Vanguard V44s Gen2 Review

[@xGIJewx]

One of the best reviews I've seen on KZbin, proper demonstrations and decent musicianship. The resulting track sounded fantastic.

[@MillSounds]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@MillSounds]

Sorry everyone! KZbin glitched out and messed up the premiere, removing the live chat... Please post any questions down here!

[@transistorradiorecords3661]

Blown away by the sonic clarity of the final song. Glad I stuck with the entire video. My old Fostex speakers were very happy. :o)

[@wesdeloach]

Awesome review! Thanks for providing the session files.

[@rombsix]

Excellent work, brother. The most impressive part was how you managed to play all those instruments while simultaneously moving those two faders up and down. Not only is this a stereo mic review, but also a you can perform audio-related functions in stereo as an engineer and musician. :)

[@violao206]

Interesting review that I became curious about seeing Josh Turner Guitar use it a bit. I became Vanguard Audio Labs V44S gen II mic curious, but I have to remark that I really enjoyed your song. It was very much my cup of tea. It is also inspiring to see more and more kids become M.I. (multi-instrumentalists). In my opinion, it is a much more natural state to be, and it also creates less reliance on others allowing one to create decent demos faster.

[@revevague6256]

Love what you're doing!

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

Seriously, the best microphone review I have ever seen. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

[@juddlevison9653]

sounds awesome, Matt!

[@JornLavoll]

Great review, and wow that white guitar sounds so good!

[@DaneBrammage]

I just saw this mic at NAMM 22 but it would have been impossible to get a demo like this. Thanks @MillSounds! The mic sounds really good and the blending gives you so much versatility and lots of options.

[@MillSounds]

Glad you found it helpful, they’re great mics!

[@DaneBrammage]

@@MillSounds Don't have a recording studio anymore but this would be a really great "Swiss Army" kind of mic.

[@MillSounds]

@@DaneBrammage Fos sure, SO many cool things you can do with it.

[@derek-vanguardaudiolabs9779]

hey everyone! So something went wrong with the premier, please post your questions here

[@MrMuppetbaby]

Thanks a great demo on an awesome mic! Tod

[@alvaromorello]

Not sure which is better…the review or the song ❤

[@tonygunz21]

Great review!

[@bensongavin]

Hey Derek and Matt! Joe here. So, for MS recording with the V44s... if I have an interface that has only two XLR inputs, can I just take the top and bottom capsule outputs from the splitter box to two separate tracks in my DAW and then copy and paste whichever track is the side mic to a third track and reverse the phase on the third track in the DAW? The same way I would normally do it with a center mic and a figure 8 side mic?

[@juddlevison9653]

Absolutely, that's what's normally done, as you said. The splitter box just gives you that third phase-reversed output as an option if you have the input channels.

[@MillSounds]

That's usually how I do it if I don't want to burn a channel during tracking. Sometimes when you're doing location work and have enough channels to spare, it's nice to hear the M/S signal decoded in real time to help with placement. You have choices here, which is the nice part!

[@derek-vanguardaudiolabs9779]

that's the general way to do it. The third output is most useful, I think, for real-time zero-latency monitoring in M/S.

[@bensongavin]

XY on the acoustic?

[@juddlevison9653]

I was curious about that myself. Hopefully Matt will chime in. I assume it was an X/Y recording, it was certainly spacious enough!

[@MillSounds]

Yes sir, X/Y on the Acoustic guitar with the capsules in cardioid set at 90 degrees.

[@derek-vanguardaudiolabs9779]

@@MillSounds that acoustic tone is VERY "Yellow" from Coldplay's Parachutes record :D

[@MillSounds]

@@derek-vanguardaudiolabs9779 Ya, it’s tuned down low in an open tuning. Coldplay used to do that a lot!

[@Devinop]

Hello. Your opinion - does it make sense to use V44 to record vocals, or is it better to use V4?

[@MillSounds]

There's no difference between using a mono V4 or just one channel of the V44s, they're exactly the same. As you saw in the video, you can do some unique things utilizing both channels on a source. I guess it just depends on how often you need to record in stereo. If you need a stereo mic, it's an amazing deal and can be used as a single microphone quite easily!

[@Devinop]

@@MillSounds What do you think about Vanguard V4 gen 2?

[@MillSounds]

@@Devinop Absolutely love it, best stereo mic you can buy!

[@Devinop]

@@MillSounds Stereo? V4 gen 2. It's mono mic, second generation of V4.

[@MillSounds]

@@Devinop Haha, sorry I misread! I’ve got a pair of V4’s and the stereo V4, so I obviously like them. Amazing on acoustic instruments, nice and warm/natural.

[@richardbailey511]

Great content and information. Music is a bit annoying.

[@MillSounds]

Haha... Thanks Rich, I'll take what I can get I guess!

[@richardbailey511]

@@MillSounds yes sir indeed. You're more than welcome. And thats a great mic. Gotta get my hands on one