Micspotting - the “do you recognize this mic?” thread

[rock soderstrom]

Continuing, here's a Bob Dylan special to mark the weekend.

In the first video, there are four(!) microphones at the start, can anyone explain what we're seeing?


...and as an extra bonus, a microphone with a very striking design. Does anyone know it?

 

[Khron]

...and as an extra bonus, a microphone with a very striking design. Does anyone know it?

EV 664, i believe?

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The shockmounted one might be a D12 (or variant thereof), but no idea about the rest...

 

[rock soderstrom]

EV 664, i believe?

I think you're right again! How did you find it so quickly? Did you know it beforehand? Edit: But it seems to be a version without the characteristic microphone "foot" (with the switch etc)

https://www.coutant.org/ev664/index.html

The shockmounted one might be a D12 (or variant thereof), but no idea about the rest...

That's what I thought at first, but there were a lot of microphones in this design and this festival was in the States, so I'm guessing a US product? The shockmount is really strange...

 

[Khron]

I think you're right again! How did you find it so quickly? Did you know it beforehand?

I was aware of it, and that it was an EV; just wasn't sure which 6xx model it was

The shockmount is really strange...

D25 perhaps? Thank you, google image search (despite looking for "akg d12 shockmount")...

https://www.vintagemicworld.com/html/Mic of the month November.html

 

[rock soderstrom]

D25 perhaps? Thank you, google image search (despite looking for "akg d12 shockmount")...

Right again, Sherlock! I have to admit, I didn't know the D25, and this is the first time I've seen this striking shock mount!

 

[rock soderstrom]

I was aware of it, and that it was an EV; just wasn't sure which 6xx model it was

You were close, but it is a 666 (diabolic microphone)

https://coutant.org/666r/index.html

 

[Walrus]

In a Shure mic clip and base.

 

[panman]

Continuing, here's a Bob Dylan special to mark the weekend.

In the first video, there are four(!) microphones at the start, can anyone explain what we're seeing?


...and as an extra bonus, a microphone with a very striking design. Does anyone know it?

The two wrapped in foam are Neumann Km56:s. The side-address is the first giveaway and from 1:50 to 2:59 the pattern-switch ring is visible. The "strange" is indeed AKG D25. The one in the middle is not enough exposed and there are too many possibilities for it, e.g many Beyer-and Schoeps-models would fit that size, that would exclude neumann Km 54 and all of that size.

 

[tomas.borgstrom]

AKG D25 can be seen in recording photos of the Beatles and Paul Mccartney. It’s also on the front of this very cool turkish psychadelic album from 1976.

 

[rock soderstrom]

The two wrapped in foam are Neumann Km56:s. The side-address is the first giveaway and from 1:50 to 2:59 the pattern-switch ring is visible.

Thanks panman, I think you are right.

Neumann KM56 with pop screen:


One year later, same Festival. Bob is now more serious and electrified...some folks doesn't like it

 

[MicMan]

My D25 - like a D12, but with that elastic'n'steel mount, and a variable output-matching black knob - came from Shepperton (film) Studios (..or was it Pinewood? ..I can't remember).

These were used extensively as boom mics in film and BBC TV studios. The bass roll-off removed the wheeled boom-crane rumbles, and the twisting and aiming noises as it was swivelled on the end of the mic crane to point at the talent ..it's a cardioid, of course.

Sounds good, even today! It's a dynamic, of course, so doesn't pick up much top, but then black-&-white (or grey-on-grey) British 405-line TV didn't deliver much top anyway, and there was always a hiss from old mono optical film soundtracks which disguised that, so it really didn't matter back then.