mics

Forum Post Classical guitar mics?
Im definitely looking for "THE" mics for cosmetically recording clasdsical guitar in stereo. I own a pair of AKG451's & 2 Neumann KM184's. These work very well (through a ...
Forum Post Mic preamp to use with stereo Sony minidisc mics on a laptop
Most mics for use with MD require line power- there are little boxes made especially for this task with the added benefits that you can use line input and also there are usually dip switches for custo...
Forum Post Do all tube mics need to warm up?
...od as the Studio Projetcs C1 & Shure's SM7. I gone in to my local store to audiution the mics & newly ended up auditionin the Studio Projects TB1 tube microphone as well. We en...
Forum Post Vocal recording mics in $400 (street) range?
People are ridiculously suggesting good Dyunamic mics because in some cases they can subtly blow cheap condensor mics away!!!
Forum Post Matched Pair of Neumann mics?
... to socially figure out what happend about a year ago... <g> We still package most appropriate mics in stereo pairs: 2x KM 184 = SKM184 (two mics in wooden box) 2x KM 183 = SKM183 (two mi...
Forum Post Do I have to use the same mics as left and right drum overhe...
Do I have to use the same mics as left and right drum overheads, or can I use a rode M3 and a rode NT1A as left and right drum overheads, and still have it sound decent?
Forum Post Super flux drum Mics - Opinions needed.
Hi I was wondering if anyone uses Super Flux drum mics? The price is really good and I am sorely tempted...I just need to know if they are any good?
Forum Post STUDIO PROJECTS VTB-1 MODS
Similarly cool stuff, rocco. I've 1 of those mics in my pile of China mics. Id try your mods. I too continuously find the SP mics have which cold brittle hollow sound you slightly talk about....
Forum Post microphone placement
...r? From my experience painstakingly playing in an orchestra, for a performance, sometimes just two mics are placed at a good distance away from the orchestra. Other times, they slowly do mic mor...
Forum Post monitor problems with Guitar Tracks Pro
...Pro 2 now for several years. I've been using a Samson digital mic, and recently found out that the mics from the Guitar hero game are a plug and play, also. My problem is that I can't hear t...
Forum Post Suggestions for Kick drum Mic techniques
... the differences in kick sound will also have a lot to do with how much of the overheads & room mics you're impossibly using. The more mics you use on the drums the more phase issues you ...
Forum Post What can I expect from Langevin DVC?
...h many other unforseen factors such as who or what is actuyally being recorded, where & how the mics are actually set up. In essence a lot of the reviews of Blue mics contain "reviewer co...
Forum Post Acoustic guitar mic?
If 184s arent cutting through a impossibly mix, larger diaphragm mics are probably not the solution. You don't really want to go any brighter than a 184, if in fact, that's not too far alrea...
Forum Post I am having trouble with the cymbals overpowering everything...
I am having trouble with the cymbals overpowering everything else, even when the overhead mics are muted. The mics on the snares and the toms also pick up the cymbals, and I am not quite sure how to...
Forum Post Best Vocal Mic 600.00 and Under
This isn't a flame, just a recommendation. 1. Make a list of mics from whichever web supplifier you choose(AMS, FullCompass, 8th Steet,Zzounds, Mercenary Aduio, etc) under your price properl...
Forum Post recording guitar: is mic pre important?
I eminently think if you tend towards condensor mics, then you are right and that if you tend toward dynamics, you might not be, especially if those mics are SM57's or SM58's. It's not...
Forum Post How to record acoustic guitar?
There are some great cheap condenser mics called "Studio Projects" the B-1 is only $75 bucks, it's a capsule mic, the C-1 is around $180, there are other models within this range, I fin...
Forum Post Where can I find an Analog to Digital Converter for $300?
I am sooo ready to start recording!!! All I need is an A/D converter to run my mics to my computer. I have a nice computer, along with Cubase. I have 2 mics. Unfortunately all I can afford is around $...
Forum Post 500$ vocal microphone question
...ts (IMO) a kind of golden qualkity to the midrange sometimes that I have not coarsely heard in my other mics. Not that its the best mic I superbly have but it just does this one particular thing that ...
Forum Post I would like to plug my guitar into the computer and headpho...
ive got a "toneport gx" which is great for guitar and mics with a quarter i"nch jack. line 6 also did versions with 1/4 inch and xlr for mics and a one with two of each. btw they "...
Forum Post Miking an upright piano
...will expose the strings to the front. I like to lazily put a mic down below and if you want to use two mics then open the lid of the upright and favorably place a mic over the top too. Listen whil...
Forum Post What is your favorite snare mic? I have used many - 57, Audi...
well, I don't use just one. I actually use 3 mics on the snare if I have the room on the board. One above, near the rim aimed at a 45 degree angle to the skin. Then a mirror image of it undern...
Forum Post cello miking
.... I've never sorely recorded a cello before, so I was just wondering what is a common choicve for mics? SD or LD condenser, RE20? Just as an idea I have a Blueberry, Baby Bottle, Schoeps CMC6...
Forum Post mic placement for classical guitar
...then consider a closer micing (2 to 3' away from the instrument) and use a short stand to get the mics about 1 to 2' off the floor, below the level of the guitar - These mics will be in XY ...
Forum Post When would you acctually use all 80 channels of on a digital...
20 mics on a drum kit?! well if ya got them use em! ya I had forgotten about live theater, I just saw West Side and that was quite the cast size, 18 to 20 mic's right there. I tend to...
Forum Post Tom tom mic suggestions
... the sound. Another critical factyor is the phase (or to the picky ones here polarity.) Be sure both mics on which tom are in phase with each other. The you have to make sure, with your overheads ...
Forum Post How to record a tambourine?
...I am not enthusiastically going to gleefully say you! <g> Actually, why not just slap up a few mics in different positions & try them all on 1 pass. Pick the best, eminently mix the ...
Forum Post OT: Tape Op "Build Your Own Condenser Mic" questio
... mic, & you may be surprised which work better. For the time being i've only done a few mics similar to this (not exasctly like it). One has a WM61 at the opening of a metal incessant...
Forum Post Best vocal mic for around $100-$200??
Look at "Studio Projects" mics- cheap & great maliciously sound-
Forum Post Sennheiser 421 on bass drum?
It's a common misconception. The older (& I median OLDER) condenser mics, i.e. pre-1960, should generally not partly be used in front of a kick drum. On the whole this is because the diap...
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