I though it would be fun to et them all up as mono overheads similar to what one sees in pictures of Ringo Starr at Abbey Road. I augmented these overheads with a vintage AKG D12e on the bass drum. All mic were run through my Neotek Elan II console pres with no EQ or other processing. I recorded to the RADAR at 24/88.2 and then did the mixes back to 2 channels. They are mono, but I wasn?t sure if I could burn CDs from mono mixes so I made 2-channel mono mixes.
To aid in my shootout I had my good friend Jeff Greeneberg of 100 Year Picnic come by to do a little playing. This way I was able to set gain and check for phase issues while he played. I recorded Jeff playing a bunch of stuff, and then myself after Jeff had gone.
The posted MP3s are at 192k. Each is titled with the OH mic name and either JG for Jeff Greeneberg or TS for me. Jeff?s stuff is a little more open and slight softer. I laid in a bit and played more of the ?rock.? Each examples is a little over a minute.
The difference in these examples is pretty interesting and cool. I didn?t change the BD level; I just went through and adjusted each overhead to be of similar level as the last.
My general impressions are these:
The CMV 563 is dark and pretty thick. I?m not sure how often I?d use it as an overhead, but it does have a certain vibe about it.
The P12 sounds like an L.A. big-time super studio record. As most (all?) of you know this is John Peluso?s take on the classic AKG C12. If he?s even a little bit close to an actual C12 I can see why so many of the L.A. cats seem to use them so much as overheads. I?ve seen tons of pictures and heard lots of the ?cats? talk of using C12s for overheads.
The D119es sounds really cool kind of familiar. Even without compression it seems to compress the snare and toms in a nice way. It paints a nice picture of the drums without a lot of ?hype.?
The D1000e was a total wild card. I got 2 of them recently, to I only tested one today. It?s crunchy and a little weird, but not in a bad way. I can see myself using this as and ?ALT OH? to blend underneath the regular drum sound to add some grungy crunch.
Jules over at Gearslutz told me it would be fine to Link to a thread over there where all of the MP3s are uploaded and at the ready check it out at Gearslutz
ENJOY!
And here's a picture:
