[Trombone-l] MXL 990 Condenser Microphone

[Moran, Doug]

Jim,

For $60 each you can take a chance.  These are Chinese made diaphragms, 
and have some cheap electronics for the in-mike preamp section.  They 
have a fairly significant high end peak from 7k - 9k Hz according to 
the curve on their website.  That peak will give you "air" and other 
unwanted noise from the hall.

  http://www.mxlmics.com/products/900_series/990/990.html

My *guess* is these will not be as good as an Audio-Technica 2020 
(another Chinese diaphram based mic).  Might sound fine on trombone, 
but you will have to experiment with how fair you pull them back from 
you when you play.

I'm not familiar with the Edirol, but I doubt the built in mic pre-amps 
are wonderful.  You might experiment with better pre-amps if you can 
find them.

Doug

On Feb 3, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Jim Hale wrote:

> Anyone use this Mic for recording? I'm thinking about getting a couple 
> to
> use with my Zoom H4 for Concert Recordings and for use with my Edirol
> UA-4fx. How well does it work for recording Trombone?
>
> They're on sale right now but I don't want to get them if they're not 
> going
> to do what I need them to. I have a SMALL Home Recording setup so I 
> don't
> think I need anything massively expensive.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jim Hale