ProAudio Review - February 2009 - (Page 31)

Product Points Hand-assembled, hand-tested, and artificially aged Quality sound and versatile feature sets Wooden storage box and shockclip provided Minimal owner’s manual No left/right designation on stereo mic’s output No windscreens provided Fast Facts Applications Studio, project studio, live Key Features Four distinct condenser microphone models with machined brass body and tapered handle; Class-A transformerless output; “ultra-thin” goldsputtered polyethyleneterephtalate [Doesn’t need a “/” because it’s two words, one substance.] film diaphragm; an elastic suspension for the capsule(s); three stages of metal windscreen; wooden storage box and microphone clip Price $1,795, $1,295, $1,395, $1,595 list, respectively (MC48, MC51, MC404, MC416) Contact FDW-Worldwide (American distributor) | 608-227-2040 | www.nevaton-microphones.com The Nevaton MC Series is comprised of reliable, consistent performers with unique and special sonic characteristics. Score but the day of their arrival coincided with an overdub of some shimmering, clean, chorused guitar. My studio’s Roland Jazz Chorus 70 guitar amp has the quintessential chorus sound, but all I had was the stereo MC404; the MC48 hadn’t arrived yet and my trusty AKG C422 -basically a stereo C414 - had recently died. With its extreme 180 degrees of separation very much in mind, I - positioned the 404 with it and the centers of the two speakers forming an equilateral triangle. I feared I might get a hollow center or excessive stereo imaging, so imagine my surprise at finding a sufficiently strong middle, super width, detailed and fluid imaging (gotta love that RJC chorusing), and absolutely no EQ required! (OK, I added a HPF.) In the mix, this wide and spacious sound was lively and animated, but caressed the lead vocal nestled in the middle - not my usual stereo-chorus-guitar sound for sure, but it was simply gorgeous! I soon got to work with the MC416 and found it capable of typical vocal and electric guitar tasks. I found the 416 to be http://www.nevaton-microphones.com http://www.essentialsound.com

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ProAudio Review - February 2009 Contents From Razor Slice To Mouse Click Hot Gear At Winter NAMM ’09: Studio Prioritizing Good Acoustics In Tough Times Digidesign Pro Tools 8 Allen & Heath ZED-R16 Analog Mixing Console Mike Rivers Nevaton MC Series Studio Condenser Microphones FMR Audio Really Nice Series Pre-Amp and Dynamics Modules Mojave Audio MA-201 FET Condenser Microphone Genelec 6010A and 5040A Powered Loudspeaker and Subwoofer Massey Plug-Ins De:Esser Hot Gear At Winter NAMM ’09: Live White Space Regulation: What It Means To Us Recording Live Sound Summit Church in Fort Myers, Florida Bag End P-Crystal R Loudspeaker Mark Olson & Gary Louris’ “Turn Your Pretty Name Around”

ProAudio Review - February 2009

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