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mode. Unlike many other budget mics, its top end will not have you wanting to gouge out your tweeters with an ice pick to curb the cymbal harshness. On hand percussion such as conga or djembe, the 2 kHz bump makes the drums sound a bit too honky, but as you move up the sonic percussion scale to higher-toned instruments such as tabla and doumbek it’s quite nice and the instruments sit very naturally in a mix. For similar reasons it is a real winner if you want to capture the upper forwardness of strummed steel-string acoustic guitar. I am not usually a fan of LDC microphones on guitar cabinet, and the 820 did not change that, especially on distorted modern rock where it was just too aggressive for my taste. Here I found a fatter mic such as the Horizon or an airier mic like the AR-51 to be a better choice.

On vocals the 820 was neutral and clear. Its midrange bump will either work well to lift timid singers out of the mix, or it may be a tad too much for others—this is not the mic for overly nasal voices. It worked very well for crisp sounding choirs (spaced pair) and small group backing vocals (figure-8). Final perceptions Bottom line, the AKG 820 is a real solid contender. At $600 average street price it may not be an instant gimmme for some, but when you consider that it holds its own

with similar mics in the $1000–$1200 range, it is more than a good deal. For me, the Perception 820 joins a class of microphones such as Shure’s KSM line and Audio Technica’s 40 Series. Not in aping their sound, but by offering a bulletproof, utilitarian workhorse mic that, with the right placement, correct pattern choice and a touch of eq, should work well on just about anything. This is the type of utility microphone every studio could do well to have, and the more I use it the more I like it; better yet, get a pair...

Price: $849 • More from: AKG, www.akgusa.com. Paul Vnuk Jr. (vnuk@recordingmag.com) is a recording engineer, musician, producer, and sound designer, living and working in the Milwaukee area. His latest project is Continental Drift, a cinematic world-music sample library for Sony Creative Software. Learn more about Paul’s sonic exploits at www.majale.com. Frequency response and polar pattern diagrams courtesy AKG.


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Contents
Talkback
Fast Forward
Cakewalk V-Studio 20
Abbey Road Sessions—Good Reasons To Be Prepared
AKG Perception 820 Tube Microphone
A Basement Conversion—The Borla/Mouse Basement Studio
DAW Details
SM Pro Audio P-Control, DiDock, and CT-3
Green Glue
Alesis PalmTrack
It’s Your Music—Know Your Rights. Chapter 7: Income Earned By Songs—Part 2
Reviewed and Revisited
Plug-In Outlet
Do It Yourself: Rack Panels For Under Four Dollars
Cockos REAPER—A Walking Tour
Recording’s Showcase of Sounds
Readers' Tapes
Advertiser Index
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Recording - October 2010 - Fade In
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Recording - October 2010 - Contents
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Recording - October 2010 - Talkback
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Recording - October 2010 - Fast Forward
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Recording - October 2010 - Cakewalk V-Studio 20
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Recording - October 2010 - Abbey Road Sessions—Good Reasons To Be Prepared
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Recording - October 2010 - AKG Perception 820 Tube Microphone
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Recording - October 2010 - A Basement Conversion—The Borla/Mouse Basement Studio
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Recording - October 2010 - DAW Details
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Recording - October 2010 - SM Pro Audio P-Control, DiDock, and CT-3
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Recording - October 2010 - Green Glue
Recording - October 2010 - 35
Recording - October 2010 - Alesis PalmTrack
Recording - October 2010 - 37
Recording - October 2010 - It’s Your Music—Know Your Rights. Chapter 7: Income Earned By Songs—Part 2
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Recording - October 2010 - Reviewed and Revisited
Recording - October 2010 - 43
Recording - October 2010 - Plug-In Outlet
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Recording - October 2010 - Do It Yourself: Rack Panels For Under Four Dollars
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Recording - October 2010 - Cockos REAPER—A Walking Tour
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Recording - October 2010 - Recording’s Showcase of Sounds
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Recording - October 2010 - Readers' Tapes
Recording - October 2010 - Advertiser Index
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