This versatile front-address condenser microphone offers many of the advantages of a dynamic microphone, such as noise rejection, but captures the nuances of a sound in only the way a condenser can.
This condenser microphone is an alternative to a classic front-address dynamic microphone. It has two special filters that can be used to shape the sound before it reaches the computer’s hard drive. On one side of the LS-208, there’s a low-pass filter with 8kHz and 10kHz settings. On the other side, there’s a high-pass filter for taming sibilance with a choice of 50Hz and 120Hz.
The microphone can record vocals and percussion with impact and clarity using the low-pass filter or it can be turned off and the high-pass filter switched in to give electric guitars added warmth and realism. The LS-208 is a touch microphone that can handle up to 135dB of SPL without internal padding. This makes it ideal for dynamic, loud sources like a drum kit.Despite being a condenser, the LS-208 has many features of a dynamic microphone. It is brilliant at rejecting the acoustics of a room.
The LS-208 has a signal path incorporating high-resolution, low-distortion polypropylene capacitors and resistors, plus USA-made FET and a custom wound output transformer. The output has a natural sound with good isolation and an ability to absorb transients and dynamics. The LS-208 has a self-noise level of less than 15dB-A. It does require a bit more gain than other condenser microphones, such as the RØDE NT1, but I never detected any noise creeping into the signal, even with the gain setting on an SSL 2+ set to 8. The sound produced was pleasingly neutral, capturing the lower frequencies in the voice well while preserving the upper frequencies to provide shape to the sound.
The condenser in the LS-208 has sufficient size to catch the nuance and subtlety of a wide range of sounds. The LS-208 would be equally as at home, capturing the sound from an acoustic guitar or the transients from a clarinet. This is a versatile microphone that can work with almost any sound. For that reason, it’s a kind of Swiss Army knife of microphones. It has such versatility it will capture nearly any sound, no matter how loud, with precision.
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