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Old 11-01-05, 04:20 PM   #1
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My new Set up: The Samsung C01u Condenser Mic

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After Ill Grammatix told me about it yesterday and reading a review of it, I decided to go to a local guitar shop called "Hot Licks" to purchase the Samsung (pronounced Samson as indicated by Implicit) C01u USB Condenser mic. I also purchased the shock mount and a stand for it. For the first time, I will be standing while I record. I had problems with my cool edit because it wouldn't let me play anything. So, after reinstalling it, I was able to test the microphone. The first thing I noticed was the lack of noise generated while recording. I normally have to contend with hiss and other sounds. But, with this mic, there is very little noise generated by the mic or through my computers circuitry. IN fact, I normally run HISS REDUX in cool edit but had to nix that because it degraded the quality of the mic's signal. I also realized that the UNEDITED vocals with this condenser are as good as the EDITED vocals with my old dynamic. Simply put, this mic gives me a greater range and does not distort/clip easily like my less expensive dynamic. I even got close on the mic and said "OPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPO" over and over, but it did not cause clipping or distortion in the mic. Note: I do have a pop filter. I like this microphone because it connects directly to your USB port. You simply "plug and play" (record, that is).

Note: Though this mic generates better quality than my standard dynamic, I still have to edit my vocals through noise redux and hard limiting. You have to play around with your setting until you get them just right. Oh, and ANTARES is a thing of the past now.

**Here are 3 pictures of my set up...Sorry about the middle finger, but I got carried away.

The Samsung C01u sells for 80 dollars. The shock mount was 40 dollars. The stand I got was 22 dollars. My pop filter wsa 25 dollars. I don't think you can do much better for the price--well, maybe.



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Old 11-01-05, 04:58 PM   #2
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You sat while you recorded??!!! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! You fuck your inflection and breath control over from sitting man and your entire voices tone changes. smh, you got a LOT to learn man, and this is me speaking to an MC, not "the Q". you assembled an entire demo's worth of music sitting down? wow lol.

BTW the company is "Samson" not "Samsung". Samsung dosen't make mics for anything but cellphones. "Samson" is the company that makes most of Radio Shack's mics. But damn props for FINALLY getting rid of that steaming piece of shit you used to record with.[/back handed compliment]
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Old 11-01-05, 07:45 PM   #3
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You sat while you recorded??!!! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?! You fuck your inflection and breath control over from sitting man and your entire voices tone changes. smh, you got a LOT to learn man, and this is me speaking to an MC, not "the Q". you assembled an entire demo's worth of music sitting down? wow lol.

BTW the company is "Samson" not "Samsung". Samsung dosen't make mics for anything but cellphones. "Samson" is the company that makes most of Radio Shack's mics. But damn props for FINALLY getting rid of that steaming piece of shit you used to record with.[/back handed compliment]



lol..yea I did...was seated for 3 years...lol

MARVELS at the Symbolism here...it was time for me to "STAND UP"...nah mean...and yea...Im learnin alotta shit today


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Old 11-01-05, 09:40 PM   #4
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lol..yea I did...was seated for 3 years...lol

MARVELS at the Symbolism here...it was time for me to "STAND UP"...nah mean...and yea...Im learnin alotta shit today




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[not being an asshole]not for nothing, but the first time you turned the mic on and listened to all the condenser goodness, you understood why most of the "mic modelers" and "hiss reducer" and even your tutorial and stuff liek that don't work well on low end mics. Why? because when you turn one sound down, you turn everything else in that frequency down and lose fidelity big time, and that's what makes music sound cheap. Same thing goes for turning certain sounds or frequency ranges up. All it does it amplify the high resistance hiss on cheap mics and makes it sound liek you're recording in the shower.[/not being an asshole]

Oh yeah, if you're having trouble filtering out the environmental noise where you're at, simply turn up the cut on your Noise Gate. Recording on a condenser mic without a noise gate for any in-home set-up is virtually musical suicide.
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Old 11-01-05, 04:59 PM   #5
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yea...those speakers are dope



well...they're pretty decent


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the sub with them is bouncing.
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Word at the nice set up...

Buy me one please.

I'll give you my next 15 books for free, signed and all!
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Word at the nice set up...

Buy me one please.

I'll give you my next 15 books for free, signed and all!



nigga...after Oprah features u on her book club, Imma ask u to buy me a house



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nigga...after Oprah features u on her book club, Imma ask u to buy me a house



lol


Lmfao...

Done.

So we have a deal..?
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Old 11-01-05, 05:13 PM   #11
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So all that stuff Roman was talking about was solved with a pop filter?

Let me know when you record your first song with it so I know how it sounds. I may just get one.
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^^^Will do




im fuggin around wit it now...for the first time ever, I'm standing up to record...Iz FUN!


I can say this much, this mic pics up every damn sound.

geesh...now I need a booth
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You didn't answer my question!!!

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Old 11-01-05, 05:42 PM   #14
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The answer is YES!!!!!!!!!!
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The answer is YES!!!!!!!!!!




Tell me when you buy it all and I'll give you the address.

Lmfao...
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