Musician On A Mission’s top pick for large diaphragm condenser microphones is the sE Electronics sE 2200a.
With all the choices available in the market today, picking the right equipment takes a little bit more deliberation. It is always a good tip to narrow down your choices.
Today we are narrowing down your list with probably one of the most important items you need to think twice before purchasing – a good large diaphragm condenser microphone. Here is what Rob (at Musician on a Mission) thinks is the best and most affordable condenser microphone available today.
It’s the sE 2200a by sE Electronics. A large diaphragm condenser microphone built well and crafted by hand.
We at Home Brew Audio have not had a chance to review this mic. So we cannot say with any first-hand experience how good this mic is. But it’s always worth checking out when another site names a good mic. Now i WOULD like to review it. I’ll let you know when that happens.
In the mean time, check out the review here: https://www.musicianonamission.com/se-2200a-review/
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Your Guide To Buying Virtual Instruments
With all the choices available in the market today, coming up with a list is quite a task at hand. MusicTech has made efforts to come up with a comprehensive list of the best virtual instruments available today. Not just that but they also took in hand to group these instruments according to each category. Here is a list of the categories with the best available virtual instruments.
Categories go as follows:
For the Synths category here are the instruments buyers can choose from:
GForce Oddity 2 – probably the finest emulation of a classic synth we have today, but this synth goes even beyond.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/08/buyers-guide-virtual-instruments/
Best Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone Under 500 Dollars
Since they are probably the most versatile microphones around, Sweetwater’s list of the best large diaphragm condenser microphone under 500 dollars is a must-read for anyone doing home recording. LDC mics are especially useful for vocal recording. But they can be used for almost any other type of recording!
See my post Condenser vs Dynamic Microphone: What Is The Difference? for more on the different types of microphones.
Back to my reference to Sweetwater’s list. they compiled a list of 9 LDC mics that they consider to be the best ones in the price range of “under $500.” Here are the mics they picked:
- AKG C214
- Blue Microphones Bluebird SL
- Lauten Audio LA-320
- Miktek MK300
- Mojave Audio MA-50
- RODE NT1-A Anniversary Pack
- sE Electronics X1 S
- Avantone Pro CV-12
- Audio-Technica AT4033/CL
I can’t really comment on many of these because I haven’t used any of them :-P. That’s how many different kinds of JUST LDC mics there are out there to choose from.
I do have a lot of experience with the Rode NT2-A, which has is usually lauded as better than its little brother on the list, the NT1-A. And the NT2-A is also under $500. So I don’t know what’s going on there.
You can find out more details about each of these mics from the Sweetwater article below:
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/best-large-diaphragm-condensers-under-500/?utm_source=insync&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170812
Everything You Need To Start Your iOS Studio
Planning to start your own iOS studio? Now there are quite a few things needed to create a studio and each might have specific tools and needs. MusicTech Magazine recently came up with a series Beginners Guide, where they create a specific starter pack for every music enthusiast, engineer or producer. Let’s take a look inside their iOS studio starter pack.
Here are your essentials for your studio:
Headphones – For on the go, mobile music making you would rather prefer headphones than a monitor.
Microphones – Record directly into your device directly, there are quite a few available to choose from.
Read full list here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/08/buyers-guide-ios-studio/
Sound Design Tutorial By Point Blank
Point Blank recently released its new tutorial video in line with its courses offered that includes the comprehensive BA (Hons) Music Production and Sound Engineering degree, also available online. This tutorial gives you a preview of the depth of this course and other things offered by Point Blank.
In this tutorial developer and instructor, Chris Carter gives out a few tips and techniques for sound design. In this video, Chris discusses in particular Reaktor by Native Instrument and how you can use it as an effect plugin. Using different effects such as reverb and delay Chris shows us chain Reaktor effects.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2017/07/point-blank-reaktor-as-a-plugin/