sE4400a Large Diaphragm Multi Pattern Condenser Microphone

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The test recordings we made were of both steel and nylon strung guitars played in an averaged sized dining room, with plaster walls, wooden floor and a dining table. While I’m not usually a fan of plaster-boarded rooms, it proved a good recording environment for the test, providing subtle ambience without being too overpowering. Whilst a more controlled studio environment can yield great results, it is interesting to hear how mic’s perform in domestic setting – as I’m sure many of you will understand. Die Membranfläche ist 0,8″ groß, damit wird eine Niere erzeugt. Auffällig ist der niedrig angegebene Geräuschepegel von 6 dB. Some things to note before buying this microphone include its detail. While this could be a good thing, it also tends to flush out any playing mistakes, and is much less forgiving than some other microphones on this list.

Yes, what I've just described above means that the sE 4400a is NOT a “character” instrument. It's more like a sibling of a very high end measurement mic converted to spoken voice, sung vocals and instruments duty – it does the job, but shows no particular passion. Neben dem Mikro findet sich eine funktionale Spinne und ein Windschutz im Koffer. Für derzeit 290,- Euro eine gute Ausstattung. sE 4400a Studiomikrofon Although my focus is on sound reinforcement and music recording, I can also see this mic becoming popular for film, theatre and TV applications. The sE 4400a is designed to work well under the glare of lights and its positioning flexibility, small size and excellent off-axis response would no doubt help to deliver great results when used for production or location recording. GREAT EXPECTATIONS Due to the wide dynamic range of the classical guitar, and the emphasis placed on dynamics in classical music, the classical guitar can be one of the hardest instruments to properly record. A good starting place is to point the microphone at the body of the guitar, around one to two feet away. I found that acoustic guitar was handled without problems by the mic, which delivered both the depth and woodiness of the body sound, and the transient detail of the strings. I also managed to coax a very sweet, woody sound out of a mandolin when the mic was positioned about 12 inches from the sound hole. The SE4400a sounds good on hand percussion too, including bodhran, so it should work as a drum overhead or general percussion mic too. Because the response is pretty flat, with plenty of low‑end extension, there's no reason not to expect a stereo pair to turn in good results on piano, although I didn't have the chance to try this during the review.

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The SE5 Small Diaphragm Condenser Mic is sensitive enough to capture the most elegant and subtle sound sources but there may be times you wish to record high pressure sound levels such as drums and guitar amps. For this, the SE5 includes a handy -10/-20dB pad switch so that you can still capture the full frequency spread of any instrument but without any clipping and with much more headroom to play with.

It's flat, and non metallic, extended in its' frequency range and free of artifacts or anomalies all along, from bottom to top. The aforementioned sheen is like a very, very gentle high frequency lift, that somehow accurately avoids any peakiness in the obnoxious 3 or 4 kHz region, and any harshness in the 7 to 10 kHz region. It's more air than sizzle. And it's very subtle indeed, just enough to breathe some excitement into sounds being captured, some sort of expensiveness in the sound, but never enough to get in the way or to be hard to dial out with some very light handed eq, or an appropriate preamp and compressor choice. Being truly versatile is vital in professional studio or broadcast applications where an engineer needs to know he can reach for a mic that will handle any job, and equally important for the budget conscious home studio user who needs one mic to suit every occasion. Insgesamt klingt das Baby Bottle deutlich erwachsener als das Bluebird, kein schlechter Einstieg in den Test. AKG C 214Anmerkung: Das Blue Baby Bottle wurde vom Baby Bottle SL abgelöst. Dieses verfügt zusätzlich über einen 100 Hz Hochpassfilter sowie eine -20 dB Pad-Schaltung. Unlike vintage mics designed for the tape era, the sE4400a was specifically calibrated to work well with digital gear. I liked the detail in the top end, which was present but never harsh. The circumaural design with velour cushions and adjustable headband makes the DT 770 headphones really comfortable, even over prolonged periods. The DT 770 250Ohm version is designed for the studio, delivering a higher impedance and a slightly more accurate response than the 80Ohm versions. The higher impedance also means you can safely use multiple headsets from the same source.