What Mic are you using on your Cab.

[TrevorOfDoom]

this one is my favourite
and i've had great results from this one as well.

here's a trick that i use both live and in the studio...
use your DI, and stick the mic in the port of your cab, if you can. (i have a rear-ported Bag End cab). the DI picks up the grind, the mic gets the sound of moving air and serious low end.

go ahead, try it.

 

[johnk_10]

here's a some of the mics in my arsenal that i've tried (besides a bunch of SM57's & SM58's) and all of them sound pretty good mic'ing a bass cab in the studio:

Neumann U87ai

Royer R121

Neumann TLM170

Shure SM7:

Microtech Geffel UM92S:

Lawson L47MP

Coles 4038:

Sennheiser MD441U:

Sennheiser MD421:

 

[Foz]

The Royer eh? I'll have to try that.

I got one but was always afraid I'd blow it up on big boomy stuff like bass cabs so I saved it for horns and the backside of guitar cabs etc.

 

[testing1two]

johnk, you have a brilliant mic locker. Coles 4038's are one of my favorite mics ever as well as the ubiquitous Royer. And the Coles are heavy enough to use as freeweights so you can cancel your gym membership and buy more!

 

[JimmyM]

Is it Jimmy M who likes Audix? I just had someone badmouthing them and I don't know why.

nope. never used an audix on bass, but if someone tried to put a d6 on my cab, i would not be happy

 

[johnk_10]

johnk, you have a brilliant mic locker. Coles 4038's are one of my favorite mics ever as well as the ubiquitous Royer. And the Coles are heavy enough to use as freeweights so you can cancel your gym membership and buy more!

thanks. yeah i love the Coles too. i pretty much always buy my mics in matched pairs just in case i want to miuc something in stereo, so i have at least two of all of the mics shown above, with the exception of the Lawson and the Geffel. and yes, the Coles require a heavy duty boom stand, otherwise you'll be picking them up off of the floor.

 

[deaf pea]

The OP asked about the Sennheiser e609. These seem pretty reasonably priced. I'm thinking of going this way myself. Anyone have experience with the 609?...

Yes . . . I use one on my "dirty" cab, both live and recording . . . it's pretty mid-rangey . . . NOT a lot of low end . . .

FWIW, on the "clean" cab I like to use an EV RE-20 . . .

AFAIK the EV PL-20 is the same mic as the EV RE-20 . . . . . .

 

[gillento]

nope. never used an audix on bass, but if someone tried to put a d6 on my cab, i would not be happy

I think it was JMJ who talked (on his own forums) very favourably about a certain Audix mike....

 

[JimmyM]

Yes . . . I use one on my "dirty" cab, both live and recording . . . it's pretty mid-rangey . . . NOT a lot of low end . . .

FWIW, on the "clean" cab I like to use an EV RE-20 . . .

AFAIK the EV PL-20 is the same mic as the EV RE-20 . . . . . .

yep, same mic.

 

[JimmyM]

I think it was JMJ who talked (on his own forums) very favourably about a certain Audix mike....

maybe he means when he's trying to sound like fieldy, he likes the d6

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

hey Jimmy, why the love for the Beyer M88 but not the M201? what's the difference, out of curiosity?

 

[JimmyM]

hey Jimmy, why the love for the Beyer M88 but not the M201? what's the difference, out of curiosity?

no clue, trev. never used an m201, only the m88. i wouldn't call it love for the m88, though i did like it. wouldn't buy one, but i'd use it again if a soundman wanted to.

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

no clue, trev. never used an m201, only the m88. i wouldn't call it love for the m88, though i did like it. wouldn't buy one, but i'd use it again if a soundman wanted to.

cool, just curious. seen a few folks in this thread espouse the virtues of the M88, but i'm the only fool loving the M201. that said, i've never used the M88, so maybe i don't know...

 

[coreyfyfe]

I just picked up a Heil PR40, mostly because of Jimmy's praise, but also after a fair amount of research. I've usually used an RE20 when I've been in the studio so I wanted to pick up my own for live use/future studio time/home recording and I've dug it so far.

 

[JimmyM]

I just picked up a Heil PR40, mostly because of Jimmy's praise, but also after a fair amount of research. I've usually used an RE20 when I've been in the studio so I wanted to pick up my own for live use/future studio time/home recording and I've dug it so far.

you, sir, are a man among men! that puppy never fails to deliver. most soundmen tell me they just plug me in, highpass it a little, and leave it flat, and it always works great. the times my foh sound is closest to my rig, that's the mic i'm using.

 

[codethechode]

Just played a show last night and to my surprise the FOH guys were actually micing the bass cabs. They used a d112 (akg) and it sounded ok but It was very "boomy" so I opted just for my DI. I bought a beta 52 on a whim and it's ok but you still get the boomy sound (not alot of mids at all)

As jimmyM has said:
Heil pr40
Ev re20
Combination of sm57 and DI

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

Sennheiser MD421 is what I use for mic'ing my bass bab. It also works as a terrific mic for videoconferencing through my PC.

 

[JimmyM]

Your computer for videoconferencing has phantom power?

 

[ShoeManiac]

I was really pleased with the sound of an EV RE-20 on my cabinet when I was recording this past summer.

 

[johnk_10]

I was really pleased with the sound of an EV RE-20 on my cabinet when I was recording this past summer.

+1.
i agree. RE20's are great for micing bass cabs, live or in the studio. IMO, they're great sounding non condensor mics for micing just about anything else too. i have a pair of those too. here's a pic of one of them for those that aren't familiar of how they look: