Up and down sides to both in my experience. I find the low frets on my Gibson tend to encourage me to slide more in my playing, e.g instead of doing a hammer-on/off i'd slide up or down to the note. Also, it just feels more "slick" moving up and down the neck as you hardly notice the frets...

I have very low actions on my guitars, so there's no over or under for me; all the strings just get pushed sideways next to each other. Same for me... I actually have incredibly low frets (like paper matches from a matchbook laid across the finger board is one apt description I saw somewhere). It's...

Various mic setups can be successful for narration. Recently I've been using a DPA 2006C omni mic in upright position. it's covered by a heavy blanket on a higher stand, so no room sound at all, and I'm very close to the mic. https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZkavEXZk8RkrYROVXF92QHN7IMT9SwWi...

I am glad you have found a solution RionZ but would like to point out that the M99 is hardly a 'typical' dynamic microphone? It is actually designed to mimic to some degree the characteristics of capacitor mics it is also a hypercardiod whereas most dynamics are just cardiod. I cannot find a price ...

Ok so here goes... gulp... It turns out my "rode" cable had fallen onto a small DC power supply behind my desk! My apologies to all... However... I did learn something interesting about shielding/grounding, my thanks for that. It turns out both cables are electrically continuous between pi...

MOF wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:56 pm The reason I asked why you’d changed microphones is because Dynamic v Condenser for voiceovers was discussed in this thread

https://www.soundonsound.com/forum/view ... hp?t=79653

Thanks for the link.. interesting thread. Have added my 2 cents' worth

Just to say... I was using a Rode NT1a for audiobook narration for about a couple of years, before switching to a Beyerdynamic M99. I also had the same debate (with myself!) about whether or not it would/should pick up less extraneous noise, however there was another factor in my decision to go dyna...

I didn't really mean to malign Rode as a company! As far as the Rode NT1a goes, it's a fantastic mic at that price point. And, given the price, I wouldn't expect a top-notch cable to be thrown in to the bundle. Furthermore, I should point out that as far as the NT1a mic is concerned, there was no au...

recently I switched from a Rode NT1a condenser to a Beyerdynamic M99 dynamic mic Why have you changed microphones, has the NT1a gone to microphone heaven? No the NT1a is still good! I decided to change to a dynamic specifically for audio voiceover narration work - the dynamic picks up less extraneo...

Thanks Hugh for a very informative reply, Not too sure about the internal "lay length" of each cable - hard to tell without dissecting them. As for chassis ground to pin 1, I can confirm both cables are wired that way. The equipment is a Focusrite Forte. Again, I haven't dismantled the int...

Actually I'm going to qualify what I said about Stageline cables... the ones I have were bought about 15 - 20 years ago as far as I can remember!

Whether or not they're still decent... I guess I'll find out next time I need to buy some cables

Hey folks... made interesting discovery this evening. I do a lot of spoken word recording, which ends up getting anywhere from 6 to 12db added in post production, and so am acutely aware of any background hiss or line noise now matter how small. Just recently I switched from a Rode NT1a condenser to...