What mics y'all using?

[Phil Macino]

I have been getting into some recording as of late now that I have a small space to dedicate to it. I love experimenting with different mics. Right now I'm using a blend of a Rode NTK condenser and a SM57 and getting some pretty cool results.

What about you? and what makes you like them?

[San]

I only have one and it's an SM57. I got it after recommendations on the 'old' forum and it has been top notch. I use it for guitar and vocals and it always sounds good!


San.

[Phil Macino]

I only have one and it's an SM57. I got it after recommendations on the 'old' forum and it has been top notch. I use it for guitar and vocals and it always sounds good!


San.
You can't go wrong with a 57. If there was ever a "Microphone Hall of Fame", it would be in by unanimous vote.

[Scott Peterson]

I have a couple of SM57's, a Mojave Audio Tube Conversion mic ( www.mojaveaudio.com (http://www.mojaveaudio.com) ); a BLUE Dragonfly and the mack daddy of my little mic locker - the Soundelux U195.

The SM57s are the standard for many things; with good reason. Dependable, useful and they sound good.

The Mojave Audio is great for intimate vocals and taming bright sources. Great for female background vocals.

The Dragonfly is a wonderful do-it-all modern bright sounding mic that works on most everything. Not always the perfect source, but when it works on something, it *really* works well. Sits great in a mix with very little eq.

The Soundelux U195 is described by many as the best mic on the planet for less than $1500; it just sounds wonderful on literally everything. Acoustic guitars, amp cabs (LOUD even); female vocals, acoustic guitars. You name it, it delivers. Always good; many times spectacular.

[Quinny]

Neumann TLM103. Great mic, I use it on nearly all acoustic guitars and vocals I do.
Beta 57a x 2. Got these for mic'ing up cabinets. Also occasionally some vocal work. I love these mics... picked the pair up very reasonably a couple of years ago, and they just do a great job.
Also a pair of RV10's from a company in Scotland called red5audio (www.red5audio.com). Not unlike the TLM in some ways, but has a very much brighter high-end. Mainly used for drum overheads, but I couple one of them with the TLM for recording my Guild and it's very much the acoustic tone I spent so long looking for (I love my acoustic! :) ). There's a little sample of the Guild HERE (http://freespace.virgin.net/c.luscombe/guild.mp3)

I find the more mics the better, although I do have my workhorse ones!

Quinn.

[Phil Macino]

I find the more mics the better, although I do have my workhorse ones!

Quinn.I know what you mean, I have a couple Beta 57's and Audio Technica, and one of the new Sennheiser e609 "Silver" in addition to the Rode and 57.

It's a lot of fun hearing the subtleness (or not so subtleness) bewtween different mic's and combinations.

[Aldwyn]

Vocals = Audio Technica AT 4040
Amps & Acoustic Guitar = Shure SM57 and SM58 Beta

Peace,
Aldwyn

[jas]

Funny, Aldwyn...

I find the Audiotechnica AT4040 to be a superb acoustic guitar mike for recording. I've also used the Rode NT-2 (?) for acoustic guitar.

I like the Shure SM58 Beta for vocals, we use SM57's for the drums with the Rode as an overhead drum mike.

I also have an excellent vocal mike - really powerful - but it's at home and I'm at work and I have no brain and can't remember what the mike is.

-John

P.S. It's an EV N/D 967 and the Rode is an NT-1

[GaryNattrass]

AKG C3000 for most things guitar accoustic and amp's

A couple of sennheiser 845 dynamics for gen purpose

Calrec 850 capacitors

Stagg Bass drum mic and stereo condensor for the racks

Beyer M201 for the snare drum

A Valve SCT2000 T-Bone mic for vocals

[Aldwyn]

Funny, Aldwyn...

I find the Audiotechnica AT4040 to be a superb acoustic guitar mike for recording. I've also used the Rode NT-2 (?) for acoustic guitar.

I'll have to give the AT4040 a shot on acoustic micing! Thanks!

Peace,
Aldwyn

[Chiba]

I also have the ubiquitous SM57, but I don't use it much. I picked up a BLUE Ball to serve as a replacement for the 57, and I dig the sound I get from the Ball.

My main amp mic is a Studio Projects C3, great mic. Use it for guitar & bass amps & acoustic guitars - even used it on a cello once!

My other cheap yet surprisingly good mic is an SE Electronics SE-500 tube mic. Most folks have probably never even heard of SE Elec, and I picked up this mic on the Bay for a song and haven't been disappointed by it yet. Also good on acoustics and especially for squeaky female vocals - warms them right up.

My two "good" mics are both BLUE - Dragonfly (i.e. jack of all trades - and I do mean ALL) and Baby Bottle, which I got from our own Scott Peterson a few months back and - believe it or not - haven't had a chance to use for anything interesting yet! Other than gunning it up to make sure it worked, nothing! How sad is that???

I suck :D

--chiba

[Oldgtarz]

As some of you might now I built a closed speakercab, I used to mic it with an sm57 but last week I found a really cheap Superlux eco-h6a condenser mic that sounds awesome!! I highly recommend it for clean and dirty guitar! For vocals and acoustic guitar I've using a Rode NT1 thru a Mindprint Envoice.

[LSchefman]

Vocals - blue Kiwi
Acoustic Bass - Neumann U89i
Overheads - AKG 414BULS Pair
Snare, Usual guitar Cab - 57
Kick - At- ATM25
Acoustic Gtr - B&K
Acoustic Piano - B&K
Occasional guitar Cab - Audix D3
Horns - Schoeps

[OneMileWish]

I'll do the LSchef way!

Vocals - U87/U87A
Overheads - KM184 pair/C414pair depending
Snare T - 57!
Snare B - C414
Toms - U47FET/MD421
Kick - D112 + RE20
Electric Guitars - 57, sometimes md421
Acoustic Guitars - U87/TLM170 at the 10-12 fret, km184 around the bridge
Acoustic Piano - C414 pair, but not a ton of experience with this yet

[redmax61]

Hey Les, I may be hitting you up for some more of your old used mics in a while.

[johnreardon]

Don't sing, however use a SM57 for harmonica. Perhaps a little bit awkward to hold and play, but it sounds great.

[green]

an old electro voice model 664........sounds better than you would think