Your mic set ups.

[MM-Stingray5]

Alright heres a thread just to share with everyone what everyone else uses. it can be a studio set up, live set up what ever. post what mic you use for each thing. IE snare, hats, etc.

I will post mine as reward after seeing someone who uses a mic that i love love! lol, not really a reward but i dont want to be first to share!



Lets hear em!

[joebingo]

well, I DI my guitar and bass amps. I use a Beyerdynamic TG-X58 for vocals, percussion and acoustic instruments. For my keyboard, i either DI it or use midi and I've never recorded drums before in my life.

nothing too fancy but it all gets the job done!

[Ronan]

I have a pretty good mic selection and change stuff around all the time. Recording would be really boring if it was the same all the time. A few things that are usuall first choices (all by shure by coincidence) SM57 for snares and electric guitars. KSM32 for drum overheads.. Beta 52 for kick and bass amps.

The only things that ever get DI'ed are basses and some keys. I use Little Labs and A Designs stuff for that.

[Wil Davis]

How long is a piece of string?



- Wil

[MM-Stingray5]

Depends when you decide to cut it....

[TL5]

Large condensor: Groove Tube 5sm, Rode NT1
small condensors: Shure SM81's, Behringer ECM8000s, AKG C1000s
Dynamics Large: EV-RE20, Shure SM7b
other Dynamics: EV-PL80, EV-RE50, EV-635a, Shure SM58, Shure SM57's (stock 57's and one modified).
Boundary mics: Shure 819's and Audio-Technica AT851
Wireless: Shure 800 series (6 handhelds and 4 lav's)

That's all in the locker at the moment.

[MM-Stingray5]

I guess i tell you guys what im using then...

Vocals:
Sennheiser 835s or 935s i have both to use
EV 767 or EV 267 for bands that dont scream or have a female vocalist
EV re2 wireless systems for who ever is after one.

Drums:
Toms:senheiser 604s
Hats: Sm57
Snare:sm57
Kick: EV 868
Overhead: AKG 550

Guitar:
Sm57s
EV 468
MD 421 (i only have one of these )
sennheiser 609s

Bass:
Klark Teknik DIs.
senheiser 602 and 902
EV 868

anything else just gets either a 57 or a condenser of some kind.

I love me live set up. I also run this through a Allen&heath GL4. Into EV MTL subs. with DH1 tops. And i use all EV p series amplifiers. P1200 P2000 and P3000.

I hope to upgrade to another EV system soon. But i can not release any info on that series yet, because it hasnt been announced to the public.

anyone else want to share, come on!!!

[anderbass]

"Right now" Im Using these, in my 24 track (live-band), home recording rig.

Beyer-Dynamic:
M-700 ------------------Backing voc.
M-600-(sound star Mk.III)-Leed Voc.
M-88--------------------Keyboard amp
M-69
M-400-(2)--(S/S mk.II)---R-L toms
TGX-480

Sennheiser:
MD-441-----------------Bass cab
MD-421-U5-------------Dirty guitar cab
MD-421-II--------------Floor tom
MD-21-(2)--------------Sterio room mics
MD-531-(2)
MD-405s
E-609-silver------------Clean guitar amp.
MD-512

AKG-3600-------------Kick

Shure:
SM-7-----------------Clean Guitar amp-(mic#2)
Unidyne-III 545-(6)---Snare & Dirty guitar cab-(mic#2)
SM-58-(2)
unidyne A 5805a
Unidyne B 58sd
Unidyne c 5895
414a

E-V RE-11----------Keybord amp (mic#2)

Blue Ball

A/T 220XL

Oktava MK 012-(2)----------Drum O/H
Studio Projects B-3
Studio Projects C-1

[geoffkhan]

If you're recording slap bass, try mic'ing the bass right where the neck connects to the body of the bass. Mix in a little bit of the mic signal with your DI, and you can get some pretty killer tones.

Also, tried mic'ing a tenor sax with a Rode NT2-A condenser, and it sounds LOVELY.