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From: Peter Larsen on 27 Sep 2008 04:12 Phildo wrote: > If you look at all the old Top Of The Pops TV shows in the UK back in > the 70s when the vocalists actually sang live they all have very thin > mics with no ball on the end. Not sure what they were as I haven't > seen any repeats in years but I would love to know what they were, > especially the radio versions with the silly antenna bits on the > bottom. Prolly the Sennheiser MD211n, it is an excellent omni for gp speech and great inside a kick drum. > Phildo Kind regards Peter Larsen
From: Peter Larsen on 27 Sep 2008 04:14 Ron(UK) wrote: > I had it on good authority that the slim silver pencil mikes they used > on TOTP were Calrecs. I had several of them myself at one time, this > is before phamtom power was common and they all had separate power > units supplying them with 51 volts. They were excellent mikes. Those I have seen were MD211n's. > The mikes with the bit of wire hanging out were normal mikes with a > bit of wire in the xlr ( or din in the case of the Calrecs) just to > make them look like radio mikes. :] > Ron(UK) Kind regards Peter Larsen
From: Peter Larsen on 27 Sep 2008 04:18 Bob Howes wrote: > The early silver mics were, indeed, the Calrec C600 series. However, > when their deception graduated to black mics with standard XLR > outputs I believe those were AKG C451s. I always considered any use of the MD211 to constitute a dead giveaway that it was mime, I don't really know about the small EV omni .... > Indeed, there's a possiblity that the mics mentioned in the OP may > have been C451s since the old design had interchangeable capsules > including one that would have been suitable for close vocals. No, compare the description to the C747, imo it is a better fit, but a weird choice. And it would probably sound sharp as it was described to do once the silly proximity boost it would have was removed. > Bob Kind regards Peter Larsen
From: Peter Larsen on 27 Sep 2008 04:24 BJtheDJ(a)the.controls wrote: > As an addendum to me previous post, looking further at the article > that I URL'd, I can see the Simms-Watts mic linked at > http://www.saturn-sound.com/images/example%20of%20a%20simms-watts%20microphone.jpg Simms-Watts also had an omni, sounded great on acoustic guitar, but troublesome, oh so troublesome .... the danish band Bifrost purchased one and had it as a part of the their first kit. In the context of amplification it was a silly waste of good money and probably not the optimum advice from Lyra Musik that sold it to them. > BJ Kind regards Peter Larsen
From: Joe Kotroczo on 27 Sep 2008 05:24
On 27/09/08 10:08, in article 48dde9f4$0$56776$edfadb0f(a)dtext02.news.tele.dk, "Peter Larsen" <digilyd(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Mike Dobony wrote: > >>>> Went to a Branson show last night. They did a poor job of bringing >>>> up the vocals, hiding them just under the guitars and piano. I >>>> couldn't identify the lyrics of a number songs. Then there was the >>>> quartet. Three singers had what appeared to be AKG wireless mics, >>>> but the bass singer had a wired mic I have never seen before. It >>>> was thinner than his thumb and almost the entire length fit in his >>>> hand, about a half inch above his hand and part of the jack was >>>> covered by his pinky finger. Any guesses what it might have been? > > [ I wrote ] > >>> AKG condensor is my guess. Strange choice for a hand-held, it is >>> designed for use on pulpits, ie. at some distance from mouth. > > It was the C747 that came to mind based on the description, see: > > http://www.akg.com/site/products/powerslave,id,243,pid,243,nodeid,2,_language, > EN.html Doesn't that have the interference tube over the whole length of its body? How does it react if you cover the slots with your hand? -- Joe Kotroczo kotroczo(a)mac.com |