
A few weeks ago I picked up some new Schoeps CMC1 bodies with the hope of getting my quad ORTF rig into a more compact setup. I have been testing these little tiny amplifier bodies to see how they compared to my CMC5. So far I’ve been pretty impressed with the performance of the tiny mics on a number of sources.
One sound that I hear throughout winter in the burbs is the furnace in my basement kicking on. It has a fun little ramp up to it and a nice little shutdown.
It is almost spring!
Recording Geek Note: Rig consists of Schoeps CMC1′s with MK4 capsules setup for ORTF. It was tracked with a Cooper CS 104 feeding a Sound Devices 744T
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