I bought the standard version, and still hesitate to update to the full one... just for the ribbon mics. There is a small demo in the last walkthru video, but would it be possible to have an A/B comparaison audio file of the close mics with the same song!? Thanks a lot!
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Close mics A/B comparaison
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Hello,
I rendered a few days ago a short piece (all staccato playing) from a midi file and covered almost all the mics.
All the recordings are without any eq. The only differences from default are: Dynamic 80, Body 40%. The last one gives a little more bass to the tone.Close1
Close2
Mid1
Mid2
Main
Surround
High
High-SurHope this helps.
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If I may chime in (without a demo), I find the true value of close-mic 2 is not just how great it sounds on its own, but also how it combines to work with close-mic 1, which really accentuates the spatial depth and its "presence" (please refer to the attached screencap, a "Player" preset with the surround-to-stereo mixdown).
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If I may chime in (without a demo), I find the true value of close-mic 2 is not just how great it sounds on its own, but also how it combine to work with close-mic 1, which really accentuates the spatial depth and its "presence" (please refer to the attached screencap, a "Player" preset with the surround-to-stereo mixdown).
Absolutely. The combination really works well for me too.
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Just a note: Close 1 are Schoeps MK 4 cardioids, that is a well-known small diaphragm condenser mic in orchestral recording; on the other side Close 2 are Royer Labs SF-24, that is a ribbon mic. The rich sound of the latter is the natural being of ribbons for orchestral music :)
Moreover, Close1 is an ORTF config of cardioids close to hammers, so result is quite dry; Close 2 is a Blumlein pair (SF-24 is a figure 8), so it catch some of the room sound.
Personally, I love ribbons...