As I have mentioned before in a previous post (Fake Russian Microphones, Oh My!) I have a pair of Oktava 319 large diaphram condensers. I have corresponded with Michael Joly about getting these modified.  Michael does some modifications to the microphones electronics and the actual body of the microphone.  He has run some test and [...]

Holy crap! Soma Studios is selling their Neotek. If you don’t know who/what that is… they are a very influential studio out of Chicago. They main engineer / producer is a fellow named John McEntire. He also happens to play drums in a band called Tortise and has produced countless albums I listen to.Infact, I [...]

I have read about this phenomenon recently and came across this interesting article: http://www.oktavamod.com/fake319.html I have a pair of 319′s, but I bought them a while ago so I think I’m safe. I’ll have to check this coming weekend. On a side note, the Oktava mods offered on this site look very interesting. I have [...]

The singer / songwriter I was recording last night had a tendency to tap his foot very loudly, or hit the mic stand with his guitar or body. The end result of which there was some nasty noises on the takes caused by the microphone being given short, sharp shocks. Overall the performer was really [...]

Here is an helpful / interesting thread on the tapeop.com message board. It’s pictures of diffrent peoples miking techniques for the drums. http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?t=31237 As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.