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Studio Projects B3 Large-diaphragm Condenser Microphone

Large-diaphragm Condenser Microphone with Multiple Polar Patterns
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Studio Projects B Series!

The new Studio Projects B3 is the ultimate in large diaphragm condenser microphones at this price anywhere. This microphone has all the technical refinements to be an enduring classic . With features you would expect in a world class microphone, the B3 offer's three recording pattern positions (cardioid, omni and a true figure eight) with pad and Hi-Pass filter.

Equipped with a true 1" 3 um gold sputtered dual gold large diaphragm in a pressure gradient transducer capsule, the B3 will ensure the finest quality of recordings while offering linear response and a classic deep rich sound. The B3 can be connected to any external microphone preamplifier or mixing console which provides 48 volt phantom power or via any 48 volt external power supply.

The B3 competes favorably with microphones costing substantially more. If you're looking for that traditional "German" sounding pedigree for your studio, but simply can't or won't spend the big dollars it takes to get it, then the Studio Projects B3 is the microphone for you. You can buy a pair and still save!

Included Accessories
  • Zippered Bag
  • Foam Wind Screen
  • Mic Clip
  • Professional shockmount
Studio Projects B3
  • A superb vocal microphone with warm transparent character
  • Great for overhead choirs, strings, pianos & percussion
  • Great for production, broadcast, and voice over work
  • Perfect for the professional and home project studio
  • A quality vocal mic suitable for all vocal styles
  • Pressure-Gradient Transducer, Dual 1" 3 um mylar capsule
  • Selectable patterns (omni, cardioid, figure eight)
  • High Pass Filter
  • 10db Pad
  • Requires +48V phantom power

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Tech Specs

  • Microphone Type: Condenser
  • Polar Pattern: Cardioid, Omni, Figure-8
  • Diaphragm Size: 1" (25.4mm)
  • Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz
  • Max SPL: 132dB (142dB w/Pad)
  • Output Impedance: 200 ohms
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: 80dB
  • Self Noise: 14dB (A weighted)
  • Low Cut Filter: 150Hz (-6dB/octave)
  • Pads: -10dB
  • Connector: XLR
  • Color: Silver
  • Included Accessories: Shock Mount, Windscreen, Microphone Pouch
  • Manufacturer Part Number: B3

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Rated 5/5

El mejor mic por su precio

Es un Mic que cuando lo compre en 2006 me costo y hoy en dia sigue funcionando perfecto he grabado voces, metales, percusion, cuerdas en vivo, locuciones discos, streaming, Jingles y los resultados son geniales aun, Una de las mejores compras que he hecho
Rated 5/5

5 Stars For It's Price Point Performance

I bought the first generation Studio Projects B1 in 2003 and started picking up other SP mics shortly thereafter. In 2005 or there about I picked up the B3. I sold all the other SP mics since, with the exception of the B3 and C3. They were all of exceptional value, especially in the 2000s, before the market became over saturated with so many low cost mic options.

Anyway, I have much more expensive and higher-end LDCs in my mic locker, but the B3 is one of those swiss army knife mics that sounds pretty good on any and everything. I like to keep it on a boom stand just to cut scratch tracks or hit record whenever inspiration catches me in the moment. For as little as it costs it shouldn't work this well or sound that good IMO. I often fool myself into thinking I need to use a different mic for a "real" vocal track, for instance, but then realize that sometimes this is "the right" mic for my vocal. Even when there are better options it still works just fine on almost everything.

I've used the B3 on just about everything imaginable over the past 16 years. Acoustic guitars, kick, OH, guitar speaker,/cabinet/s, lead vocals, backing vocals, horns, etc. It just freaking works.

Now, I realize since 2005 that many mic companies have come out with more and more budget friendly and affordable options that have exponentially closed the price-to-performance gaps that once clearly existed in microphone manufacturing. For example, Behringer makes a B2 Pro that employs the same basic 797 K67 capsule and circuitry design and that gets a lot of love and equally a lot of hate among the home recording community. But the Studio Projects B series started it all in the early 2000s, and while it may be often imitated, it's never duplicated. This mic is brilliant at this price point factor, and at this price point it's still a top contender in the sub $ mic market, nearly two decades after it debuted on the prosumer music gear scene.
Music background: Lifelong Musician and Long time Recording Hobbyist
Rated 5/5

Exactly as advertised and ordered

Taking this B3 to Malawi to be used by a Yawo National to record Bible lessons so that Yawo seekers can listen to biblical teachings i their native tongue and in private. I will send a photo to how it is being used. So happy to find exactly what was needed.
Rated 5/5

AWESOME MIC!!!!

When i was starting to built my own studio and i needed a mic i could really count on and use for more than one thing and i have look threw hundreds of mic starting from Audio Technica, ending with AKG. So far this is the best mic i found.I used it on accousts, Vocals (AMAZING!!) amps and the sound is just amazing. All i got to say is if this mic worth triple of its value!!!
Music background: Recording Engineer, Musian, Hobbyist
Rated 4/5

Excellent!

Bought this mic a while back, based on really liking SP's VTB1 preamp. I've been using it as a room mic for drums, which doesn't really put it's capabilities to the test. Then this week, I had a vocal session, with some singing and some rap. I was very, very impressed with the B3's clarity and even freq response through my DBX 376 channel strip. A slight bit of de-essing and light compression thru the DBX, and I doubt I will have to work very hard to achieve a great result during mixing. Great "bang-for-the buck"!!
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