Hi to all,
I'm sorting through my microphones and trying in the process trying to teach my son some microphone applications for recording instruments.
I have a pair of the Peavey PVR I Omni directional condenser microphones which have always worked out fanatic as drum set overheads.
I was wondering if any of you have used this to record other instruments such as acoustic guitar, mandolin, Live music programs as a stereo pair, etc.
Because of their great frequency response it looks like they could have a lot of uses in a small home studio.
Any real life instrument applications that any you have tried them on ,whether getting good or bad results , would be appreciated.
Best regards dadroadie
Link to microphone specs:. https://assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/pvr1.pdf
Peavey PVR 1 applications
Re: Peavey PVR 1 applications
Not specifically. General features of omnis: no proximity effect, so you can get pretty close. This actually helps against feedback with instruments that have low frequency content because at low frequencies you don't get directional characteristics anyway. Anything other than close up will get you a lot of room reverberation, so the idea of putting an omni in the middle of an ensemble will tend to end up dissatisfactory. If you have a hard floor, putting the microphone right next to it will get you something akin to a boundary mic. Building a corner with floor and some case gives you a bit of a bass trap. I don't know how much pressure the PVR1 in particular can take, but because of the lack of proximity effect, putting an omni right before an amp tends to work reasonably well, too.
In general: get close with those.
In general: get close with those.
Re: Peavey PVR 1 applications
Hi dak,,
Thanks for the reply! My hope was to be able to use them to be able to record acoustic guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, and ukuleles. I thought because of the small head size and wide frequency response that they would be good for this application. I have attached thev link to the spec sheet below .
https://assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/pvr1.pdf
Your thoughts on this would be appreciated. It would save me the cost of purchasing a small diaphragm condenser microphone for these applications .
Regards dadroadie.
Thanks for the reply! My hope was to be able to use them to be able to record acoustic guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, and ukuleles. I thought because of the small head size and wide frequency response that they would be good for this application. I have attached thev link to the spec sheet below .
https://assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/pvr1.pdf
Your thoughts on this would be appreciated. It would save me the cost of purchasing a small diaphragm condenser microphone for these applications .
Regards dadroadie.
Re: Peavey PVR 1 applications
Well, they are small diaphragm condenser mics. They will be accurate for recording purposes, but they will pick up a lot of room. So you need a room with little reflections (think carpets and upholstery) or the recording will easily get muddy. The problem with that is to avoid getting a somewhat dull sound either, particularly for the player themselves.
Getting a recording that has some brillancy and not too much playing noise for acoustic guitar is in my experience easier with more directional microphones (I tend to use a hypercardioid but it depends on the individual microphone how the results turn out).
Omnis are in my experience best for close pickup of loud and/or complex sound sources (accordion in my case) and they are indispensible for measuring out equipment and room responses. They are accurate. Sometimes that's what you want, sometimes it may be constraining.
Getting a recording that has some brillancy and not too much playing noise for acoustic guitar is in my experience easier with more directional microphones (I tend to use a hypercardioid but it depends on the individual microphone how the results turn out).
Omnis are in my experience best for close pickup of loud and/or complex sound sources (accordion in my case) and they are indispensible for measuring out equipment and room responses. They are accurate. Sometimes that's what you want, sometimes it may be constraining.