You could spend hours watching tutorials of Sphere, and almost all of them seem to be in the favor of the Sphere, but then you find the most transparent comparison you could ever imagine exists just to find out that you are indeed caught up in the hype of paid you-tubers, and you are missing so much from the honest reviewers just like this one. I am so happy I've found this and made a down to earth decision that the most important thing is the ability to play the instrument, the performance, and then comes the room you record in, and just the last in this equation, it's the importance of equipment you use. Cheers to all and please make sure you are spending your time practicing your instrument and say less attention to this world driven by consumerism.
It could actually be a good comparison, and it is, but: if you place the mics on a horizontal plane even inches away from the original capsule of course it sounds very different, I know that the difference of some inches (specially on acoustic guitar) is big. For me all the originals sounded fuller than the sphere, but of cours if it is placed on a different distance to the center of the guitar,… sorry. But anyway nice playing & Studio ;)
it's a good point, although it' unfortunate limitation of the method for using the same performance with two mics. That said, I think it might've been more accurate to get the mics as close together as possible, instead of leaving the gap. Still a decent demo that communicates useful information
you are correct. And if you look, when the mic capsules are side-by-side, the original is always on the side of the bridge/guitar body, so it will always soud fuller as it's closer to the fuller sounding part of the instrument.
For what it’s worth commenting on audio fidelity on a compressed TH-cam video with cheap earbuds in, I think I prefer the original to the modeler in all of these clips, but it’s only ever 3-5% better, there’s a tremendous utility in this mic
One of the hardest things to model is the low end. Fractal Audio has been able to figure it out. I think the UA mics come very close, but they are slightly brighter than the originals. The originals are warmer which all comes down to the low end. Could this be fixed by EQ?
I consistently preferred the originals. In general they all seemed a bit more "open" than the LX. But it is really not much of a difference. They are all almost indistinguishable.
Excellent comparison. With test 1) I thought that the U87 had a slightly bigger bottom than the LX, though overall they were very close. In test 2) I thought that the 251 had a bigger bottom and I preferred it slightly. With test 3) it was almost too close to call. I thought the LX sounded very similar to the real U47. It was hard for me to tell them apart. With test 4) It was again very close, but the C800G had a kind of "mojo" that the LX was lacking. In the end I thought all four emulations were great and would work well in a mix. You did a great job with this comparison. Thanks for posting it!
You sound like an expert but you missed that originals are few inches closer to body of the guitar and UA closer to neck. On acc guitar it makes a big difference, and of course that mic closer to body would be fuller
@@tihomir7 You're very kind to say I sound like an expert, which I'm not, I'm just a guy plays and listens to music. You made some excellent point in your comments and they're well-taken.
The Neumann Comparision is not close. The Sphere Sounds bigger. The Distance Parameter must be checked. The Telefunken comparision is closer. The next Telefunken was close too. I think the simulation is not accurate when there are tones with a lot of intensity and dynamic. The Sony Comparison was flawless. Sounded equal. But the itensitiy of the play was on one level, no dynamic range. At the end, i would go with the UA Sphere all day, because it sounds great and the simulation gets 90 -95 % of the original mics.
47은 꽤나 감쪽같은데, 나머지 마이크 들에선 Sphere만의 캐릭터가 공통적으로 묻어나는 것 같네요. 오리지널보다 미드로우에서 밀도가 살짝 부족하고, 미드하이에서 살짝 부스팅 된 느낌. 물리적으로 마이크 내부에서 다이어프램과 케이스 사이에서 일어나는 공명음 같기도 하구요. -추가 : 오늘 다시 들어보니 mic a/b 로 표시될 때 팬이 살짝 왼쪽으로 가는군요. 플러그인얼라이언스의 콘솔 에뮬레이션 기능이 포함된 어떤 플러그인이 공통적으로 적용된 건가요?
You could spend hours watching tutorials of Sphere, and almost all of them seem to be in the favor of the Sphere, but then you find the most transparent comparison you could ever imagine exists just to find out that you are indeed caught up in the hype of paid you-tubers, and you are missing so much from the honest reviewers just like this one. I am so happy I've found this and made a down to earth decision that the most important thing is the ability to play the instrument, the performance, and then comes the room you record in, and just the last in this equation, it's the importance of equipment you use. Cheers to all and please make sure you are spending your time practicing your instrument and say less attention to this world driven by consumerism.
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well done thank you guys for the comments i have a hard time making up my mind on the dlx but you guys help a lot. and great review video thank you
It could actually be a good comparison, and it is, but: if you place the mics on a horizontal plane even inches away from the original capsule of course it sounds very different, I know that the difference of some inches (specially on acoustic guitar) is big. For me all the originals sounded fuller than the sphere, but of cours if it is placed on a different distance to the center of the guitar,… sorry. But anyway nice playing & Studio ;)
I just replayed the same. Good point
it's a good point, although it' unfortunate limitation of the method for using the same performance with two mics. That said, I think it might've been more accurate to get the mics as close together as possible, instead of leaving the gap. Still a decent demo that communicates useful information
you are correct. And if you look, when the mic capsules are side-by-side, the original is always on the side of the bridge/guitar body, so it will always soud fuller as it's closer to the fuller sounding part of the instrument.
Great job. Thanks!
For what it’s worth commenting on audio fidelity on a compressed TH-cam video with cheap earbuds in, I think I prefer the original to the modeler in all of these clips, but it’s only ever 3-5% better, there’s a tremendous utility in this mic
pretty nice demo, I felt like the 87 and 800 were easier to guess, but the 47 and 251 were a toss-up.
Great composition video!
Being a C800g fan it just sounded like the real one was more gathered in and the sound was concentrated a bit more but the tones are very similar.
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One of the hardest things to model is the low end. Fractal Audio has been able to figure it out. I think the UA mics come very close, but they are slightly brighter than the originals. The originals are warmer which all comes down to the low end. Could this be fixed by EQ?
that's because UA mic is more oriented to neck position and original more to the sound hole. You have to noticed that 🙂
I consistently preferred the originals. In general they all seemed a bit more "open" than the LX. But it is really not much of a difference. They are all almost indistinguishable.
Neeeded to also hesr some vocals / drums. ..actually .. in the compparison ... wpuld have been nice
Excellent comparison. With test 1) I thought that the U87 had a slightly bigger bottom than the LX, though overall they were very close. In test 2) I thought that the 251 had a bigger bottom and I preferred it slightly. With test 3) it was almost too close to call. I thought the LX sounded very similar to the real U47. It was hard for me to tell them apart. With test 4) It was again very close, but the C800G had a kind of "mojo" that the LX was lacking. In the end I thought all four emulations were great and would work well in a mix. You did a great job with this comparison. Thanks for posting it!
Thanks for sharing your feeling! :)
You sound like an expert but you missed that originals are few inches closer to body of the guitar and UA closer to neck. On acc guitar it makes a big difference, and of course that mic closer to body would be fuller
@@tihomir7 You're very kind to say I sound like an expert, which I'm not, I'm just a guy plays and listens to music. You made some excellent point in your comments and they're well-taken.
The Neumann Comparision is not close. The Sphere Sounds bigger. The Distance Parameter must be checked. The Telefunken comparision is closer. The next Telefunken was close too. I think the simulation is not accurate when there are tones with a lot of intensity and dynamic. The Sony Comparison was flawless. Sounded equal. But the itensitiy of the play was on one level, no dynamic range. At the end, i would go with the UA Sphere all day, because it sounds great and the simulation gets 90 -95 % of the original mics.
Thank you for this valuable feedback! We will do our best to meet your expectations🙌🏼
@@Gearlounge this was no critique. Your work was awesome.
47은 꽤나 감쪽같은데, 나머지 마이크 들에선 Sphere만의 캐릭터가 공통적으로 묻어나는 것 같네요. 오리지널보다 미드로우에서 밀도가 살짝 부족하고, 미드하이에서 살짝 부스팅 된 느낌. 물리적으로 마이크 내부에서 다이어프램과 케이스 사이에서 일어나는 공명음 같기도 하구요.
-추가 : 오늘 다시 들어보니 mic a/b 로 표시될 때 팬이 살짝 왼쪽으로 가는군요. 플러그인얼라이언스의 콘솔 에뮬레이션 기능이 포함된 어떤 플러그인이 공통적으로 적용된 건가요?
좋은 의견 감사드립니다! 영상에 별도로 사용된 플러그인은 없습니다. 다만 마이크를 모델링하는 플러그인을 말씀하시는 거라면 UAD Sphere 플러그인이 B 마이크인 Sphere에 적용되어 있습니다 ! :)
Somehow my ears are in favor of all A, instead of B (Sphere LX)... The B always sounds a bit lack of spark.
I can't fucking believe the sphere LX sounds twice as good as a Telefunken u-47. Wgat the fuck
The Ela mic have more hi end than the Sphere