mic for gritty sound?

Post by **novielo** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:51 pm

i'm looking at mic to have a gritty sound for live performance. i tought about the shure 520dx, the remake of the green bullet and the copperphone (wich looks so freeking sexy)

i'm not realy inform on these special application mic, any help will be appreciated.

code green · Post by **code green** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:13 pm

I've loved this one:

Got mine for well <$100 on ebay a few years back, have used it for lots of stuff, from vocals to micing cabs, to recording odd radio noise for sampling.

But really, I would just grab something from a second-hand electronics store--especially old PA mics from stores, schools, etc.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:30 pm

I use mostly crystal/ceramic element mics into stacked preamps or amp simulators for my super gritty vox.

http://www.harpmicshop.com

^I've bought many a mic here and have always come away happy. I wouldn't spend more than 50 for a good ceramic/crystal element mic.

Post by **novielo** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:45 am

thanks tallow, it's nice to have a feedback of somebody that bought from there. i was looking at that at the timr of your comment.

i'm looking for this kind of mic because it will. be the signature sound of the project live. i love to experiment in the studio but live i would like to have no more then 3 mics, 4 top

Post by **novielo** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:46 am

man the altec is fetching 200$ on ebay!

Post by **tallowwaters** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:57 am

Anything with the name 'Altec" fetches the ducats on ebay. You have to troll Ham fests and such to get them for a reasonable price.

I have this one:
http://www.harpmicshop.com/servlet/Detail?no=1
Very gritty stuff, especially into one of those PAiA Toob Heads.

Post by **novielo** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:44 am

did you mod something in the tube head? because when i tried to drive a hi-z (guitar, single coil danelectro u2) instrument, i had better result by using the akai s600 to get line impedance, in that case.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:53 am

Nope, no mods. Just 1/4" out of mic into the first input, feed output 1 into input 2 (that's the trick).

Post by **novielo** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 2:44 pm

thanks alot for the tip! got my hand on a green bullet yesterday for a great price. tried your trick and within 5 minutes i had the sound i wanted. now it's time to search for crystal mic and trying other weird sound with the boss vf-1...

code green · Post by **code green** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:02 pm

novielo wrote:man the altec is fetching 200$ on ebay!

Oy. A few years back, when I had a full-time job and my GAS was in full swing, I thought I was nuts for buying so much gear. Now I realize I should have bought multiples of everything.

Sorry to have led you astray, I was under the naive impression that that mic still flew beneath the radar.

Post by **novielo** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:19 am

no problem code green, nowaday anything that is not made anymore or that is pre-90 is instantly declared vintage. it's harder and harder to find odd things for some flavour in art. our world is becoming so clean and sterile ( i can't even take the celular phone that are ment to go in the land field because of some obscure law about private privacy, i just wanted to make a sculpture out of them not attacking south corea with radio-active smoke detector!!!!

)

everybody knows that something that is vintage must have somekind of magic/ stellar dust/ apolo technology/ powder of crocodile skin/ hobgoblin dried spit , when you power it on. my french tost are so better when i use my non automatic 1940's toaster. hehehe

Post by **blavatsky** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:29 pm

Anything with the name 'Altec" fetches the ducats on ebay. You have to troll Ham fests and such to get them for a reasonable price.

I have this one:
http://www.harpmicshop.com/servlet/Detail?no=1
Very gritty stuff, especially into one of those PAiA Toob Heads.

Any sound clips of this on vox , guitar etc? Is this sort of a distorted jack white/black keys kind of gritty vocals sound?

tekkentool · Post by **tekkentool** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:36 pm

Telephone in a bike helmet.

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