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I have to be a hog and give three choices for me..... Oktava ML19. Older Soviet-era unidirectional ribbon mic.... looks like a Japanese lantern. Amazing on electric guitars, vocals, and a host of things..... the best, most used microphones I own.
The other is a pair of hydrophones. Underwater mics that are extremely sensitive, which makes them great for taping to a bottom of a hi hat, and sent through an old, nasty circuit. Lots of times, I'll tape them to an instrument as a contact mic, and just totally fuck that up. Instant fun. And they work greatest underwater!
The other is a pair of hydrophones. Underwater mics that are extremely sensitive, which makes them great for taping to a bottom of a hi hat, and sent through an old, nasty circuit. Lots of times, I'll tape them to an instrument as a contact mic, and just totally fuck that up. Instant fun. And they work greatest underwater!
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At high risk to my already non-existent "standing" here at TOMB I have to +1 on this. Even the SP-1 has a lot of unexpected quality. May sound ridiculous but IMO it's a really decent mic...even on hand percussion.RefD wrote:Nady Starpower 3 on acoustic guitars and male backing vocals.
no, really...
"The mushroom states its own position very clearly. It says, "I require the nervous system of a mammal. Do you have one handy?" Terrence McKenna
i really wasn't joking.KennyLusk wrote:At high risk to my already non-existent "standing" here at TOMB I have to +1 on this. Even the SP-1 has a lot of unexpected quality. May sound ridiculous but IMO it's a really decent mic...even on hand percussion.RefD wrote:Nady Starpower 3 on acoustic guitars and male backing vocals.
no, really...
got the thing for free a few years ago and discovered the zingy top, weird mids and fading low end work really well for taming boomy acoustic guitars and male vocals, no HPF needed.
ymmv.
?What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.? -- Seneca
you added it and a pair of hi-Z mics from a Webcor RtR when we did a trade a year or two ago.eeldip wrote:ha ha funy. i was thinking... i think i have that mic... or did i sell it???RefD wrote:oh, and the Astatic DN-50 (mine was rebadged Stromberg-Carlson) is great for small guitar amps and certain vocal and acoustic guitar sounds.
*waves to eeldip*
the one working Webcor mic is pretty fun into fuzz box -> wah-as-bandpass -> DI.
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I've posted these elsewhere before, but they bear repeating...
MXL 990 on floor tom - the best floor mic I've ever heard, and it's $60
I've been using my Heil PR40 on everything lately... it sounds awesome inside a kick with a D112 on the outside (blend to taste), and I even mic'd a Ampeg bass 4x10 bass rig with it and it came out awesome.
MEAT
MXL 990 on floor tom - the best floor mic I've ever heard, and it's $60
I've been using my Heil PR40 on everything lately... it sounds awesome inside a kick with a D112 on the outside (blend to taste), and I even mic'd a Ampeg bass 4x10 bass rig with it and it came out awesome.
MEAT
i have a Realistic omni dynamic mic which i used on an upright really close to the back and got a really cool piano sound. I cant wait to use this on other things as soon as i get my home studio back up and running
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Try it on snare sometime.Also the EV RE38 for kick and certain vox...
AT3035 is my go to mic for lots of things....vocals, electric guitar cabs, acoustic guitar, piano, upright bass, alto & tenor sax, room mic. So freakin' useful for the $$
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+1 for the 3035 here. Sometimes you can find them NIB on ebay for $130 (that's how I got mine) and there's virtually no self noise and no hype anywhere on the spectrum. Smooth as silk.river wrote:AT3035 is my go to mic for lots of things....vocals, electric guitar cabs, acoustic guitar, piano, upright bass, alto & tenor sax, room mic. So freakin' useful for the $$Also the EV RE38 for kick and certain vox...
Discovered just the day before yesterday that with a windscreen it's the best thing I've used yet for native american flute. Posted a simple track using it on my soundclick space if anyone's interested. "Forest Speak" is the name of the track. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemus ... dID=117445
Highly recommend the 3035 for anyone doing woodwinds and flutes.
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