Which overhead mics are your favorites?

Such a great video Kristian! Thanks for sharing!

I respect your ability to not defend your pricier purchases

Killer drummer! I LOVE that drum room... sooooo nice!

Neumann sounds like it have built-in soothe. I love that mic!

440 Pure ... awesome. Lacks the fancy bits of the Flex. And Lewitt folks seem very active ... all over.

It's beer o'clock! Also as I am about to buy some Lewitt mics this video is highly welcome! Already super impressed with what I've seen online but this will be awesome 👌🏻

I really liked the Lewitt's clarity in the upper mids, pre-EQ! It made the kit feel more alive, more character to each of the cymbals, more snap to the snare, and more of a live room feel too.

I thought he seems like quite a happy drummer having a good time....I wasn't expecting the apocalyptic band photo to pop up.😜🔥

I have been very much enjoying the results I've been getting using a matching pair of Lewitt LCT 440 PURE condenser microphones, as close mics on my guitar cabinets. 🤘

As I'm not recording real drums but currently owned Superior Drummer 3 I got some really cool inspirations by this video!

Awesome video, and damn that guy can play the drums!!

Der Drummer hatte Spaß!! Er grinst wie ein Honigkuchenpferd! Das spricht auch für dein Studio :-) Das Lewit ist die Überraschung...

Neumann's are definitely the alpha here. Your EQ helped the Lewitts buy it can only get so close. Would love to hear how the TLM102's or Warm 47jr's compare to the Lewitts too!

Just got the 441 FLEX. Great, versatile mic, love it!

I just got a 441 Flex with the Lewitt promotion that is going on. Great to see a video doing a comparison supporting the purchase. I did not have a lot of cash laying around and this mic seemed like a great deal, so I went for it. Wanted something versatile for vocals, overheads, and guitar cab. Wouldn't mind seeing a video of the 441 Flex used on guitar cabs.

Great video!!! Nothing wrong with saving two grand! And that dude can play his ass off! Damn!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻

Awesome review. Thanks!!!! Lewitts kick ass

I know what you mean about the tiny condenser. Reminds me of the sound of the band of ants on the old cartoons....eeee iiiiiyyaaa eee eee eh ah oonch ooonch 😂😂😂

Damn, those raw drums sound mix ready!

Lewitt mics are some of the best value for money products available. I have a Lewitt 440 pure, and I swear by it. It's great on vocals and acoustic guitar.

I cannot believe there is a thousand dollar difference between these two mics. I actually like the clarity of the Lewitt in the upper mids. Sounds like a telefunken mic.

Neumann are smoother in that mid/high mid area, you can hear that thwack nasal-y increase when you switch. Both are still extremely good usable and nothing a simple EQ can’t fix. Room sounds great!

Hello from Vienna! Awesome video!

I have stereo pairs of both Neumann 107 & Lewitt 441. I use both pairs darn near everyday.

0:01 I like where this is heading (I just bought a Flex)

I am using the Lewitts now for 2 years as overheads. I have a lot of other options in the studio but I just love this mic.

To my ear the Neumanns still sound more expensive and more like "signal integrity", and they definitely have a little more "beef". I feel like you have set the low-mid EQ boost on the Lewitts a little too high. With more "low body" EQed into the Lewitts they might be on par (beef-wise). Due to the higher sound integrity I would always prefer the Neumanns over the Lewitts - if I HAD both of them lying around. Since I don't, and since I don't have 3000 € to spend, I might prefer the Lewitts :-)

minute 8:44, the lewitts have more snare presence! I love it!

Damn that drummer rips

Amazing review/demonstration! Thank you!

Crazy good drummer. That Vienner schnitzel made me hungry :)

Du bist einfach der Knaller!!! Tolles Video - und deine Video Produktionen werden von mal zu mal besser. \m/

I'm a total fan of the Lewitt mics! ❤️ The LCT 440felx is really a great mic for overhead or room mic. I like to use it with an lct540s zero for room sound. Killer kombie !! 🤗 the 440felx on the outside left and right about 3-4m distance to the drum and the 540s in the middle about 5-8 meters away from the drum. Gives a super hopeful and deep sound. And for overhead myself I use LCT 340c. Snare an MTP 440dm and bottom LCT 240pro. Hihat also LCT 240pro. But also loved the Tom mic from lewitt DTP 340 TT! the sound is just great at Tom's But also the kick drum mic DTP340rex and DTP 640 rex tip mic. For my taste, I think better than shure beta52 or audix. But as I said, it's a matter of taste! 😉

I really appreciate this review! Your self and Glen really made me reconsider what microphones I am going to put into my studio. We have been using shore for years and we are making the official jump and investment. Maybe in time we will be able to afford the 1040. We look forward to using this in our session coming up. Thank you for the confidence and making this investment. I did shoot the guys at Lewitt a message and mentioned your name for the Credit reference as well. Thank you for your amazing thorough videos as well. You are the go to tutorial for my engineers

Hey, some SDCs you might actually like on overheads are the Austrian Audio CC8s. I bought a pair of those for live drum overheads and found that they're a darker mic that sounds exceptionally smooth. No harshness or brittleness at all! I'll probably use them in the studio, as well... As smooth as they are on top, they'll take EQ well.

awesome video Kristian. I would love it if you do another video with this concept but for guitar mics! I know you've done a lot of speaker shootouts that have been awesome but a shoot out of affordable vs expensive mics used for heavy guitars would make my day. cheers!

Warren at Produce Like pro did a most awesome demo of some Lewitt mics.

Killer drum sound and playing!

Phenomenal drummer!

Hey Kristian, I think your OH sound is incredibly good. Very detailed and clear. Your position is, if I see it correctly, in front of the drum kit. Is there a video of you explaining the OH position? Do you measure the distance to the SD? What height is your starting point? It usually looks like 1.8 m to 2 m. How far do the OHs reach into the set? I would appreciate an answer. Greetings from Hamburg.

That drummer rips.

To my ear, the Neumann's had ever so slightly more articulation/depth to them compared to the EQ'd Lewitts. I was damn surprised at how close they became after the first 2k-4k EQ dip though. Really imperceptible unless you A-B them, both sounded fantastic in the mix :)

Lewitt 640ts next generation might be a good overhead test. Check them! You might be impressed! Thanks for this video.

I'd be really interested in shootout with Thomann's T-Bone brand, or Warm Audio. My friend lent me a T-Bone SC-1100 and it sounded surprisingly good on vocals.

Both sound great ! I'm not using a good system to check it out, but I can't hear much difference. Man Bogren have some very interesting stuff!

cool video! I love the sound of those lewitts and how bright they keep the snare. so much detail in the high mids! I use a Lewitt 640 Rex on my kick and it helps my old Ludwig set sound as good as it can. definitely my favorite kick hole mic. slightly better than the Audix and Sennheiser, which are my other favs.

Love it

Hey Kohle! Du kannst auch den EQ-Match Modus von dem Fabfilter EQ nutzen um wirklich exakt alle Differenzen zwischen Lewitt und Neumann zu sehen :) Klar, das Ohr macht natürlich immer die besten Entscheidungen, aber für Analysen ist es auf jeden Fall ein cooles Feature :)

Interesting ,this was great Amazing drummer

The Neumanns demonstrated why they're $1000 more! In solo, the Lewitts sounded harsh and "spitty" with especially the crash cymbals and open hi-hat; the Neumanns had no harshness at all!

Kohle , mil gracias por tu trabajo tan bien logrado , estoy por comprar el Lewitt 540s , para mi over head , ya que tengo platillos oscuros en su mayoría , espero que mi mezcladora Yamaha mg10 xu ...pueda captar el sonido del micrófono......jijijij....quiero grabar mi bateria con dos micrófonos en el piso tengo un Shure Beta 91a...uso principal es live Streaming.....!!!

Love this. I feel like some people use expensive gear instead of learning to listen, because its really hard to learn to listen. Have you ever auditioned the CAD M179 large diaphragm condenser? I felt exactly the same way about it as you do on the Lewitts here. Sounds very good, great quality, switchable pickup pattern, and just a few small EQ moves away from most anything you'd want to do with it.

The Neumann seem like they have a bit more "air" in the top end and 2 to 4.5k is def smoother. I have both mics. The Lewits are def more pronounced in the 2 to 5 range. But as you showed a bit of eq can tame that. I still prefer the "air" that the Neumann have.

Certainly not €1,000 of a difference in sound!

Jen Borgir done the job!

Hi Krisitan: I would like if you can make a comparison between the Neumann and the LCT 440 PURE since both microphones have fixed cardioid patterns, and the 440 should sound the same as the 441 but with a single capsule.

i could imagine the difference after eq when added with the multitrack could also be phase related due to using higher filter slopes for the eq correction. but i almost never use the higher filter slopes for the bell shape, so i don't have any experience with those...

Let's have a beer

I wonder wether the same applies to vocals... you might have to check harsh frequencies and S sounds with the lewitt but might get a more crispy and direct vocal sound than with the Neumann... maybe you'll try that one day

I still really like the video you did with the ribbon mics as overheads. All the sharpness and wash just evaporated. SDC and LDC always have a harshness to them I'm eq'ing out in post (Custom K Darks all the way around). I'd get a pair of ribbons but my mouth breathing drummer would knock them over and then I'd be f*cked. We need a bigger studio space ............

Super Video. Hätte nicht gedacht dass der Unterschied so minimal ist. Frage: Wie machst du das in Cubase um im "Nicht-Solo" Betrieb zwischen dem Lewitt und Neumann Track hin und her zu wechseln? Du fährst da immer mit der Maus über beide drüber.

Great video. Matching the eq response of the 2 sets, you used some fancy square eq curve. Can you explain what it does, and why you use it?

German’s they are the wurst…🤣 just kidding, yer a genius man. Keep doing what you’re doing. And, the drummer is nutz!

Hi. Is mic on first tom pointing away from hihat?

The Neumanns really sound better, it`s a big difference i think. If this is worth a thousand bugs is another question.

I have 2 PZM's of the eightees manufactured by radio shack

Neumann Hacks, almost!😅🙃

i’ve never tried large diaphragm condensers as OHs... i should try that one day i pretty much always use some 451s... and lots of sm57... yeah i’m pretty boring

Have you tried the sE electronics RNR1 Rupert Neve ribbon mic?, on overheads(I use a version from Glynn Jones positioning), and the on guitar amps unbelievable, compared to other mics at the same level I’ve had mixes where I can have the the guitar 6dB quieter in the mix with the same clarity with the same loudness, quite an amazing effect

i have noted that your toms and snare track are set in stereo mode. Can you please tell me why? I usually record in mono and set individual pan of any piece of the drum kit.

How do you think the mic preamps would affect this? Do you think there would be more differences between the two mics with a different (let's say cheaper) preamp?

Lewitt is much harsher on the crash. SHHHSHSHy Snare opens up in the Neumann

How did you achieve the stereo sound when soloing the OH mics? Or maybe I didn't get that you were using a pair each time?

Why wouldn't you use these for bright cymbals? What would you use? I have very bright Sabian AAXplosions heh

which you recommend more for overheads between Shure sm81, se voodoo vr1 or vr2, rode ntr, akg c214 or lewitt lct440 pure?

sorry but going from a 200 blue to tlm 103 it gave me a better quality

Dang...anyone claiming you absolutely need a Neumann, nope....

Welche sind sonst deine go to Mics für "hellere" Becken?

Ssl compression settings you enjoy?

No Hype Ribbon

The Neumanns are still better, but not 1000e better.

I like your videos, but man, your Tom 1 sounds like crap here, seems to be positioned very weird

no hype Ribbon

I hate watching that guy drum. It's the combination of spaghetti arms and Animal from Sesame St. Really painful. Cool mics, though.

Lewitt sounds better with the other mics than the neumann