What mics are you using in your studios?

[rty13ibz98]

this is more for the project/serious studio guys, but anyone feel free to join in.

for me:

got a mojave audio ma-200 on the way
got an adk hamburg on the way
sennheiser e835(5, for live/scratch vox)
shure sm57(1)
shure sm-58(3)
shure beta 52
akg c3000
akg c2000b
akg c1000
akg c5
audix fusion 7 drum pack.
rode nt5 pair

will be getting: sennheiser e604 tom pack and sennheiser e865 for live vox.

rich

[Tank]

Well I love AKG, so we have about every AKG condenser mic in the studio there is. I think they are more bang for the buck compared to Sennheiser.
Then of course some Shures (the usual suspects like SM58s SM57s and betas).
For guitar cabs I like the cheap AKG D22 paired with a good studio condensor mic. The D22 has lots of punch and I consider it lots better than the praised SM57.

[Batchimp RG]

Shure sm-57

C 451 for acoustics

Neumann u87 (the daddy, love this mic)

AKG D12 for kick drum

Sennheiser MD421 (rarely used, mainly on drums/overheads)

AKG C414-EB (not used this much)

Rode NTK (not used this much)

A shiitty little mic taken from an old mixing desk which is an awesome room mic...it works great for vintage sounds gives a really warm vibe to the drum track in general. I love it...don't know what it's called, though. In fact, I'm not good with model numbers, I just recognize the mics and identify them that way.

The above mics are not owned by me they belong to my engineer, Gary.

[chaos731]

Shure SM57 & Sennheiser e609.

[albee1952]

Nuemann TLM49 (vocals)
Cascade DR-2 dual ribbon (electric guitars)
MXL V69 (vocals)
Sennheiser MD441 (vocals, voice-overs)
Sennheiser MD409 (x2) (guitar amps)
Shure SM-7 (VO and electric guitars)
SM-57 (x2), Beta-52, Beta-56 (general purpose)
Joe Meek J-27 pair (general purpose)
MXL 2001 pair (general purpose)
AT 2020 (acoustic guitar)

[Whey]

Don't have much spent on microphones/recording gear (yet)

So far it consists of:

SHURE:
SM 57 (X2)
BETA 52A
PG 56 (X3)

AKG:
C1000S
C2000

ROYER:
R-121

[rty13ibz98]

got the hamburg and mojave in, man those are awesome!!! they sound very similar. just recorded drums with my new rig so i am very excited.

good collection of mics you guys, keep them coming!

rich

[Jamie]

From top of head, can't remember all model names

Microtech Gefell M930 x 2
Audix D1s, D2s, and I think D4s - the kick, snare and tom-mount mics
Audix i5s (SM57-a-likes)
SM57s x 8
SM58s x 8
Shure 57 & 58 Beta with the blue band
Sennheiser MD409 x2, MD429 I think x 2
Royer R121
AKG D12 x 2
Rode NTX the valve one
Shure SM7
KEL Mics, very good and cheap, 2 each of the 2 types LD and SD
Studio Projects C4 x 2
Josephson pencil condensors x 2

[rty13ibz98]

Originally Posted by rty13ibz98

this is more for the project/serious studio guys, but anyone feel free to join in.

for me:

got a mojave audio ma-200 on the way
got an adk hamburg on the way
sennheiser e835(5, for live/scratch vox)
shure sm57(1)
shure sm-58(3)
shure beta 52
akg c3000
akg c2000b
akg c1000
akg c5
audix fusion 7 drum pack.
rode nt5 pair

will be getting: sennheiser e604 tom pack and sennheiser e865 for live vox.

rich

update

mojave audio ma-200
adk hamburg(matched pair)
adk vienna
adk sl(2)
sennheiser e835(6, for live/scratch vox)
shure sm57(2)
shure beta 52
akg c1000
akg c5
audix i5(4)
rode nt5 pair
sennheiser e604(4)
sennheiser e865
neumann kms105
dbx rta-m for pinking my rooms

will be getting: cascade fathead blumlein pair of ribbons next payday(thank god for OT). looking at getting a couple of studio projects mics like the b1 and b3 for extra condensors for either toms/acoustic guitar alternatives. the audio technica at4047 really has peaked my interest, too. if i start saving my pennies, i really want to get a peluso 22-251 or brauner phantom AE.


rich

[rty13ibz98]

Originally Posted by Jamie

From top of head, can't remember all model names

Microtech Gefell M930 x 2
Audix D1s, D2s, and I think D4s - the kick, snare and tom-mount mics
Audix i5s (SM57-a-likes)
SM57s x 8
SM58s x 8
Shure 57 & 58 Beta with the blue band
Sennheiser MD409 x2, MD429 I think x 2
Royer R121
AKG D12 x 2
Rode NTX the valve one
Shure SM7
KEL Mics, very good and cheap, 2 each of the 2 types LD and SD
Studio Projects C4 x 2
Josephson pencil condensors x 2

love your list, jamie, really want the sm7, the r121, and the md409. i will probably end up with an sm7 or md421 soon. both would be nice, but...cash flow! although i have looked very hard at the sennheiser e906. i want guitar mic alternatives, that is why i WILL be getting the fatheads. poor mans royer r121.

rich

[rty13ibz98]

Originally Posted by albee1952

Nuemann TLM49 (vocals)
Cascade DR-2 dual ribbon (electric guitars)
MXL V69 (vocals)
Sennheiser MD441 (vocals, voice-overs)
Sennheiser MD409 (x2) (guitar amps)
Shure SM-7 (VO and electric guitars)
SM-57 (x2), Beta-52, Beta-56 (general purpose)
Joe Meek J-27 pair (general purpose)
MXL 2001 pair (general purpose)
AT 2020 (acoustic guitar)

how are you liking those cascades and mxl's? the 2001 is the royer mod baby. the v69 is the peluso designed mogami. really curious to see what your thoughts are...coupling with what pres and compared to the neumann. i will be picking up the fathead pair in blumlein for drum room/electric gtr recording ala royer r121. so curios what your thought on the cascade are. have you seen the new gomez? looks sick!

not a huge fan of the at2020, tho. pretty good with ac. gtr, but a miss with just about everything else. that's why i'm looking at the studio projects b1(looking at 2 or 3 actually with at least 1 b3, but 2 would be better as i could get blumlein out of it).


rich

[Mindcrime1204]

Im coming up to the point where I'll be needing a mic... I know the SM57 is good, but how does it compare to the Audix i5? They are like, the same price and both are instrument mics is the only similarities I know, lol.

[rty13ibz98]

Originally Posted by Mindcrime1204

Im coming up to the point where I'll be needing a mic... I know the SM57 is good, but how does it compare to the Audix i5? They are like, the same price and both are instrument mics is the only similarities I know, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpHwVJcSLzI

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/deta...eviews/#anchor

rich

[jemaholic]

AKG 414's
Senheiser 421's
Boyer Ribbon
Shure 57's,58's
D-12
EV condensers
C-1 with 2" diaphram


~j

[AxeHappy]

Well when I when I was going to college to learn about engineer and had access to studios with some expensive gears some of my favourite setups were:

Drums:
SM57 Snare top and Bottom
Senheiser 421s for the Toms
Rhodes NT5s for for the Overheads
Any random condensor or electret for the Hats
AT-25(I think...can't quite remember) for the non-batter side of the Kick(With the non batter head completely removed)
Some other mic right up against the inside of the batter head of the snare but I can't for the life of me remember which. An AKG I think.

Guitar:
SM57
Senheiser 421 paried with an AKG C400b

Put the 3 mics on two different speakers and you can blend to your hearts content. Hot.

I only personally own an SM57 as I'm crazy poor but I'll make it back to that eventually.

My favourite of that list has to be the NT5s though. I'd love to pick up a pair and put them on my cab (5150 combo) with the above pair. So smooth and transparent (to my ears) and them just make high end (10K+ I'm talking just to be clear.) shimmer. Just shimmer. Can make a ****ty B8 Sabian sound like a paiste. Hot.

If you'd like to hear something recorded with these mic setups (although under a time limit as Metal Jesus(the other sound was DI on my home setup) was my final project for school) feel free to check out my Myspace page at(don't worry it is for my guitar lessons and has nothing to due with a band. Although I'm kind of embrassed to let you guys here my play what with the sucking and all):

http://www.myspace.com/danlessons

Hope posting that doesn't violate any forum rules or some such thing. The song is not meant to be taken seriously as you would probably gather after hearing about 30 seconds of it