TrueThomas wrote on Sun, 22 August 2010 12:22 |
as a general purpose mic, mostly used for close micing fairly bright acoustic instruments. |
Eric H. wrote on Sun, 22 August 2010 17:06 |
I use the U89 very often at my day job. I would say that it is very different than a C414. First, it is a small diaphragm, unlike the C414. |
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I use the U89 primarily because of its hypocardio pattern and also because it is great on bright instruments (violin soloist with aggressive sound, or harpsichord) playing in not very good room. |
Geoff Emerick de Fake wrote on Mon, 23 August 2010 07:45 |
Are you sure? The mic body is smaller than a U87, but the capsule seems to be the same size. But the significant difference is that the 89 is an edge-terminated capsule, whence the 87 is center-terminated. |
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(...) but i would use them in the Hypo-cardioid pattern, and not hyper-cardio. |
MI wrote on Mon, 23 August 2010 08:32 | ||
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and a totally different design. |
dbock wrote on Wed, 25 August 2010 23:16 |
Theoretically, that mid sized capsule has some ideal compromises. I wonder if anyone has tried it with either a simple fet amp (a la u87) or tube amp, as it seems to have only been implemented in "high parts count" amps (that rarely receive the love the simpler amps get) so far.....? |
Diocletian wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 06:28 |
I recall a Gotham Audio ad for the U89 in REP exclaiming "Remember the M49?" Is that the sound Neumann was searching for |
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Diocletian wrote on Thu, 26 August 2010 06:28 I recall a Gotham Audio ad for the U89 in REP exclaiming "Remember the M49?" Is that the sound Neumann was searching for In that case, Neumann would have used a K49. I think that the K89 is more neutral than the K49. |
dbock wrote on Wed, 25 August 2010 23:16 |
Theoretically, that mid sized capsule has some ideal compromises. I wonder if anyone has tried it with either a simple fet amp (a la u87) or tube amp |