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Assessment of the Cascade X-15 Stereo Ribbon Microphone – Salt Lake City Recording Studio Review
Recently, I do not be great with the electric guitar I reward satisfied. My recording studio, Studio 5.1 Salt Lake City, has specifically oriented soundtracks. Heavy distorted guitars, rap music are the things that I have received, but not because I strongly felt that kind. For this reason, I feel it is necessary some improvements in these areas. Even if is not terrible, its lack of aggressiveness, but not abrasive, smooth, viscous, and open it without looking at high frequencies Hype sound I heard in other recordings. I used a Royer R-121 to a Hammond B-3 record to Chantelle Riches jazz pop album April Fools have fallen and how it sounded. In fact, it was perfect. I fell in love with ribbon microphones from there, maybe not to all sources, but surely the most.
However, Royer is a bit out of my price range yet. After exploring other alternatives such as the Peak Blue, the new Shure Tape (not less than the Royer), and some lower cost alternatives such as Cascade, I decided it was time for a ribbon microphone. But what applications, and at what price, and what would I have a microphone?
After attending Cascade microphone and the site is often in stereo, I checked the X-15 option. Although the site claims the X-15 would be good for micing guitar I have not found anyone on the Internet, microphones were used in this way. Most of the use, demo'd on the site had been for horns and acoustic guitar samples. When I saw the samples Disney jazz band they have on their part I was immediately sold for this application. In fact, I'm not sure what to do themselves to improve. I thought for $ 399 with the transformer action was paid for this microphone to record the horn. But I do not have much to do with horns now there was no immediate need for it.
After the experiment, the X-15 on acoustic guitar, I felt it was good for the tone is one of the sources that would be a good high-gain pre-amplifier is needed. I had my S-20 Trident turn up the volume and still not what I wanted, but I had some predictable pre-amp to a secondary effect. However, the sound was really good. It reminded me who sings with the right pre-amp this microphone!
Then I tried on a clean electric guitar. I have my Supro S6625 100 watt tube head through my house 2 x 12 cab with Celestion Vintage 30's. The guitarist has played taken on a Fender Jaguar and I loved the clean sounds that the microphone. And almost perfect in my opinion. It was exactly what should be the tone and should have been and sit just right in the mix without additional EQ.
Distorted electric Gguitar story was slightly different. While Cascade x-15 looks good, it still lacks something. I think I'll put it on my pre-amp to blame at this stage and not the microphone, but it was still the microphone to some extent. The reason is that the sounds are fairly close to what I heard from him, but amplifiers, wanted some of hard features I do not start to come across a few. In addition, there is a presence to miss this microphone, if it appears to be used on electric guitars. I was open to the experience with other recordings, seemed to be lacking. Maybe I need play with the positioning a little more and with different booths and sales. But beyond driving and sounds of vintage and modern heavy distortion, the kind filled environment sounds that we hear so much in today's recordings … It just was not there for me. might be with the right pre-amp this can be corrected. Time and experimentation will tell.
On the drums I was surprised how much I loved him. I put the mic about 4-5 feet in front of the rack Tons of these objectives are intended to drum and lifted it just the right amount of atmosphere and drum sound. The bass drum is a very nice stamp on the sound. I think that is a part of my drum micing on. I still use overhead (Digging up the battery is my favorite) I like it, although I find myself not to use it because the sounds, after the fact, that if need can be mixed.
Overall, the X-15 is the registration of some of my clients and in 85% claims satisfaction I used, the microphone was amazing. Although I hate that expression, for the price, I am very pleased with the Cascade X-15. The microphone is now one my first trip to the microphones on. I can not wait to try with choirs and other organic instruments into a sound honest. To take ensure that, to use on anything other than drums or amplified instruments, you want a preamp with some good headroom they have.
About the Author
Nick Galieti is the owner, engineer and producer at Studio 5.1, a recording studio in Salt Lake City, UT. Specializing in acoustic, indie, LDS, jazz, and pop music recording.
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