I find the Pro37R unable to take the high levels of a snare. And it doesn't distort in an acceptable manner. YMMV of course.

Beyer 201 is nice, Audix I5 on a budget.

Earthworks mics are very "fast".

Chris

Those Oktava MC012s are really pretty good on things commonly recorded by home recordists.

Acoustic Guitar
Drum Overheads
Various Percussion
Other acoustic stringed instruments
ORTF techniques

I still pick them for acoustic guitar over other more pricey mics quite a bit. YMMV.

Also ...

Good info Chris. Thanks for posting that link.

I agree that this external clock thing is huge marketing hype.

I also think that, for better or worse, these jitter changes are mostly going to be inconsequential. Not that they won't be noticeable; just not the difference between a good recording ...

IMHO, the RNC is surprisingly good on electric guitar. We have many far more expensive compressors, but for a little smoothing of a guitar track, the RNC does a nice job. Since electric guitar is already so smashed anyways, I rarely run a compressor unless the track needs it for one reason or ...

Chris,

Thanks for that link. Very interesting information.

I think I need to do some jitter measurements now.

Bob

The biggest issue that I see is that performance when clocked externally is quite dependent on the quality of the PLL design in the original device. If the original device had a ...

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bob

Interesting. I have little high end SR experience and don't know much about these mics. What else is it useful for, other than live vocals?

Chris

In response to the first paragraph, yes. I'm guessing the M-Audio intgernal clock is of medium quality. Not awful by any means, but it could be improved. A high quality external clock will reduce jitter. you mileage may vary. If you know of someone with a device with a known good clock, see if you ...

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