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 -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Dickinson Mickle Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:47 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for 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 Avocado Productions Broomfield, CO www.avocadoproductions.com 800-246-3811 Visit us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=118773287678 Or Twitter http://twitter.com/AvocadoProd 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Roth > Sent: 2 f�vrier 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 > Audio Technician > Walter J Brown Media Archives and > Peabody Awards Collection > University of Georgia > Main Library > Athens, GA > > ________________________________________ > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Tom Fine > [[log in to unmask]] > 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 >> >> [log in to unmask] >> 504.650.1238 >> http://www.snoozerquinn.com >> > > = > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3418 - Release Date: > 02/02/11 02:34:00 > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 5841 (20110202) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >