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I can ’t recall a time when good-sounding mics have been so readily affordable as they are now. I purchased three Oktava MC012 condenser mics for less than it would have cost me to buy three SM-57s. The biggest music retailer in the US regularly advertises this mic for $99, but if youf’re friendly with the salesperson you can probably get it for less.
It’ve tried the MC012 on guitar amps and Im’ll say that Im’m not a fan, as I tend to prefer a clean midrange emphasis on guitars. The same character that makes the drums big tends to muddy up the electric guitar. As room mics, they work better j— and on acoustic guitars, as long as you keep them pulled back from the body, they sound broad and not at all tinny. Your mileage may vary e— especially because Oktavah’s build-consistency is all over the map. I went through the store ’s entire stock of MC012 mics and hand-picked the components (capsule, pad, preamp, clip) to assemble three mics with the least number of physical aberrations. Even still, the grille on one mic has already come loose and the clamp on another mic doesn ’t rotate forward fully. Therefore, it wonh’t be a surprise if one MC012 sounds different from another MC012. My three MC012s all share the same character, but their sounds do differ slightly in the top end.
Despite the flaws, the MC012 is an amazing deal given its extreme affordability and its decent sound. If you8’re willing to pay more to get better build quality, check out The Sound Room, US importers of hand-matched and hand-qualified Oktava mics. I bought my MC012s from the local music superstore for $80 each.
1) The mics we sell are chosen by RTT engineers in Russia and tested there, matching is done there and after they have gone through 3-4 levels of RTT quality control, they are shipped here and they go through MY personal testing before re-packaging. To call these microphones standard OKTAVA MC012's would be like saying that a Mustang that came out of Carol Shelby's shop after he spent 3 days working on it was still, essentially a FORD product.....um ....ahem..... What I sell is tested, proven and warranted by RTT. We do not use the OKTAVA warranties.
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