I can't find the front of my MXL 990? Help Please!!!

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:35 pm

I can't find the front of my MXL 990 they say something about the polarity but i can see anything about that on the mic... I also wanted to know is their anywhere I can get a windshield for that mic please?

Thanks In Advance!!!

Very Happy

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:49 pm

You're kidding right?

Do us all a favor and sell that microphone and anything else you have for recording purposes. Anyone who can't find the front of a mic should not be in the recording business.

Your money would be better spent on booking studio time.

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:21 pm

be nice man.

wish i could help you, but i havent really used that mic (or condinsers period).

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:34 pm

I can't imagine how a person couldn't find the front of mic, I did have a friend the used his akg c3000 as an end address because he's a dumbass and didn't know the difference so I guess this could be a similar case. I second the selling off the gear idea and you can get a pop filter at pretty much any store that has mics.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:27 am

Too funny!! The front is the side that has the MXL logo on it. If your's doesn't have a logo, look through the screen and when you see something inside that looks like a shinny penny, that's the front. Really, you don't need the front with that mic. It's so sensitive, you can hear what a fly on the wall is thinking.

I got one because it was too cheap not to try, and I quickly learned "you get what you pay for". Even at only $60, I feel I got ripped off. Though it might work nicely as a decorative doorstop.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:55 am

thanks for the help AcousTronic, in the manual it shows a diagram of polarity and thats the front of the mic but on ur mic it doesn't look any different if the front was where the logo was why don't it jst say that instead of makin it hard for people that have just started doing it. I already have a pop filter, i don't want that, i wanted to know if know if they make windshields that fit for an mxl 990?

Thanks In Advance!

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:58 am

someone should take another look under the foot bridge ..... I think we have a new TROLL among us .... Rolling Eyes

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:06 am

samkhadra wrote:

I already have a pop filter, i don't want that, i wanted to know if know if they make windshields that fit for an mxl 990?

Not sure I understand the question, or even how pop filter came into the discussion, but any pop filter will do the trick. MXL doesn't make any that I know of. You will definately need one with that mic. I tried tracking some vocals, and when I stood back 6 feet, it still sounded like I was right on top of it. It picks up everything!! You could put on a set of headphones, jack up the input, and listen in on neighbors a mile away... not that I would do something like that.... Laughing

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:28 am

I thought windshields went in cars......

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:28 pm

The pop filter issue came up from the get go but he kept calling it a windshield. Hey Sam assuming you aren't a dumbass troll pop filters and "windscreens" or "windshields" are the same thing they stop moisture and plosives from coming thru.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:26 pm

jonnyc wrote:

pop filters and "windscreens" or "windshields" are the same thing they stop moisture and plosives from coming thru.

WRONG! WRONG! WRONG...well wrongish.

A pop filter is generally a mesh covered thing that is placed between a microphone and a performer used to stop plosives and capture the nasty bits coming from singers mouths.

A windscreen is generally a foam contraption that covers the entire microphone's grill to help eliminate wind noise. Sometimes these are furry.

Although a windscreen can be used as a pop filter I wouldn't recommend it.

Go to sweetwater.com and search for Pop filter and windscreen.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:48 pm

Here ya' go...

http://www.geartree.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1438698/vpcsid/0/SFV/29865/tcat/0

Or just put a sock over it.

Or better yet, put a sock over it, swing it around your head and then smack it into a brick wall.

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 4:45 am

yea thanks pr0gr4m i was contemplatin wether or not i should get one or not but i wern't sure and with a price like that i dnt think i'm gonna get one either, i thought it would be like 50p/50cents for something like that. Thanks for the link roguescout!

And to those who thought that i shouldn't do this and sell my equipment it turned out that it should be you who should sell their equipment not knowing what the difference is between a pop filter and a windshield/windscreen!!!

Laughing

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:48 am

Its too bad that they dont make a battery-pack for that mic....great for recording ambient outdoor noises like traffic and birdcalls.

And the reason the instructions dont tell you where the front is, is because those few extra words would drive the price up by $90 or so...

BTW....some of us DO know the difference between a windshield and the front of a mic.

ALSO....Dont bother with the 'polarity'....with this mic its the most omni cardioid available.

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:27 pm

whats a better mic for around that price range?

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