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Re: microphone
----- Original Message -----
> The funny thing is, while the SM58 is your
run-of-the mill stage vocal
> microphone (which might be used on other
things as well in times of need),
> the SM57 still seems to be one of the
standard choices for guitar amps and
> snare drums, and in this realm is
also found in recording studios next to
> the Brauners and
Neumanns.
that's true, yet I still see A LOT of SM57s on
stage as backup vocal mics.
> There are a few things you might try
for fun with SM57s, like miking an
> entire drum kit with four of them.
You get a very punchy sound which saves
> you the compressor, the EQ and
even works well on small playback systems
> without proper low-end
reproduction.
That's close to what I did at the Boise
Experimental Music Festival. The drum recording of Robert Sterling on drums with
the Transhumans....just two overhead SM57s. Joe and Lucio's guitar
recording...two SM57s on the speakers of their amps (one a Roland Microcube). My
voice on both the set with Lumper-Splitter and Robert Sterling...SM57. The
recording of Moe! and Z'EV....just one SM57 used as an ambient mic. The
free jazz recording that no one has heard yet of Tom Baker and Tom Baker
(gutiar) & Jesse Canterbury (clarinet)....two SM57. The reocrding you
haven't heard of Rob Price and David Grollman from NY...SM57s on the drums and
one on the guitar amp. Shall I say more? And the records are actually
quite good for live recordings.
It's tough to knock the SM57. If someone has a
problem with the frequency response, you just punch the lacking frequenies or
notch the offending frequencies, but I rarely have to do this.
Kris
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- From: "Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de>
