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MDV

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Dear lord the MD421 is a good mic!
« on: September 19, 2007, 09:45:33 PM »
Got one the other day.

The tone I've been trying to drag kicking and screaming out of a 57 and an audix i5 just fell out of it with no effort. Tight, punhcy lows, smooth mids (but not too smooht, like black album smooth, just not rough like I find the 57 and i5 to be), clear sharp and totally un-harsh highs.

If you play metal, buy one. Now. (hint: they're 220 quid at dolphin now, hence me getting it).

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Dear lord the MD421 is a good mic!
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2007, 11:30:57 PM »
My mate has an OLD one of those that he swears by for mic'ing guitar cabs.  I've never really thought of buying one in the past as I always thought of them as drum mics (they're very popular for micing toms).

Will have to check 'em out when I get back playing again.

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Re: Dear lord the MD421 is a good mic!
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2007, 05:05:40 AM »
Quote from: MDV
Got one the other day.

The tone I've been trying to drag kicking and screaming out of a 57 and an audix i5 just fell out of it with no effort. Tight, punhcy lows, smooth mids (but not too smooht, like black album smooth, just not rough like I find the 57 and i5 to be), clear sharp and totally un-harsh highs.

If you play metal, buy one. Now. (hint: they're 220 quid at dolphin now, hence me getting it).


That is wicked expensive, they are 55 quid less in the states.
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JamesHealey

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Dear lord the MD421 is a good mic!
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2007, 11:27:43 AM »
Stereo mic'ing with the SM57/MD421 is supposed to yield great results.

This is what im going to be doing soon, i've only got a cheap SM57 Clone at the moment but im slowly building up my recording gear, need some Powered Monitors also.

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Dear lord the MD421 is a good mic!
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2007, 02:47:09 PM »
On our most recent promo, we used 3 mics on the guitar cabs, a 57, a C414, and a 421. The 421 is a wonderful mic, great for guitar tracking!

Davey

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Dear lord the MD421 is a good mic!
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2007, 03:41:40 PM »
i'm trying forever to trade the gear i got for one :P