CharterOak M900T Tube Microphone, from CharterOak

The Charter Oak m900t is a vintage-style small-diaphragm tube pencil microphone that has a warm, thick midrange, and very tame and subdued top end. However, as a small diaphragm mic, this Charter Oak microphone is an excellent choice where you want to retain detail in a non-harsh way. Even when put through our clean preamp, the Millennia HV3, there was no real harshness that you'd typically expect from a small diaphragm mic. It possesses a warm vintage tonailty, but doesn't lack on detail, which makes it an interesting and great choice here for electric guitars. It is particularly impressive in the way that it can capture clean tones, and loads of reverb detail, but at the same time, doesn't suffer when the amp gets dialed up to some more aggressive distorted electric guitar tones. It's a real workhorse, as it performs wonderfully well on lots of applications from finger-style acoustic guitar, to drum overheads, grand piano, and even here on electric guitars. If you'd like to discuss the microphone, please don't hesitate to give one of our recording experts here a call anytime, toll free at 888.528.9703, or international, +1 919.682.5552.

Charter Oak microphones are used in this simple drum recording setup, including the m900t small diaphragm tube pencil mics as overheads, m900 with a solid state hyper cardioid capsule on snare, and the E700 dual diaphragm solid state condenser on kick drum. This simple setup allows you to hear the the clarity of each microphone. Each microphone is going through the Millennia HV-3R preamp and contains no EQ, compression, or reverb. The m900t's shine as overhead mics. They are very detailed, picking up a full bottom range with a smooth top end. The m900 mic with a hyper cap handles the ringy snare very well, remaining tight, isolated, and accurate. The E700 is a fantastic large diaphragm mic that handles the low end impressively. Check out our E700 kick drum video for more detailed information on this mic. If you have questions call us today at Sound Pure, and we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

The CharterOak M900t Vacuum Tube Pencil Microphones record gorgeous sounding fingerstyle acoustic guitars in the recording studio through a millennia HV3r microphone preamplifier. The Charter Oak M900t has a warm vintage coloration, that is rich on top, with a thick and full midrange character, making it a wonderful choice for reproducing warm finger-style playing with a very tame top end, but at the same time not terribly sacrificing detail. The M900t kit includes the mics, power supply, shockmounts, Gotham audio mic cable, and three capsules (modified, but based on the original M900)- cardioid, hyper-cardioid, and omni. The entire line of Charter Oak Microphones and Signal Processors are available for purchase through Sound Pure by simply calling us toll free at 888-528-9703.

The Charter Oak M900t Tube Condenser Microphones record wonderfully sonorous Steinway B Grand Piano with rich warm vintage-style tones. The microphones possess a characteristically thick midrange with a lot of warmth and depth and at the same time have a great ability to tame harsh top end making them a fabulous choice on things like drum overheads and twangy acoustic guitars. But, as a small diaphragm microphone it is also able to capture transient information, harmonics, and detail. It is really a nice choice where you'd like detail, vintage coloration, and a tamed and subdued top end. Call us at Sound Pure toll free 888-528-9703 to discuss this fantastic line of microphones.

The Millennia HV3 is known as a world class microphone preamplifier. The same great circuit design is used in a variety of Millennia preamps including the HV-3d (4 and 8 channell versions), the HV3c, the HV3r Remote Controllable Mic Preamp with optional A/D conversion card, the Millennia STT1 Origin Channel Strip, and the TD-1 DI and Mic Pre. While Millennia Mic Preamps are definitive in the classical and jazz worlds, it is truly outstanding in all serious recording studio applications, where the sound company out of the microphone is just right, as-is. Visit our blog on the Millennia products, and be sure and check out our numerous other videos on the individual products in the line. Contact us with any questions, or to pick your next great mic preamp up- we can be reached toll free 888-528-9703.