Product: Sennheiser 409
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted
11/04/2004
at
12:04pm
by
Anonymous
Reviewer Background
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i have been doing home recordings for a few years and have taken a few recording workshops. i have recorded rock and pop.
Overall Rating
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10
my experience with the 409/609 has been great. if you're miking an electric guitar these are hard to beat. i once was recording a les paul through a vintage gibson fender champ type amp and used a 409 and a vintage neumann u49. tell the truth couldn't tell the difference and the 409 sounded just as good if not better. i am not saying that on vocals or acoustic guitar or whatever that the 409 will always sound better but for a guitar cab, especially a distorted tone it is great. i was recording a rock band once and the 609 (no not the 409) sounded huge - especially compared to an SM57. again one is not better than the other. in fact they compliment eachother. this is a great lead/rythm guitar combo. the other great thing about this mic is how easy it is to place. with a 57 there can be guess work - how far? where? what angle? if you are not familiar and your just want a great tone stick this mic with the face straight againt the speaker about an inch away and you're ready.
i haven't used this for anything else because i have other mics for that. this is my dedicated rock guitar mic. maybe i should try it on other things... as long as they are coming out of my 2x12! rhodes through my stack? awesome! cool effected vocals or drums through an amp? awesome! what mic? 609, 409, ribbon, whatever have fun you never know what sounds good till you try it so stop wasting your time reading this shit and stick a mic where it can be of use.
409 supposedly sounds better than 609 but IMHO it would be pretty hard to tell the difference. so if u have the money get a used 409 but a 609 for $99 is impossible to beat.
Product: Sennheiser 409
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted
02/09/2004
at
08:24am
by
Curtis Mathewson
Reviewer Background
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My first pro type session(as a guitarist) was at the age of 13.Im now 37.One platnum record to my production credit.I currently use at home( or whatever is availible) protools le 002 with swissonic outboard adda converters.My soundcraft ghost is my console.I use my rack of outboard ....(8 neve 1081,2ua6176's,2distressors and more)where possible.NS-10s w /sub and genelec 1031a's are my monitors.
Overall Rating
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10
These are now overpriced on the used market as they are no longer in production.They will work for just about anything.While not as shimmery on vocals as the typical condenser mic,it sits well in the track as long as you have the rest of your chain sorted out and a good singer helps as well.The proof of this is the first Train album with the hit meet virginia as this was that mic in use.We try'd 15 other mics and the 409 seemed to work best in the track although other more typicly used hi-end mics sounded briter or flashyer by themselves a'capella....the 409 just fit the track in the track.Like I sayd.It's a bit understated on the top.No biggie.The new versions(609) of this mic are also very good.I own one as well and have a hard time hearing any diffrence.@99bucks@sweetwater,they kill the shure 57 or 58.
