Horses for courses I suppose. I've had great results with the c1000 and the 4050 is a little lacking in top end for me. It's a bit like choosing a guitar though - a matter of personal taste.. Good hunting! g > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:15:03 +0200 > From: moinsound@googlemail.com > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: Recommendations for Microphone and Archtop or Acoustic Guitar > > Louie Angulo schrieb: > > ive tried the c1000 is quite nice as well but somehow the AT seems to > > be more of whati m looking for my brother had an early at 2050 and i > > was impressed with its quality recording acoustics! > > cheers > > Luis > I always found the C1000 to be very peculiar - a contributor on (I think > it was) recording.org once described it as "it has both too much and not > enough hi-mids/his at the same time", and that basically nails it - I > like to use it for close-miking percussion or drum OH if I'm after a > very Eighties sound. > > Apart from that, it's very much a swiss army knife of a > microphone...will run on battery power and is very reliable. > > The AT4050 is what I use for basically everything which does call for a > large-diaphragm mike but at a little more distance than close-miking, > e.g. on vocals in combination with a Solidtube > (http://moinlabs.de/uploads/pics/ws_voc.jpg, although you may call this > example over-engineering, since it was done to only capture a short > shout: http://bit.ly/aDQ7GC). > > Summary: the AT4050 is good for everything. The C1000 is a little > special in its sound characteristics, but contrary to the AT you won't > need to worry subjecting it to rough handling on the road. > > Rainer > > -- > http://moinlabs.de > Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/moinlabs > Do you want a Hotmail account? Sign-up now - Free |