{"id":385,"date":"2013-05-24T13:35:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T19:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2015-02-28T19:48:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T02:48:41","slug":"two-minute-audio-test-of-electro-voice-re-20-microphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"Two-Minute Audio Test of Electro-Voice RE-20 Microphone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NOTE<\/strong>: I lost the 2-minute MP3 in a server move. But here’s a whole show<\/a> with me using the RE-20. I actually don’t use my RE-20 any more. I think it sounds TOO “full.” I still have the RE-20 but now actually now use the much cheaper $50 Audio-Technica AT2005USB (Get it here on Amazon)<\/a>. Read more about it here on the FeenPhone site.<\/a> If you want to hear that mic in action, listen to this <\/a>episode.<\/p>\n

Michael W. Dean does initial tests of his new birthday mic, the venerated holy grail of broadcasting, the Electro-Voice RE-20 Microphone (get it HERE<\/a> new for $449 with free shipping). Dig the wonderful meaty-yet-flat pro-izzle sound! Creamy retro 60s charm! Whee!<\/p>\n

This mic gives a lot of freedom of movement. With my old Shure Beta 57a mic, I had to be right up on it to sound great. The sweet spot was the size of a plumb. That ended up making my back and neck tense doing a long live show. With the RE-20, the sweet spot is the size of a basketball. I can move all over and sound great. Will extend my life span! (Good for us cranky, creaky old guys. I turn 49 this week.) You can also talk more naturally with an RE-20, it doesn’t require conscious or subconscious “mic technique” that other mics require to sound really good.<\/p>\n

I skipped the fancy accessories, like the expensive RE-20 specific shock mount ($125) and the RE-20 specific pop filter. A standard condenser mic shock mount and boom arm works fine. And while this mic, more than most, will work fine without a windscreen, a standard cheap foam windscreen stretched over the end makes it sound even better. No need to get the dorky little RE-20 specific pop filter.<\/p>\n

Used correctly and with a good pre-amp, the RE-20 is a sword of truth cutting through the murky swamp of media lies and statist COINTELPRO sheeple-bleeting horizontal enforcement of injustice.<\/p>\n

They are also built like a tank. The RE-20 comes with a 3-year factory warranty. What else in the WORLD comes with a 3-year factory warranty these days?????<\/p>\n

Available in any color you like, as long as it’s green. To be more specific: somewhere between Vietnam-era US military camouflage green and old-school hospital room green.<\/p>\n

Mic was used with a foam windscreen, audio was recorded through Pre-Sonus compressor\/pre-amp<\/a> with a Behringer XENYX X2442USB Premium 24-Input 4\/2-Bus Mixer<\/a>, then normalized in SoundForge.<\/p>\n

Worms!!!!!! RADIOOOOOOOOOOOOO!<\/p>\n

–Michael W. Dean, Freedom Feens<\/a> radio show, syndicated on Genesis Communications Network.<\/a><\/p>\n

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NOTE: I lost the 2-minute MP3 in a server move. But here’s a whole show with me using the RE-20. I actually don’t use my RE-20 any more. I think it sounds TOO “full.” I still have the RE-20 but now actually now use the much cheaper $50 Audio-Technica AT2005USB (Get it here on Amazon). … Continue reading “Two-Minute Audio Test of Electro-Voice RE-20 Microphone”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,29],"tags":[58,59],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasting","category-general-gear","tag-ev-re-20-audio-samples","tag-retro-60s-charm","hfeed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":847,"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creamyradioaudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}