View Full Version : One Mic Comparison?
Nick Alberty
Jul-19-2004, 4:59pm
My band is purchasing a Shure KSM 27 soon. We have been using a AKG C3000 for the past five years. Is there anyone out there with any thoughts on either of these. The AKG has worked extremely well, but I'm curious about the new SHURE.
Spruce
Jul-19-2004, 9:42pm
I'm a big fan of the new Shure line of condensers, but I haven't tried the KSM27. I have tried the KSM32, and I think it's a fabulous microphone.
I find the AKG C3000 to be shrill and unforgiving, and is one of my least favorite mics in the cabinet.
I sure would have hated to pay 6-700 bucks for that mic, which is what they were going for when they first hit the market...
mrbook
Jul-20-2004, 9:34pm
I started with an AT 4033, then bought an AKG C3000 on sale as an extra. We use the C3000 a lot, alternating with the 4033 about half the time, with the choice mainly due to my mood. The C3000 fits in my banjo case, so it's easy to take along when we play through someone else's system. Other groups have asked to use it after we played, including a headliner we opened for one time. We have used Shure condensers a couple times, and they seem fine; I would consider the KSM 27 if I needed another microphone.
Pete Martin
Jul-20-2004, 11:30pm
Saw Rhonda Vincent last weekend, they used 2 KSM 44 Shures and it sounded great.
onlyagibsonisgoodenuff
Jul-21-2004, 10:27am
Saw Rhonda Vincent last weekend, they used 2 KSM 44 Shures and it sounded great.
Rhonda also had a great big roll-around box full of power amps, equalizers, etc. I'm not sure the sound man was all that thrilled with the setup.
Spruce
Jul-21-2004, 11:56am
"Rhonda also had a great big roll-around box full of power amps, equalizers, etc. I'm not sure the sound man was all that thrilled with the setup."
Oh, I think it was a pretty easy set-up for the soundman, actually...
No monitors were required, as the whole band had wireless in-ear monitors...
They probably just fed the soundman a mono feed and called it a day, doing all the monitor mixing from the stage...
The soundman merely had to adjust a volume level on the mono feed, and then drink some of that moonshine that was making it's way around the campground... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
I've been thinking about getting a large diaphram condenser to help out the vocals in our jug band. I've been scared off by the feedback issues, and we are a pretty noisy group. Somebody suggested the AT 3035, which is certainly priced right. Some of these others sound like a good alternative but can I get by ok with the 3035?
Wayne
Nick Alberty
Jul-21-2004, 3:54pm
Thanks all for your replies. I am looking forward to getting the Shure next week. The AKG has been a great mic. though. No problems with it. We just would like to have an extra.
Rob Anderson
Jul-22-2004, 5:07pm
Hello,
We used an AT3035 for awhile and really liked it.
Then we got a KSM27 and we've been using that ever since.
The Shure is certainly difficult to eq in a small indoor situation but worth the trouble.
I don't believe the AT 3035 is an omni-directional mic but we have ran the whole band through it and I've seen other bluegrass bands 1 mic it with the 3035. It is much easier to eq than the KSM 27 and doesn't pick up the whole stage.
Rob Anderson
Thanks Rob. I know the 3035 isn't omni-directional, which is good for the situation I want to use it in. I'm hoping 3 - 4 singers/instrumentalists (two fiddles and a banjo) can use it while the primary singers/instrumentalists would have their own mics.
Wayne
Mando Medic
Jul-27-2004, 6:53am
I've been doing bluegrass sound in the Pacific Northwest for some years and have used AKG 3000, AT 4033, AT4050 and last year saw a demo on the AT4047. I love that mich. Warm, not treble prone, good rejection from the front and about a 65 degree dispersion pattern. I don't even get the 4033 out of the box anymore. That and the stereo Sabine eq FBX 1200 and life is good. No feed back, plenty of gain. Kenc