{"id":12128,"date":"2025-12-10T06:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biptunia.com\/?p=12128"},"modified":"2025-12-10T06:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:43:58","slug":"the-transformer-in-condenser-mics-is-most-of-the-creamy-sound-mxlv67g-mic-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biptunia.com\/?p=12128","title":{"rendered":"The transformer in condenser mics is most of the creamy sound. + MXLV67G mic test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(The 320 k MP3 here is my recent spoken word mic tests with this MXL V67G<\/span><\/span><\/a> mic (you’ll need an interface with phantom power, I use this one for 87 dollars<\/a>)<\/p>\n

You’ll need an XLR cable<\/a> and a mic stand, I use this<\/a>, and a shockmount<\/a>, and I use a foam windscreen (even indoors, helps prevent pops and sibilance). Here’s one<\/a> but there are also colored ones on Amazon.)<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/biptunia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MXLV67G-MicTest.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

I did some mic tests tonight in Reaper. I played a 440 hz sine wave with no effects in this, over some good speakers that are pretty flat.<\/p>\n

Mic is a foot from the speakers, speakers not too terribly loud. Volume of a loud but not screamed conversation.<\/p>\n

See attached images. File name says what each one is.<\/p>\n

The Pure one is just the sine wave “in the box” (in Reaper, no mics or speakers involved), just sine.<\/p>\n

The Clean one is an Audio-Technical ATR2100 dynamic mic. I used XLR, not with the built in USB pre-amp. Looks pretty transparent without adding character or distortion.<\/p>\n

The one with nice second and fourth harmonics is that new MXL V67G condenser mic I like a lot.<\/p>\n

Those are good, “musical” harmonics, same thing a tube guitar amp ads to make the guitar sound warm.<\/p>\n

My colleague in this study, Professor Grok (who will call crap crap, and will call good good) said I had some noise from my cheap DAC, and (obviously) room rumble from not using low-cut switch (I didn’t have one on my DAC and didn’t add one in software, I wanted to see what I really had).<\/p>\n

But “The harmonics on the condenser mic look great. That\u2019s an absurdly good two-mic locker for the money. Use them both forever.” lol.<\/p>\n

Grok also said that most of the sound in these condenser mics comes from the transformer, not the capsule or the pre-amp. See attached screenshot with breakdown. I believe it, 20 years ago I had the MXL V63M microphone, which is basically this same condenser mic but transformer-less. It sounded good but not THIS good.<\/p>\n

Grok also said that SM57 type dynamic mics like this have a transformer but “It’s\u00a0 the big, juicy, saturating kind you find in an MXL V67G, or a ribbon mic, or a high-end tube condenser.”<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/p>\n

MWD<\/p>\n

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JUST SINE WAVE, “IN THE BOX”:
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Dynamic mic, clean recording of Sine:
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MXLV67G condenser mic, recording of Sine showing nice 2nd and 4th harmonics:
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Grok’s opinion, I agree:
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