Behringer XM8500 Sound test

THERE ARE NO EFFECTS ON ANY OF THESE RECORDINGS.

Signal Path for all recordings
1. Instrument
2. Behringer XM8500 Mic
3. Lexicon Alpha USB Audio Interface
4. Macbook running Reaper


Drum Overhead


Room Size: 12x10x8

Drums: Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Double Bass Set; 12x5 wooden snare, 10x9, 12x11, 13x12, and 16x16 toms. 22x18 and 18x18 bass drums. Heavily muffled because I trigger them when I record them so I try and keep them quite. These mics as overheads pick them up pretty good when they aren't as dead as I have them.

Cymbals: Zildjian New Beat 14" hi hats, Meinl Classics Medium 14" crash, Camber 12" splash, Meinl MCS 18" crash/ride and a Wuhan 16" china.

Mic position: 6 feet up a foot away pointing towards the snare drum in between the 12 and 13" toms.

Wooden Snare:
12x5 Yamaha Wooden Snare
Mic Position: 6 inches from the top head pointed towards the center.

Steel Snare:
14x5 Rodgers Concert Snare
Mic Position: Same as wooden snare

Guitar w/ Distortion

Room Size: 12x10x8
Amp: Crappy FirstAct amp (my guitar players usually leave their amps laying around my house, but sadly that wasn't the case today)
EQ on amp: Bass 6, Mids 0, Treble 10.
Distortion: Boss DS-1
Guitar: Ibanez starter guitar, mahgony body and rosewood neck
Tuning: Dropped D

Mic Position: Close Mic'd 4 inches from speaker

Guitar Clean
Same settings as guitar with distortion except its in Standard tuning, with the neck pickup and the tone knob set to 6.

Hope that helps.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Behringer
• XM8500
• Sound
• Test

[aleksander791]

Did you use 1 mic? Or more?

[1337rein]

@aleksander791 its just 1

[AVClip]

Does this come with a XLR cable?

[1337rein]

@AVClip That obviously depends on where you buy it from...some places might offer a bundle with a cable, others may not. In my case, it didn't come with one.

[MrSudsteelo]

is good for the voice??

[1337rein]

@MrSudsteelo Yeah its decent.

[LordAkaneon]

They're great. You can get these for $20 each at Musician's Friend and they're hot as hell - The cardioid pattern cuts right through the middle, narrow cone. The sensitivity is higher than the SM58, but if you have good vocal skills you want a hotter mic as opposed to the 'user friendly' microphones like the 58 which have a wide cone.

[dragossh]

If I buy one, does it come with a microphone stand and/or XLR cable??

[SuperBobbye]

do you think this mic would be good for beatboxing ?

[Featureman]

Nice mic. I recently purchased one. They seem to be very sturdy and they have a good sound, especially for the low price.

[023boris]

i have a question. Can you plug this mic in ps for karaoke and recording? please answer. Tnx

[gibsonlespaul2]

@0000song0000 As we're talking, I am using this Podcast Studio. It's very good, I had to purchase a Pop Filter for the Microphone though.

[CMSpida]

@MuseWeezerCool thats brobably coz the amp is shit and the trebel is at 10

[NightXemnas]

This video was so helpful, cheers