Im with you Scott, my mic collection for big band sessions have 77dx, 47's, BK5's. All have that  warm ribbon sound on the right sections.
dnelsonward

--- On Wed, 2/2/11, Scott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Scott <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for recording in the late 1920s?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 9:03 PM
> Me too. I have U-87's and 414's and
> many others, but the unmodified but
> restored BK-5's and Dx-77's I have are terrific all by
> themselves.  I admit,
> it took a while to find the right person with original RCA
> parts down to the
> wind screen liner material to keep them properly... 
> But some things are
> just not replaceable with a look alike. There are retired
> guys out there
> still that have the bits and knowledge you need.
> 
> If it is a music video they are to appear in, the original
> parts serve as
> well as the look-alikes. If you want to record... Well, the
> right mic
> regardless of vintage for the a source material is what is
> order. No one
> needs to know what they look like.....
> 
> YMMV !
> 
> Scott
> 
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> recording in the late
> 1920s?
> 
> Louis,
> Why would you do that?  It seems to me that if someone
> wanted the sound of a
> 414, they'd just rent a 414.
> 
> Angie Dickinson Mickle
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> Louis Hone wrote:
> > A crystal microphone that sounds good ???  I
> can't comment on this 
> > actual broadcast, but I wouldn't go with looks
> alone:  I have several 
> > vintage microphones that I rent out and some of them I
> have modified, so
> that the
> > guts are AKG 414s or Neumann U-87, or
> KM-84s.   So they may look like RCA
> > 44s or RCA 77s or RCA BK5s  but they sound very
> different.
> > 
> > Louis
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> On Behalf Of Daniel Roth
> > Sent: 2 février 2011 14:19
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for
> recording in the 
> > late 1920s?
> > 
> > I seem to recall a Fresh Air broadcast in the mid-90's
> with the 
> > Squirrel Nut Zippers in which the producers employed a
> vintage 
> > Philmore Crystal Microphone from the 20's. The entire
> room was 
> > captured by this one mic and it sounded tremendously
> authentic, despite
> the FM broadcast.
> > ------
> > Dan Roth
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> > 
> > ________________________________________
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> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:53 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for
> recording in the 
> > late 1920s?
> > 
> > Start with engineer Raymond Sooey's journal:
> > http://www.davidsarnoff.org/soo-maintext.html
> > 
> > He may have run the very sessions you are asking
> about.
> > 
> > -- Tom Fine
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kathryn Hobgood Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:17 PM
> > Subject: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for
> recording in the 
> > late 1920s?
> > 
> > 
> >> Hi folks, I am wondering if anyone has a resource
> recommendation that
> > would
> >> discuss how a band would record in the late 1920s?
> (Specifically for
> >> Victor.) My colleague here in New Orleans tells me
> that the
> > instrumentalists
> >> would arrange themselves around a microphone in a
> semicircle, the 
> >> loudest instruments being staggered further away.
> The vocalist, 
> >> meanwhile, would have his/her/their own mic some
> distance from the 
> >> band, and the two lines would run straight to the
> machine. Does this 
> >> sound accurate to you? I need to verify this setup
> and would love some
> resource suggestions.
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >> --
> >> Kathryn Hobgood Ray
> >>
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