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I have a couple of Oktava MK-012's that i use for my indoor stuff and i really like them for the price. I think they are about $220 each. I've tried a few other low cost condensers, but i always end up coming back to my Oktavas.
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One of the very few mics that are equally good both inside and out is the Sanken CS3 - it looks like a shotgun but actually gets its directionality from a different physical principle than interference-tube mics. The downside is it's well out of your budget and would set you back about $1700. You really should give some thought to renting the appropriate gear. |
Referred to by some as the poor-man's Schoeps, the Oktava's, at least some of them, (Russian quality control issues & Chinese knockoffs) are quite nice sounding. The drawbacks are excessive handing noise, even with best shock mounts, and the slightest movement in air will create LF wind noise, so a foam windscreen will be necessary even indoors in most instances. I use mine for stationary boom mounted interviews only.
Very nice for drum overheads as well as acoustic guitar and choirs. Sounds very similar to KM-83/84s IMO. I would recommend getting them from 'The Sound Room', who hand-picks them, tweaks, documents, and matches stereo pairs. Well worth the extra $100 per mic or so.. Or do you feel lucky? PS- I am in no way associated with "The Sound Room" except by location proximity only. |
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