A couple of Danish producers/engineers, among them Mr. Allan Bregnedahl and Torsten Matthiessen, got together this summer and tested as many microphones as they could get their hands on. A very interesting test, and I thought I would link to it here. It's in Danish, so I will just translate the introduction:

"The Great Microphone Test Vol. 2

I was watching Alice in Chains Unplugged last night and during the song Frogs, Layne Staley uses some type of microphone that seems to utilize a smaller bandwidth to get a really cool effected sound. It looked silver.

Does anyone know what type of mic he is using? I would love to use one live.

Thanks for any info.

Jeremy

with all this talk of preamps i came acrosed this and was wandering if any one has used one or if they are any good?

Phonic - T8100 Tube Microphone Preamp

I don't know if this link has ever been posted here... but if your like to listen to a huge serie of microfone tests this is the place to go:
http://testing.holmerup.biz/mic_pretest/index_en.html

Hi,

does someone know source for DIY tube microphone cable (Mogami, Canare ...) and for Switchcraft
connectors QG5M and QG7M (output male insert for microphone). What kind of cables you people using
for DIY mics ?

Is the Neumann m149 the best vocal studio microphone, in the world ?

what is or opinion ?

thanks

Does anyone else here get Audio Media? I just picked mine up at the post office and I was surprised when a CD rom slipped out of the plastic bag it was mailed in this month. I took a look at it and on it was printed Rycote microphone data 2003 Light Edition. hmmmm?

Hi there,
My AKG C3000 microphone is picking up a lot of
noise in form of buzz/humming all of a sudden.
And when I touch the body of the microphone, the
noise volume increases. I even isolated my
microphone from my setup chain and connected it
directly to my mixer as a single source and it
didn't make any difference!

I'm looking to add a new microphone to my studio and would appreciate any recommendations on those that people feel sound especially good for voice-overs. These would be used for commercials, industrials, multimedia and documentaries. Thanks!

Ok, it's a given that nothing is like my 65 Jazz Bass, or my 77 Music Man. But the fact is, there are other basses that are in the ball park of these, and though the feel and sound is not exactly the same, there are at least some instruments that are similar.

So, with all these new LD condensor mics out there, is there something that is in the ball park of -