Do Transformer Mics Make a Difference? A First Look at the BB29 from JZ Microphones (With Giveaway!)

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  • Опубликовано: 16 дек 2024

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  • @SonicScoop
    @SonicScoop  3 года назад +2

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    • @youthmanrecords420
      @youthmanrecords420 3 года назад +3

      I signed up and just wanted to say I have watched many master classes and your videos are a great resource . I share videos of yours with younger friends to solidify information a give to them. Keep up the good work and let’s make music !!!!!

    • @SonicScoop
      @SonicScoop  3 года назад +2

      So awesome to hear! Glad to be useful. Keep it up!!

  • @Take-the-Ticket
    @Take-the-Ticket 3 года назад +4

    Oooo really tough choice. The thing that makes me prefer the 29 is the thing that will make me work more on deessing. The Black Hole might easier to work with...but I'll choose the 29 for instant gratification. I love the air on it. 29 for music, Black Hole for video voice-over.
    Edit: after watching all of the instruments' recording, I'd still go with the BB29 vs. Black Hole. More work, but I love the 29's detail and flatness where it counts. For me.

  • @gerrymurrell6318
    @gerrymurrell6318 8 месяцев назад +1

    BH & BB29 are the standouts to me. Great detail and balance.

  • @richardmcarthur40
    @richardmcarthur40 3 года назад +1

    I’ve got one and I love it on drum room. I think it’s closest to my TLM 103 out of my collection, but I think it suits me better in terms of my horrible voice. On proper singers: It’s definitely arrangement dependent, on something quite busy I really love it.

  • @keithforrester82
    @keithforrester82 3 года назад +5

    That Marimba playing was pretty special!

  • @mrnelsonius5631
    @mrnelsonius5631 3 года назад +1

    The “sounds EQ-ed” thing isn’t just hype, it really does but in a completely natural sounding way (on voice at least). I can’t afford another mic right now but if I could I’d be buying this one. I love my v67, particularly on acoustic guitar

  • @DDWyss
    @DDWyss 3 года назад +4

    I always thought that if a mic had a transformer that just meant that it was simply a mic that was "more than meets the eye".

  • @DDWyss
    @DDWyss 3 года назад +3

    I think the BB29 sounds better for podcasting than the vintage '67, but personally, I like the Amethyst best. If I was going to buy one of those JZ mics, I'd get the Amethyst; I just love the sound of it. Like you said, it is very similar to the vintage '67, but there's something in the '67's tone that doesn't appeal to me as much as the sound of the Amethyst.

    • @DDWyss
      @DDWyss 3 года назад +2

      As an OH mic, I found the BB29 smoother and more pleasing than the more transparent BH-2, both on the drums and on the marimba. For that acoustic guitar, maybe because it has a mahogany top and is probably a bit darker in tone than a guitar with a spruce top would be, I like the BH-2 for a bit more clarity and brightness than the BB29. The warmth of the BB29 doesn't help that guitar as much as it might help, say a Gibson Jumbo with a spruce top and maple back and sides.

  • @fleshtonegolem
    @fleshtonegolem 3 года назад +3

    Why yes, yes they do!

  • @Allan-et5ig
    @Allan-et5ig 3 года назад +1

    Wow, even on a cell phone the differences are quite apparent between the various mics.

  • @TheIconRecords
    @TheIconRecords 3 года назад

    Just wondering... If one were to run this through a tube preamp... and then into a leveling compressor.. Like the LA76.. and finally into the audio interface to the workstation ~DAW... Thoughts guys...?

  • @TigroGumi
    @TigroGumi 3 года назад

    There's a creaming effect with a transformer... it's not so much the frequency response that makes it different although audible... is how smoothed it sounds... the other, that isn't really harsh at all sounds a little harsh in comparison... this is the thing that suits us better in audio with transformers or other magnetic transformations like tape or whatever... There are always other benefits but there is a smoothing effect that just makes the sound more organic and more finished in a sense... it's kind of like having a house and all the wires are hidden and out of sight... they are needed but didn't add to the overall feel and look... you wouldn't notice the difference unless you could before and after but when you can you can see the difference and with transformers you can hear a difference... I find parts just speak to you more personally and the feeling gets better translated... that thought that "they don't make them like they used to" is simply the effect of the technology first used designed and manufactured... it was less about the graphs and more about the feeling

  • @officialWWM
    @officialWWM 3 года назад +1

    They certainly look unique.

  • @seenbelow
    @seenbelow 3 года назад

    I like the BB29, the Blackhole was too harsh for my ears but this one is more pleasant. Only have an Amethyst yet, but been wishing for the Vintage models for a while... they look like old school flasks :)

  • @gwsound
    @gwsound 3 года назад +2

    Second best is the 67.

  • @Hermiel
    @Hermiel 3 года назад

    I had my eyes closed for the music demos and could not tell when the mics switched.

  • @TheDerider
    @TheDerider 3 года назад

    Transformers are GO! Or maybe to sound less like The Thunderbirds I should’ve said “Transformers are THE go!” Anyhow, to clarify, I think the BB29 it is an excellent microphone, more clarity, fullness and air in the comparison to the BH🙏😎

  • @phugenla
    @phugenla 3 года назад

    I am not being able to enter the contest
    it says cannot use this mail id

  • @leckel1996
    @leckel1996 3 года назад +1

    BB29 reminds me of a C800 a bit.

  • @gwsound
    @gwsound 3 года назад +1

    On my phone your voice sounds better on the 29 compared to the black hole.

  • @narrator-timothymckean
    @narrator-timothymckean 7 месяцев назад +1

    Who cares about the mics.. the marimba playing is the star here.

  • @tribalcowfish
    @tribalcowfish 3 года назад +1

    It mite have to be my gong mic moving forward

  • @CLdwyer
    @CLdwyer 3 года назад

    The transients sounded different between the bb29 & the blackhole. The transformer treats details differently.

  • @GingerDrums
    @GingerDrums 3 года назад

    bb29 sounds more like a finished vocal sound.

  • @tortillaman2491
    @tortillaman2491 2 года назад

    They sound the same, at least over the internet.

  • @TheSpoonwood
    @TheSpoonwood 3 года назад

    BB29 has nice body and coloration..but to much on marimba me thinks ... listening thru IMac..

  • @rb032682
    @rb032682 3 года назад

    good stuff

  • @sassas7128
    @sassas7128 3 года назад

    BB29 kills Ametyst and V67.Similar to BH2.