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Chris Moore

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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #30 on: April 13, 2008, 06:50:57 PM »

Is this a tube or FET mic? (or released both ways like the SM69?)
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #31 on: April 13, 2008, 11:35:24 PM »

No longer in manufacture and made in very small numbers, the QM69 is a fet design.
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #32 on: April 16, 2008, 06:20:49 PM »

Another QM69 picture...

index.php/fa/8541/0/

- Daniel Courville
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #33 on: April 16, 2008, 06:22:30 PM »

The other side.

index.php/fa/8542/0/

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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #34 on: June 14, 2008, 03:56:02 AM »

The broadcaster I work for bought many SM69s in the 1970s..the non fet and fet variety..(the versions with the pattern selectors on the body..and the versions with the patterns on the remote box)...
they were often used for radio drama recordings ..the actors would be placed in an arc around them...

I record mostly jazz now and often use them for double bass..they have a 'tight' bottom end which I find works really well when micing close..and the two capsules can be angled for different emphasis (fingerboard and towards f hole)..can then blend these as desired..and no phase issues...I've also used them
to stereo mic nylon guitar and get a wider image as long as the player isn't too aggressive...
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Martin Kantola

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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #35 on: June 14, 2008, 06:39:09 AM »

MagnetoSound wrote on Fri, 11 April 2008 23:50

The more I look at it, the more likely it seems that someone will try to do this ....




Yes, here it is as a proto, guts exposed. But look at the size of this monster. On the other hand, it does surround too, not only stereo.


http://www.nu47.com/samples/megamike.jpg


Martin
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Chris Moore

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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #36 on: June 14, 2008, 01:04:50 PM »

six tubes?? wow.
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #37 on: June 14, 2008, 01:24:22 PM »

Oh yes. That's a V6 alright... Could be a world record, has a total power consumption of 25 watts...! Let me know if anybody's interested in hearing it, have some sample recordings somewhere I can dig up.

Martin
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #38 on: June 14, 2008, 03:42:29 PM »

OMG!

I'd love to hear files from this mic, tho stereo would have to suffice: I don't have surround monitoring setup here...

Looks cool Martin - must get pretty hot with all those tubes and the fairly high voltage!?!

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N. Jay Burr
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #39 on: June 14, 2008, 05:19:34 PM »

OK, here you go, some of you might have heard these already:

http://www.nu47.com/samples/orchestra.mp3
http://www.nu47.com/samples/quartet.mp3

These files are the dry mike signal only, no EQ or reverb added.

PlugHead wrote on Sat, 14 June 2008 20:42

Looks cool Martin - must get pretty hot with all those tubes and the fairly high voltage!?!


Did a special casing for it to let the heat out better. It was a challenge to build with all those amps for the heaters, yes. But fun too!

Martin


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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #40 on: June 15, 2008, 12:05:21 PM »

Wow: very, very nice sounding recordings - full bodied sound, no stridency, or hype.

If I may ask - where was the mic positioned for both sessions? For orchestra, I'd assume conductor's position up 10-15 feet?

thx,

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Martin Kantola

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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #41 on: June 15, 2008, 01:38:14 PM »

Thanks for listening and for the kind words. Not too bad for just ONE mike, is it? Just imagine what I could do with a dozen of these monstermikes, or maybe not... Smile

Seriously, there is clearly something special about 100% coincident recording techniques such as Blumlein, even if it's not the best solution for everything.

As for the placement in the orchestra recording, the microphone was in fact in the audience, perhaps 4th row. Pretty decent resolution IMHO.

Martin
PS. My sincere apologies for leading this thread astray from it's original subject. Should have started a new one, but I got so inspired by the clever photoshopping...
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #42 on: June 16, 2008, 06:55:12 AM »

I hate to ask an off topic question here, but I'm just so curious: Martin, what are the capsules you used in your Monstermic??

Markus
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #43 on: June 16, 2008, 07:46:53 AM »

I use to use the tube 69 for choir recording back in S.F.  A great mic to capture both performance and room.

I know it's a sin to place this mic in a Neumann thread but here is my prototype "Radio Institute at Popov" stereo Russian tube microphone made back in 1970...

index.php/fa/9177/0/
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Re: Neumann SM69 FET users?
« Reply #44 on: June 16, 2008, 10:44:01 AM »

Markus Sauschlager wrote on Mon, 16 June 2008 11:55

I hate to ask an off topic question here, but I'm just so curious: Martin, what are the capsules you used in your Monstermic??

Markus


Hi Markus,

those are Neumann K89 capsules.

Martin
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