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WHY WATCHING MICROPHONE SHOOTOUTS ONLINE ARE A BIG WASTE OF TIME!

6/14/2017

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Waste of Time.
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Poor lady wasted her time!
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You guessed it! Waste of time!
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REASONS & VARIABLES WHY MICROPHONE
​SHOOTOUTS ARE WORTHLESS & A BIG PHAT WASTE OF TIME!


1. The acoustical space you are in.  Rooms & Venues vary wildly.  Any engineer with any experience whatsoever will tell you that the space in which the microphone resides will play a BIG part in how the microphone sounds.

2. The Instrument.  Every instrument is going to sound different.  And then mix in the variables in how that instrument behaves with:
a. The musician playing the instrument.  
b. The room
c. The microphone cable (cable type, build, length, etc)
d. The temperature
e. The humidity
f. The build quality
g. The materials the instrument is made of
h. The strings, reeds, drum heads, etc
i. The age of the instrument
...just to name a few

3. The Musician/Vocalist.  Every person sounds totally different.
4. The Temperature.  Yes, temperature can make a huge difference in the sound of whatever the microphone is mic'ing.
5. Humidity.  Take a drumset, and put it in a very dry climate.  Then take that same drumset and put it in a very humid climate.  Humidity makes a big difference in how an instrument sounds.
6. Tuning.  The old music store trick of detuning an acoustic guitar comes to mind.  It'll sound richer.
7. The Amplifier - No two guitar amplifiers will sound the same.
8. The Mic Pre.  Same microphone on 2 different preamps can sound totally different!
9. Microphone Placement.  If you take a microphone and move it an just inch on most sources, there will be a tonal difference.
10. Microphone Impedance and how it behaves with whatever mic pre it's hooked up to.
11.  Cable Length.
12. Speakers.  
Instrument amps vary wildly according to what brand/type of speaker it's running with.

I think you may have the idea now.

**edit, before you get all upset and start freaking out, I clarify my position here.

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    • Transistors
    • Interstage Coupling
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    • Distortion Effects
    • Using an Oscilloscope
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    • Power Amplification
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  • Reverb
  • Good Habits
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