Which Mic For Recording

Ken Morgan · Post by **Ken Morgan** » 3 Mar 2012 5:09 am

Another good choice is the Shure SM7B. Think of it as a HUGE 57 (which it kinda is). Its been used for everything from steels to gtrs to broadcast of thousands of TV and radio shows to Michael Jackson's Thriller album...

Just have a good stand.

Rockne Dick · Post by **Rockne Dick** » 23 Mar 2012 2:12 am

.....Another poster mentioned this microphone - A Sennheiser silver E609. I bought one last fall to mic my mid 90's Peavey Audition 110 (pretty good, durable cheap amp) into the PA for country pop/rock gigs. Recommended by our old school (35 years exp. both feed truck and studio) Recording/Musician Engineer at Arcade Records in Olympia WA. Flat panel super cardiod with roughly the same specs as the 421 model but doesn't have the 5 position roll off bass switch for proximitry effect. A good price at $110- $130 new and I'll be testing it with my Melbert 8LS when it arrives next week.
.....Rocky

Jerry Kippola · Post by **Jerry Kippola** » 12 Apr 2012 5:33 pm

I use a tube direct box, usually after a slight delay effect, thru an 1176 just hitting the peaks. Any other efx always at mixdown. Here's a song i recorded for a friend of mine w/ my '68 Emmons
http://www.myspace.com/music/player?sid=87756868&ac=now

David Zornes · Post by **David Zornes** » 4 May 2012 5:54 pm

Whatever mike that Jimmy Day used on "Steel and Strings" is the final answer; of course, playing like Day did doesn't hurt!

Jeremiah Wade · Post by **Jeremiah Wade** » 16 May 2012 8:35 am

The Fathead II is an excellent mic for guitar and pedal steel. The SM57 is also wonderful but rolls off the low end under 250HZ (It naturally counters the proximity effect of close micing). The 57 should work great on E9 but loses low end clarity in the bottom end of the c6 tuning.

Jonathan Cullifer · Post by **Jonathan Cullifer** » 5 Jun 2012 8:18 pm

I've done a few dozen sessions, and every engineer has a preference. Here are mine (ranked):

Neumann U87
Sennheiser 421
Fatheads
Sennheiser E609
SM57/SM58

There have been many others, but those are the most common I have seen in the sessions I do in Nashville.

For my own material, I use a Sennheiser 421, as a U87 is out of the budget.

Leigh Howell · Post by **Leigh Howell** » 4 Jul 2012 7:52 am

I'm wondering if this model Shure is as reliable as the 57? It sounds good with what I've done with it so far, but always looking to improve. I use if mostly for vocals on the multitrack. Leigh

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Which Mic For Recording

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