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post #1 of 42
7/22/09 at 2:15am
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YouTube - "Hello" demo at Ramseur Records HQ

I found this video on youtube of a good little carolina based folk group that has some videos recorded with the Grado Holo Mic (as I've named it). The spatial cues are insane on this video. The mic SOUNDS SO UNBELIEVABLY GOOD, even with youtube quality, and koss ksc75s. I can't wait for this thing to become an industry standard. I just wonder how big a file would be, based on the fact that there is a lot more information than on a regular record (I would assume).
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post #2 of 42
7/22/09 at 2:43am
Sounds great! So, everything is recorded from that one mic? That's crazy!

I ran and grabbed my SR225 just for this.
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post #3 of 42
7/22/09 at 2:44am
Why would the choice of microphone used create a bigger file? Wouldn't the size of the file depend on the digital encoding and compression methods used? It still ultimately ends up as a stereo track at the end, right? I admit I know nothing about this mic, other than that recording sounded good!
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post #4 of 42
7/22/09 at 4:08am
Sounds great through my Portpros. Vivid spatial placement of instruments; when the electric guitar enters at about 1:05, the effect is almost startling. Instruments are stable in space; electric guit and violin stay where they're supposed to be, even when blending with the ensemble.

So what's up with this mic? I coudn't find any mention of it on the Grado Labs site. Are they aiming it at the pro market only?

Obviously it's a single-point stereo design; is it similar to the classic Neumann's, I wonder?

Another Head-hi thread here, with links to pics, but not too much additional info.
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post #5 of 42
7/22/09 at 4:23am
Sound quality is mediocre, but it does show the great potential this mic can have! Nice song as well.
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post #6 of 42
7/22/09 at 4:39am
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Originally Posted by TheMarchingMule View Post
Sound quality is mediocre...
That's a Youtube limitation, I would think. But the stereo imaging comes through well, at least.
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post #7 of 42
7/22/09 at 4:40am
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That's a Youtube limitation, I wuld think. But the stereo imaging comes through well, at least.
Indeed, I was kind of stating the obvious with my first comment.
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post #8 of 42
7/22/09 at 5:25am
mmmmm… wonderful

Here's another one. Also not the best best quality, but the imaging is beautiful, and so is the song.

Ramseur Records on Vimeo
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post #9 of 42
7/22/09 at 6:14am
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Originally Posted by limpidglitch View Post
mmmmm… wonderful

Here's another one. Also not the best best quality, but the imaging is beautiful, and so is the song.

Ramseur Records on Vimeo
Also very nice. The singer has a pretty voice.

Both of these examples feature music with significant acoustic content and musicians who are sensitive to dynamics. I wonder how this mic would do with loud electric/electronic music where dynamics are mostly absent (unless you count very loud and even louder) and where spatial cues are pretty much artificially applied at the mixing desk.
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post #10 of 42
7/22/09 at 6:26am
Very nice, thanks for sharing.
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post #11 of 42
7/22/09 at 7:55am
Sounds great.
Sound quality is not all that (low bitrate), but you can clearly hear the spacious sound stage. The band seems to have some potential as well.
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post #12 of 42
7/22/09 at 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by DrBenway View Post
Also very nice. The singer has a pretty voice.

Both of these examples feature music with significant acoustic content and musicians who are sensitive to dynamics. I wonder how this mic would do with loud electric/electronic music where dynamics are mostly absent (unless you count very loud and even louder) and where spatial cues are pretty much artificially applied at the mixing desk.
Some of the pictures show them using it in a set of hanging mics in a concert hall. For that application I wouldn't think it would matter if it was acoustic or electronic. In the studio, I agree - I don't see the advantage for recording electronic instrument tracks - but I don't think that's the intended application.
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post #13 of 42
7/22/09 at 12:36pm
are there better quality tracks of this? sounds pretty nice.

It seems one microphone captures the stereo sound. I'm sure there are more of those. What makes this microphone special/better/different? And how would it compare to a binaural recording?
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post #14 of 42
7/22/09 at 1:03pm
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This is a new type of microphone invented by Mr. Grado himself that records sounds all around, instead of being directional like most microphones. It is also much higher resolution wise. I was at the NC meet a while back and Joe Grado was there and gave a demo of the mic, and a Q and A session. I don't remember the exact specifications but he used the analogy that regular mics would record in say standard definition, but with his microphone it would be more akin to super high definition. Also one of the things that makes this mic sound so good is that it records all of the reflected sound in the room which give all of the sound a more accurate representation and more solidity/body. The reason I ask how big the files are is because I would assume that the records would have more information due to the higher resolution. Like a lossless sacd file would be bigger than a regular cd file. This may not be entirely accurate, but It's what I got from his speech.

Also just got my pair of westone um3xs. WOOT WOOT.
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post #15 of 42
7/22/09 at 1:09pm
MORE PLEASE. That's just incredible.
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