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kip4:
Well i finally bit the bullet and ordered an Apex 205 ribbon mic
I've always wanted to try one
should be here in a few day. I'm gonna have a play and see how i like it and on what.
meantime feel free to chime in and tell me your ribbon mic tales.

kip4:
I did a quick test on vocals and acoustic guitars earlier
the mic sounds generally slightly more honky than i expected. first impression
on vocals its lovely and smooth like a pillow . It responds well to EQ you can slap loads on and really shape the sounds better than with an ldc and it doesnt sound unnatural.
Very nice proximity effect on close up low vocal.
Did a quick test with the back of the mic too and a sideways on approach.
the guitar didnt sound as good. However i was lazy and will be spending some more time perfecting my mic positioning on guitars.
I think i may try a mid side technique with it on acoustic guitars.
Again it responds well to eq
I'm also pleased to say My Alice mic pak preamp did a great job. I was able to crank it over to the 3pm position at which point it really started to pick up alot of room noise.
not much although some noise floor, not too noticable.
you could hear every squeek of the floor board and i the meters were peaking at -6 db in the loudest passages even with the mic set 18inchs from the instrument.
Best i get the sewing machine out tonight and make a protective bag to put over it when its not in the stand.
all in all so far so good. when i've done some more testing i'll post some clips for you guys to comment on.
thanks for reading

kip4:
I did some spot micing test today with the 12 string and of all the mic positions i tried
1 ribbon over shoulder looking at bridge 2 feet away, sdc 12th fret 12" away. nice if i blend more ribbon than sdc
2 ribbon level with bridge and looking at it. 12"away , sdc 15th fret 8" away. ok but a little woofy on ribbon
3 ribbon level with bridge pointing at bridge 12" away, sdc 6" from 12 fret . i didnt learn my lesson although the sdc was more alive and kicking.
4 ribbon level with bridge 16" away looking at back of guitar body. This is the one i chose to print, (link below)
once i stopped getting the air pushing out of the soundhole into the mic and got a little more room in the sound it opened up quite nicely.
the mp3 here is unprocessed (except for the mp3 conversion)
hope this helps someone and remember these are just my initial tests i hope to improve on them

kip4:
Has anybody ever tried using a ribbon as a vocalists room mic and just using the wet reverb to add ambiance to a dry vocal track in the mix.

btw test 1 had a lovely wide open sound that when panned, ribbon 50% L , SDC 50% R and the level adjusted. it filled out the sound stage very nicely.

kip4:
Here's a mid side experiment i did this morning
mid= sdc
side= ribbon
no processing (except mp3 conversion) and obvious m/s decoding

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