Re: [Harp-L] Audix Fireball Microphone with AKG on Youtube SO 40 Snapon

[Seth Galitzer <sethgali@xxxxxxxxx>]

So you've got a SM58 grille on the Fireball?  Sorry, my French isn't so 
good. :)  Thanks for the info.  I was interested in the AKG SO after 
somebody posted a link about it earlier and was wondering how the extra 
length felt.

Thanks for the info!

Seth

Christelle Berthon wrote:
> Hi Seth
>
> "Very nice blues chops there. I hadn't realized how long the AKG 
> transmitter was. Do you also have an inline volume control on there? How 
> do you find the size/weight of the whole rig?
>
> Thanks.
> Seth"
>
> Cheers man for the compliments...
>
> The AKG SO 40 SNAPON (its name) is not long at all with a fireball V. 
> And it looks gorgeous...
>
> I've to be honest: the mike you've seen on the video is modified. 2 
> Things have done:
>
> - 1st I've replaced the original grill by a SM 58. Steve Baker is quite 
> right regarding the cupping thing, the Fireball V has an egg shape type 
> of grill and my hands are quite small, so I've replaced the grill. In 
> addition the cell of the mike has more sound pressure on it so it's 
> georgeous to rieach the fat sound you can hear....
>
> I've to say thay I've another Fireball V (because of that: 
> http://www.audixusa.com/docs/user_stories/whos_using_audix_1.shtml ) and 
> I've to say that I love this mike too without any modifications.
>
> - 2nd I've soldered a 1k ohm resistor between the pin 2 and 3 inside de 
> mike...Why ? Because the volume control is simply not working (just an 
> on-off function without the resistor with the AKG). Greg Heumann and Me 
> we've found the solution to make it works, now it works just as a charm.
>
> The size and weight is purely a joke...Extremely light and small
>
> Does it answer your question?



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