Re: [Harp-L] Neumann TLM 103 vs Rode K2 mics for recording

[Ken Deifik <kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The Rode K2

> Any comments from those who have actual experience with these mics?

I used the K2 for all the harmonica on Music For Small Audience, pumped 
through an ART tube pre.  I molded my sound around this setup.  I liked it 
well enough to use it, and no more than that.

(As hoped, my mixing engineer found a way to beef it up and smooth it out, 
and my mastering guy really gave it a finish that I'm satisfied with.  This 
means that the sound you heard on my CD IS in the Rode, it just had to be 
goosed out in post.  You will probably be able to find some great recipes 
at the recording stage by working with it alot.  I wish I could have 
afforded to record the harp with great mics, in the master studio, the way 
I did with the guitar and vox.)

In Richard's reply he recommends using both mics you ask about.  I try to 
use two mics on everything when I'm in the master studio for anything I'm 
recording, and I add in a direct box for the guitar, all to seperate 
tracks.  This gives you alot to monkey with as long as you place the mics 
carefully, so as to avoid phase problems.

The secret is to make damn sure that one of these mics gives you a high, 
mid, or low that you really like, and that the other does the same with the 
two ranges that are not that satisfying in the first mic.  I.e., if neither 
mic gives you a satisfing high end, for instance, it's not the right two mics.

K