Microphone Survey

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geo524
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I have a huge mic locker so I won't list them all. I'll just list the ones I use the most.

Shure SM27 - Vocals, acoustic guitar and amp.

MXL V69ME Tube mic. I installed Tongsol, gold plated tube. - Acoustic instruments and vocals.

sE 2200A MKII- Vocals and classical guitar

ISK Pearl - Acoustic instruments, vocals, guitar amp and drum overhead. This mic is fast becoming one of my favorites and is an unbeatable value for its price point.

I usually run all the above through an ART MPA Gold Stereo tube mic pre.
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I also have a huge mic locker... But I usually use my Neumann‘s the most.
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SM 57 and 58, AT 2020 and 2040, Samson CO2 stereo pair.

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geo524
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jlouvar wrote:I also have a huge mic locker... But I usually use my Neumann‘s the most.
what model Neumann's and what do you use them on? Vocals, acoustic guitars, guitar amps? I had a pair of TLM 103'S and wasn't all that impressed with them. I liked them for drum overheads but didn't find them all that useful on anything else.
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geo524 wrote:
jlouvar wrote:I also have a huge mic locker... But I usually use my Neumann‘s the most.
what model Neumann's and what do you use them on? Vocals, acoustic guitars, guitar amps? I had a pair of TLM 103'S and wasn't all that impressed with them. I liked them for drum overheads but didn't find them all that useful on anything else.
My 3 most used mic's are my U87 and pair of KM183, I use them on almost everything, but I also have many more mic's that I use... For example, my Sennheiser 421, EV RE20, etc.
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geo524 wrote:ISK Pearl - Acoustic instruments, vocals, guitar amp and drum overhead. This mic is fast becoming one of my favorites and is an unbeatable value for its price point.
shhhhhhhh! isK is a best-kept secret. Great mics at crazy low prices. :)
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I was looking for mics to record my violin. I bought a couple of sE Electronics sE7 mics. Not a matched pair. They were GC returns. When I went in to GC, there was a pair of Rodes that were basically the same thing but more expensive. Small diaphram condenser pencil mics.

So far I haven't looked back.They also work great for acoustic guitar and vocals. Work well using the included wind screen playing keys singing into one because they aren't as likely to pick up the keys noise as an LDC mic.The sE7's a great mics.

Though I'm mainly still using my Shure KSM44a for detailed studio work, I just tracked an album for a guy who sounded best on the AT4043. Seemed to bring out the best in his voice.
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Rode NT 1 (first version) för just about everything! Vocals, acoustic guitars, mic´d guitar amp! Reliable and alround!
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Re: Microphone Survey

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Hi,
I have 17 mic's.
Condensor :
- 2 Shure PG81 pencil ( battery/ phantom power)
- used for drum overhead, acoustic instruments.
- 2 Behringer C2 pencil.( matched pair )
- used for Leslie upper rotor, hihat, choir, acoustic instruments, amplifier.
- 1 AT2020 medium size.
- used for Leslie bottom rotor, vocals, acoustic instruments.

Dynamic :
- Avantone Mondo bass drum microphone.
- used for bass drum, bass amp, acoustic instruments in bass range.
- 4 Yoga D606 snare / tom.
- used for drums, violin / cello / xylophone in live sound miking.
- 2 Blue Encore100.
- vocals( live & recording ).
- 2 Shure PG58.
- used for vocals ( live ), amplifier.
- 1 Pyle PDMICR42 Retro.
- used for voice, drums ( live ).
- 1 AKG D65S.
- used for vocals /amps live.
- 1 Electrovoice small omni.
- used for voice.

That I what I have used these for in live sound and recording, with good results. On my SoundCloud page you can hear how the mic's sound on the drum kit, and amplifiers, on the piece titled ' Summer Fun '.
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Partsman
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Re: Microphone Survey

Post by Partsman »

MXL 990 for vocal or acoustic guitar
Audio Technical AT2035 vocals & acoustic
Sennheiser e906 guitar cab
SM57 & SM58 vocals
Samson C02 pair for room mics
b3player
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Re: Microphone Survey

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Gefell 92.1
Rode Classic Valve
Stereo pair Earthworks TC 1 now 40 I think
441
RE 27
1957 Shure 55
Assorted 57s 58s
Audio Technica 35s
several c1000s
mixyguy2
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Re: Microphone Survey

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It would be helpful if people said what they did/didn't like about the mics they have vs just listing them....
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