testing out akg c519m microphone

[Anonymous]

[William Cingolani]

I see your mic on sweetwater http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/C519M I plan on testing a mic some time this week

[Anonymous]

Not sure i’m liking this microphone yet, still working/testing to find the best recording position.

It’s definitely got a specific flavour which is ok for certain songs.

Until i find the best recording position i’ll to try it out on some faster rockier music to hear what it sounds like.

Tomorow i’ll consult my teacher see what he uses/recomends.

in the recording theres no special effects, just some gain in the audio interfacec equilizer to remove key clunking noises, spit noises, hiss noises from the reed before bouncing the backing track and sax track to my laptop.

Also not used to recording with headphones to listen to the backing track while recording the sax – seems weird

[john]

Sounds fine. just put it as close to the front of the bell as possible without clipping the level. that’s a very basic and simple mic so I don’t think a lot of experimentation is going to do much.
with my mic, I set it up quite far away (4-6 feet) but I also use a pre-amp then I can blow loud and freely and everything gets picked up.
when recording with headphones put a blend of your sax along with the backing tracks so it sounds natural. you can then play with the right balance for your liking.

[Anonymous]

Thanks JF. I need to get another stand alone mic, hope i can use it for recording a guitar track as well as sax track.

[john]

Shure sm57’s are good for guitar and saxophones and cost under 100 bucks.

[jake]

I have a clip on mic as well but favor one the sits on a mic stand for recording. Like Johnny said you can distance yourself and really give the sax punch without worrying about being to close to the mic. Also I found with my clip on mic, it is sensitive and it can pick up the banging sound of the keys and pads opening and closing. On the sound side, I can hear major improvements in your tone from your previous uploads! Good luck on sorting out the recording process and getting some more sounds rolling!!

[Anonymous]

Thanks Johnny – the Shure Sm57 sounds like a good option for recording guitar/sax.

[Michael]

@ sxpoet: Sorry I missed your playing here, got busy getting ready to take my Special Need’s son camping for a couple of days and it starts tonight with us Catfishing and he is EXCITED to say the least…I am too 🙂 He keeps my wife and I busy LOL You’ve shown big improvements since your last uploads, very cool 🙂 Keep at it! It’s encouraging to see everyone progressing so well. On a side note about the Shure SM-57, that is the exact model of Mic my own Instructor advised me to get with my Interface this month, very excited about it 🙂 A friendly heads up/word of caution is that there’s lots of fraud going on online with the Shure SM-57 mics, so make sure you buy from an Authorized dealer. My own Instructor told me these line of mics have been around for a long time and because they’re in such big demand there’s people out there who will make cheap ‘knock offs’ of the Shure SM-57 mics. Here’s a quick video for you that he personally shared with me how to spot a fake Shure SM-57 v.s. the real thing…he doesn’t endorse videos like this or anything, but he told me the description of what to look for is pretty much spot on–other students than myself went and bought one per his tutoring and they didn’t go through an authorized dealer; they went through ebay and got ripped off big time. With an authentic Shure SM-57 and interface you’ll be good to go for years to come, with us being Student players we don’t need super-expensive, elaborate stuff and it sure as heck is going to beat the daylights out of what I’ve been forced to use….gosh, what a relief it will be! I was told even Season players of the Sax and Guitar hold these mics in high-regard. Keep up the great work Sxpoet, you’ve come a long way, rock on 🙂

[Anonymous]

@Michael – interesting video.
I buy all my stuff from hopefully reputable online shops, looks like i could be duped as well.

I was going to borrow a shure sm57 from my teacher, but he lent me a akg c1000 instead and told me he found it slightly better than the shure sm57 – also the prices are close on both of them.

I tried it out today for singing on track 1, playing the sax on track 3, and a blues backing track from my teacher on track 2. Should have upped the volume of track 3 to make the sax louder in logic pro mix. The only thing i didn’t have time to put a guitar track on. Still getting used to logic pro x – amazing software.

Gonna to see him next week to see if i can get on a 52 week blues course.

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