A short, but hopefully relevant anecdote: I play the sax. A musician friend called me last summer to get me to do a part on a new song he’d produced. Since it w

A short, but hopefully relevant anecdote: I play the sax. A musician friend called me last summer to get me to do a part on a new song he’d produced. Since it was during the summer surge I said I’d do it at home and send him the part, but he mentioned he had a Neumann mic for me to record with. I was curious, so I packed up and went to his place which he’d set up largely outside. I played my parts, then went home. When he sent me the result I was floored! I’ve never sounded so good - seriously. I asked him what plugins he’d used and he’d just added a touch of reverb, but nothing else. It was all me and the Neumann mic. Those things really do have a magic quality about them. There’s a reason people are willing to pay more than the cost of my sax for one.