4041s are used in a lot of recording studios for drum overheads and acoustic guitars and other things. Small wonder, as they're very good for the money. I have AT4051s, with interchangeable capsules. These are quite a bit more than the AT4041s, but sound very nice on just about all applications that you would use a small diaphragm condenser on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members patshep Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 i haven't seen any reviews of these in the "user reviews" area, it would be nice if some of you would add some, also, in general , do you really need matched pairs at all? it seems with higher end mics that it shouldn't be a big issue... i for one would rather get one sdc, then buy another later.. for budget reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by patshep also, in general , do you really need matched pairs at all? it seems with higher end mics that it shouldn't be a big issue... i for one would rather get one sdc, then buy another later.. for budget reasons As people have already mentioned, A-T has good quality control, so the answer would be no. This ain't very Golden Ears of me, but quite frankly, most people are just not gonna need that anyway. For companies with not-so-good QC, the thing to do would be to audition them and get two that are alike. I think that you could buy one AT4041 and buy another later and not have any problems with drum overheads, acoustic guitar, or just about anything else that you're gonna record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Hepworth Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 The AT's out of the box are as close of a match as a reputable company's matched pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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