Mic modeling in just some years, and fashionable software program plugins, to those ears, get fairly near the true deal. Common Audio has been on the forefront of this expertise for some time and now the corporate’s that integrates with its equally new Hemisphere mic modeling plugin.
The SC-1 is a big diaphragm condenser microphone, working as a part of the corporate’s Customary Collection that additionally contains the pre-existing SD-1 and SP-1. The SC-1 launches alongside the Hemisphere plugin that provides customers digital entry to a full vary of traditional mics from big-time corporations like Neumann, Telefunken, AKG, Sony and others. The plugin makes use of the same expertise to the corporate’s however with a drastic discount in price, because the SC-1 prices $500 and Sphere microphones vary from $800 to $1,400.
The Hemisphere plugin enables you to immediately audition completely different microphones to go well with the take, tweak proximity, modify filters and extra. All of those changes may be achieved earlier than recording or afterward, similar to with the Sphere line. One profit the SC-1 boasts over the Sphere line is that it requires only a single XLR enter, whereas Sphere microphones require two to correctly seize that stereo subject.
The Hemisphere modeling plugin additionally extends to these different Customary Collection mics, just like the SP-1 pencil microphone and the SD-1 dynamic microphone. As for the SC-1 itself, it’s an ordinary no-frills large-diaphragm condenser with an prolonged dynamic vary and a frequency response from 20 Hz to twenty kHz. There’s additionally an emphasis on low self-noise output, which makes it simpler to remodel by way of the quite a few modeling choices.
Common Audio’s SC-1 is offered for preorder proper now and ships later within the fall. The microphone contains the Hemisphere modeling plugin, so your pockets gained’t need to double dip. Moreover, the plugin is a free improve for present SD-1 and SP-1 homeowners.
