wstratton
Active member
Hi all,
I have a couple of MK-012 microphones (not a matched pair). These ones are sort of odd--I bought both from Microphone Boutique, and they look more like the "Oktamic" microphones that you can buy on Reverb--different logo, et cetera. Not sure if Oktava's Tula site has split production in two, or what. Both have a considerable amount of self-noise, a static sort of hiss beyond what I would consider acceptable for any microphone--definitely too much for recording acoustic stringed instruments. I've tried dehumidifying the capsules to see if that was the problem, but it didn't change or lessen the noise. I've tried reheating most of the solder joints, and that didn't do the trick either. What is weird to me is that they both have the noise and that the noise is basically the same in both microphones. I'm attaching some photos I took of the internals of one mic--one photo here, one in the next post. Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions?
Best,
Will
I have a couple of MK-012 microphones (not a matched pair). These ones are sort of odd--I bought both from Microphone Boutique, and they look more like the "Oktamic" microphones that you can buy on Reverb--different logo, et cetera. Not sure if Oktava's Tula site has split production in two, or what. Both have a considerable amount of self-noise, a static sort of hiss beyond what I would consider acceptable for any microphone--definitely too much for recording acoustic stringed instruments. I've tried dehumidifying the capsules to see if that was the problem, but it didn't change or lessen the noise. I've tried reheating most of the solder joints, and that didn't do the trick either. What is weird to me is that they both have the noise and that the noise is basically the same in both microphones. I'm attaching some photos I took of the internals of one mic--one photo here, one in the next post. Does anybody have any thoughts or suggestions?
Best,
Will