Sunday, September 7th, 2008...2:00 am
Microphone Olympics Medalists Announced
Once again DT, you made this contest a hit. We should also thank Blue Microphones and The Joint Committee for sponsoring the contest and believing in the DT movement. Anyway, we had so many dope entries that after the winners, I will let you know all of the finalists/honorable mentions and those emcees will get prizes too, including a badge for your profile. First, the medalists…
For the male contest, the medalists are:
Gold (Blue Baby Bottle) – Stormin’ Norm. What can we say, this track stood out from the pack. Three of the four judges had it ranked #1. http://www.dopetracks.com/track/110975
Silver (Blue Snowball) – Hubus. Besides the skills, you can hear how much it means to him to be emceeing. http://www.dopetracks.com/track/110393
Bronze (Blue Snowflake) – LesBlesd. Both of his tracks deserve mention. The one with the newscopter was classic and the way he threw in rhymes while playing the part of the newscaster put a fresh spin on the contest. http://www.dopetracks.com/track/109497
For the female contest, the medalists are:
Gold (Blue Baby Bottle) – Sexy Shay – The combination of hip-hop and r&b work really well here. We were expecting to hear a nice r&b track, but Shay came through with an amazing overall track. http://www.dopetracks.com/track/110971
Silver (Blue Snowball) – Jay Cee Pretty – Makes the most of the DT recorder. http://www.dopetracks.com/track/110996
Bronze (Blue Snowflake) – Chi Girl 22 – Last minute entry, she brought the heat. http://www.dopetracks.com/track/110988
Also, there were several finalists and honorable mentions. Finalists include Momo Smitt, Nicatien, Proph Murph, SilvaTung, Krazy Flo, Drinkinstein, Kawana and Joystar. You will all receive a DT poster signed by Chali 2na. Honorable mentions include Prof, Don Da Dopeman, Mikie da grip BBC, 12 gage, KoKoKuMa, nycz most fly, word of mouth and dim. You will all receive a copy of the Dopetracks All-Stars Mixtape Volume One. Also, Jacino had a mentionable track, but unfortunately it was past the deadline.
To view results, visit http://www.dopetracks.com/Blue-Mic-DT-Olympics.html
Peace and keep up the dopetrackin’.
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December 11th, 2008 at 11:53 am
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December 11th, 2008 at 11:50 am
when are u going record another song with your grandson me and my family like it
December 11th, 2008 at 11:46 am
to every one on dope tracks havea fun and safe hoilday and to da sir knowledgex keep up the good work if i owned my record lable u will be one sign on my lable so keep up the good work
November 12th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
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October 20th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
I got a samson R31S for $40 dollars and i bet it sounds better than a blue mic, I already have done a few songs on it, but I am waiting for people to come back on them with their blue mics.
I am a musician, we can’t sleep on this stuff, let’s make music!
October 20th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
It was the nineties when rap began to be seen as marketable, which followed the obvious use in promoting products.
So with the blue mics. Why is it that people haven’t really used them? The ones that received them, maybe a couple of them had used them once or so. What is up with that?
I can barely talk people into using their blue mics, afraid they might sound like shit?
I was looking at a rating for these mics and it states there are some flaws, even design flaws with them, other than how goofy they look.
http://reviews.cnet.com/microphones/blue-microphones-snowflake-usb/4864-6469_7-33131110-1.html
Cons:
(1) Bug. Whenever you put the computer in sleep and later wake it up, the USB Snowflake will not come out of the sleep. You will have to unplug the microphone and replug it to make it work. I’m not entirely sure whether this is a problem with the microphone or the computer operating system, but I am familiar with external USB devices enough to know that this shouldn’t be the case. I use Vista. Other external USB devices all work fine in this respect. So I believe this is a bug. Regardless, this is quite annoying because I put my laptop in sleep frequently.
(2) Sound quality is not as good as professional microphones used with a good sound card. The sound quality is right in the middle between microphones built in laptop computers and a decent headset, a handheld or studio microphone. I say this based on testing with actual recordings, not speculation. While the Snowflake is noticeably better than a built-in microphone, it is noticeably inferior to a good handheld microphone or a quality headset (such as those used in wireless microphone sets).
(3) Noise level is higher than a good handheld microphone or good headset. Because of the distant placement in relation to the user, this microphone is clearly not as clean as the high-quality microphones I’ve used (and still use with my desktop system). This may not be a problem for noncritical recordings, but it is something to be remembered. Personally, I want to use it for voice recognition, which I believe is a much more challenging environment than casual recording. Based on my short experience, I am quite satisfied, but not without a bit of reservation because of the noise. I just hope the noise does not significantly impact the recognition accuracy. So far, it does not appear to be a series problem, but the higher noise level is obvious and I am concerned.
(4) Picks up too much ambient noise. This microphone is supposed to be unidirectional, but its ability to reject ambient noises is clearly not as good as handhold microphones I’ve used. The Snowflake is really meant to be used in a relatively quiet room. I believe this microphone was designed with conflicting goals which forced compromises. When it comes to microphones, there are two very different types of uses. The first type is the recording of a single source from a single direction (such as an individual speaker’s voice), the second type is the recording of multiple sources from multiple directions (such as a conference room). These two types need very different types of microphones, namely unidirectional for the former and omnidirectional for the latter. I feel the maker of the Snowflake would like to have both type of buyers with a single design. Not a good idea. I think they should give an option of two different types to the Snowflake, either using a modular system or using a switch.
(5) The joint of the microphone head is very loose, hardly able to hold a position firm. This makes you nervous all the time, and in fact do cause frequent adjustments. This is clearly an overlook and must be improved in the next iteration of this product (if there will be one). Nothing affects the user experience like unreliability.
(6) There is no tightening nor adjustment mechanism for this thing to be clamped over the edge of the computer lid. It just loosely and barely hangs there. Not very stable, and easily falls off with any laptop movement. I eventually decided to place the microphone aside the computer. This works well (but does require a support surface), because thankfully the metal case can be flipped over to become a standing frame. Very convenient.
(7) I wish they made the microphone head (the ball part) completely detachable from the box so that one can comfortably hold it in hand if needs to (for example, if you really need a low noise level for recording). With the current design, if you want to handhold this microphone, you can only hold it with the entire metal frame, which is not only heavy but too edgy and uncomfortable to hold for very long.
(8) I feel the whole thing is a bit too heavy for its intended type of use. Is it possible to make it lighter without sacrificing the integrity? I don’t know. I kind of like the feel of its metal make, but still think lighter would be better.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:12 am
ay what the fuck
yo someone comin on here usin ma name and shithonestly what the fuck is up with that reveal yourself fuckface
aint cool to jack someones id then talk shit with it
September 29th, 2008 at 11:52 am
yeah koo send me the link when you done ight late
-CiTy-
September 29th, 2008 at 9:28 am
IM WORKING ON “THE VICTORY LAP”…LIFE AFTER THE MIC! ENCORE PRESENTATION … COMING SOON! FIRST SONG OFF THE BABY BLUE BOTTLE…