Ever wondered what’s inside a cheap mic?

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Mate of mine had a Stag mic which was rattling. I had a look ,for a plastic bodied mic it felt quite heavy and well made. Then I took it apart

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  • SporkySporky Frets: 32630
    Is that really old corned beef?
    Never forget that you are wearing your invisible tiara. 
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 76502
    The daft thing is that it would actually be more robust - less likely to damage itself if you drop it - *without* the "quality improvement component".

    There are some plastic pedals which have metal weights inside the base too, but at least there's a small amount of logic in that to stop them moving about the stage or flipping over so easily.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • SupportactSupportact Frets: 1548
    What is it then just a bit of metal?
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  • What is it then just a bit of metal?
    Yes 
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  • prowlaprowla Frets: 5222
    Did you know you can use a Mic as a speaker?
    Albeit not a very loud one (don't connect it to your 100W amp!).
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  • PeteBoPeteBo Frets: 223
    The best Mike for metal? 
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  • Is that just to make it feel heavier and more "quality"?
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  • Is that just to make it feel heavier and more "quality"?
    Yes
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  • StefBStefB Frets: 2724
    PeteBo said:
    The best Mike for metal? 
    Portnoy.
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  • mrkbmrkb Frets: 7835
    edited October 2024
    StefB said:
    PeteBo said:
    The best Mike for metal? 
    Portnoy.
    Surely Metal Mickey ?!


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  • NiteflyNitefly Frets: 5240
    ^^ Boogie boogie!

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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 26673
    I was going to say

    "The spit and tobacco from 1000 bad pub singers"
    "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
    Attributed to Albert Camus

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  • BillDLBillDL Frets: 10700
    I would be curious to see a photo of the guts of a good or more expensive mic alongside the Stagg one.
    I only have a few "SM" styles (A&F/Foster, AKG, EV) that work well but I don't really want to pull any apart right now.
    What's the main difference between a "good" dynamic mic and a cheapo one?  The diaphragm, the former, the coil, the contruction, or a combination of all?
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  • Ever wondered what’s inside a cheap mic?

    Yes, I'm small, but not small enough
    ‘It is no measure of good health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society’
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  • uncledickuncledick Frets: 409
    prowla said:
    Did you know you can use a Mic as a speaker?
    Albeit not a very loud one (don't connect it to your 100W amp!).
    And - I think - you can use a speaker as a mic.  Check out the brilliant Free Radicals playing Rosanna on YT and there's a speaker pointing straight at the centre of the bass drum.  I assume it's being used as a mic - unless someone knows differently??
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 76502
    uncledick said:

    And - I think - you can use a speaker as a mic.  Check out the brilliant Free Radicals playing Rosanna on YT and there's a speaker pointing straight at the centre of the bass drum.  I assume it's being used as a mic - unless someone knows differently??
    It’s better and - much - safer to use a speaker as a mic than a mic as a speaker. Using a mic as a speaker will at best sound crap - even right against your ear - and is quite likely to wreck the mic coil. Using a speaker as a mic is completely safe and can sound quite good.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • uncledick said:
    prowla said:
    Did you know you can use a Mic as a speaker?
    Albeit not a very loud one (don't connect it to your 100W amp!).
    And - I think - you can use a speaker as a mic.  Check out the brilliant Free Radicals playing Rosanna on YT and there's a speaker pointing straight at the centre of the bass drum.  I assume it's being used as a mic - unless someone knows differently??
    Yup Yamaha subkick mic
    https://drummagazine.com/yamaha-skrm-100-subkick-reviewed/
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  • the_jaffathe_jaffa Frets: 1961
    ?uestlove from The Roots has been using a speaker as a bass drum microphone for a long time. Seems to make a lot of sense to me for the low frequency stuff.
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  • SupportactSupportact Frets: 1548
    the_jaffa said:
    ?uestlove from The Roots has been using a speaker as a bass drum microphone for a long time. Seems to make a lot of sense to me for the low frequency stuff.
    The studio I use has a home made one. It's (i think) a 10 inch speaker probably out of a bass cab on a short stand. It's got a couple of resistors wired in (I assume as a kind of pad) and then connected to a lead with an xlr on the end. The sound from it isolated is kind of weird/bad, but just blending in a certain amount with the regular kick mic works well. 
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