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Spotlight on the New AKG C Series Microphones
When I opened my first commercial recording studio in 1983—Sound & Vision in San Francisco—an
AKG C414
multipattern large-diaphragm condenser and two
AKG C451
small-diaphragm condensers were some of the indispensable microphones I had to acquire if I wanted
professional artists to book sessions.
At the time, every
essential pro-studio mic
was far from inexpensive, so populating a microphone cabinet that would ensure the comfort of
musicians, freelance engineers and roving producers was an exercise in budget busting and fiscal
anxiety. Of course, an even more dire financial circumstance was getting zero bookings because we
didn’t provide the right microphones.
