Sennheiser MD413N
Rosco
ago. I've been using it for voice over work and the results are
acceptable, but I don't know if I can get significantly better sound
with another mike.
I don't have access to other mikes for comparison - so my questions are:
1. Is my Sennheiser a good microphone?
2. Can I get a better one for less than US$100? (CAD GXL2200 for example)?
Ross
Mike Rivers
Rosco wrote:
> I have an old Sennheiser MD413N microphone that someone gave me years
> ago. I've been using it for voice over work and the results are
> acceptable, but I don't know if I can get significantly better sound
> with another mike.
You won't know until you try. Every voice is different.
> I don't have access to other mikes for comparison
You should, if you're serious about this business. Go to a music store.
Take a trip.
> 1. Is my Sennheiser a good microphone?
Sure.
> 2. Can I get a better one for less than US$100? (CAD GXL2200 for example)?
Maybe. Try it. Take a chance. Since you're obviously more than 500
miles from a music store or bedridden, you'll have to mail order. At
least you don't have to worry about Guitar Center's "We don't take
returns on microphone purchases" policy. Even their mail order
division, Musician's Friend, takes returns on everything. Pick
something, order it, try it out, and if you don't like it any better
than what you have now, return it.
Ty Ford does a lot of voice work and see seems to think very highly of
the Audio Technica AT2020. That might be a good first shot.
SSJVCmag
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Rosco
from a music store which is customer oriented. I'll take a look at the
Audio Technica.
Thanks again!
Scott Dorsey
>I have an old Sennheiser MD413N microphone that someone gave me years
>ago. I've been using it for voice over work and the results are
>acceptable, but I don't know if I can get significantly better sound
>with another mike.
>
>I don't have access to other mikes for comparison - so my questions are:
>
>1. Is my Sennheiser a good microphone?
As I recall, it's a stage-grade cardioid mike. It was designed to compete
with SM-57-grade microphones. So it's nothing particularly special, and
it's no RE-20 or 421 at all.
>2. Can I get a better one for less than US$100? (CAD GXL2200 for example)?
No.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Rosco
Thanks for the input. I guess I'll just save up for a good mike...
Scott Dorsey
>
>Thanks for the input. I guess I'll just save up for a good mike...
Why? Why aren't you happy about with the 413? Just because there are
lots of better microphones doesn't mean you ought to get one.
haligonab
>
>
>Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> In article <dlopsj$6kt$1...@news.seed.net.tw>, Rosco <ckr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> I have an old Sennheiser MD413N microphone that someone gave me years
>>> ago. I've been using it for voice over work and the results are
>>> acceptable, but I don't know if I can get significantly better sound
>>> with another mike.
>>>
>>> I don't have access to other mikes for comparison - so my questions are:
>>>
>>> 1. Is my Sennheiser a good microphone?
>>
>> As I recall, it's a stage-grade cardioid mike. It was designed to compete
>> with SM-57-grade microphones. So it's nothing particularly special, and
>> it's no RE-20 or 421 at all.
>>
>>> 2. Can I get a better one for less than US$100? (CAD GXL2200 for example)?
AT2020 on eBay. $84.99 shipped. Not my auction. No affiliation. Just
trying to help.
Rosco
> In article <dlq7hc$nn6$1...@news.seed.net.tw>, Rosco <ckr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for the input. I guess I'll just save up for a good mike...
>
> Why? Why aren't you happy about with the 413? Just because there are
> lots of better microphones doesn't mean you ought to get one.
> --scott
I am slightly dissatisfied with the 413...a little edgy on the "s"
sounds and it just lacks "something" - maybe depth or warmth - that I
hear on some spoken voice recordings.
But overall it suits my purposes. If I get some extra cash I might go
shopping...
Ty Ford
(in article <1132491468.7...@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>):
I have an MP4 video (with audio) describing the AT2020. It's in my on line
archive in the video folder.
Regards,
Ty Ford
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com
Rosco
> I have an MP4 video (with audio) describing the AT2020. It's in my on line
> archive in the video folder.
Thanks for this info - this mike is getting some great reviews - I'll
check it out.
Peter Larsen
> I have an old Sennheiser MD413N microphone that someone
> gave me years ago. I've been using it for voice over
> work and the results are acceptable,
It is a bit sharp for that, it is designed to fit into a mix, not to
stand alone.
> but I don't know if I can get significantly better sound
> with another mike.
Depends on the mike.
> I don't have access to other mikes for comparison - so my questions are:
> 1. Is my Sennheiser a good microphone?
It is an excellent tool it a rock and roll mike kit. It has the
disadvantage of not being very sturdy.
> 2. Can I get a better one for less than US$100? (CAD GXL2200
> for example)?
You can not ask the question quite like that, if you ask whether you can
get a better mic for voice over work, then the answer is "most
certainly", simply because something "warmer/fuller" is likely to be
more appropiate.
Senneheiser MD413s may have gotten rare, or rather, they always were.
> Ross
Kind regards
Peter Larsen
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Peter Larsen
> In article <dlq7hc$nn6$1...@news.seed.net.tw>, Rosco <ckr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Thanks for the input. I guess I'll just save up for a good mike...
> Why? Why aren't you happy about with the 413? Just because there are
> lots of better microphones doesn't mean you ought to get one.
They got the proximity effect compensation exactly right for use for vox
or on an instrument cabinet, but for speak at a bit more distance it is
thinnish sounding, and if close enough too sibilant. The Voice Over over
the printing house sounds on my site was made with one of the handful I
managed to get of the very last ones KinoVox had, one even was built
from spareparts.
> --scott