Mics at the Grammy's

[kjam22]

Watched the Grammy's last night and noticed a lot of acoustic instruments being miced with what appeared to be a SM-81? Anyone watching last night know for sure?

[foreverain4]

i noticed as well. also, the dixie chicks were using ksm 32's for vocals? kinda odd. never seen these be used for vocals live.

[JFogarty]

Well, bluegrass people use LDs live all the time, have 2 for the whole band, and everyone just moves in and out for the mix. Its really pretty sweet.

[kjam22]

Yeah... I saw the 32's the Dixi Chicks sang into as well. Most of the instrument mics looked like 81's.... at least to me.

[DJL]

Yea, those SM81's and KMS32's are sweet sounding mic's aren't they.

[cavedog101]

Yeah..noticed that right away...did ya notice the orchestra micing?...almost ALL neumann...km-184's all over the place...what looked like tlm-103's on the contra basses...a couple of what i thought might have been u67's and one up in the air in the center i couldnt tell what it was...it coulda been sony c-12...i thought the sound was really uneven for the most part...but they were bustin ass moving the sets so there ya go....love them shures...81's and ksm-32's...have started to see a lot of them lately on live stages...the show they've been airing on CMT lately with allison krause and union station was originally live, there was a ksm-44 on jerry douglas' dobro, an sm-81 on the fiddle, most everything else looked to be neumanns....beautiful sound on that show....

[kjam22]

I did notice the Neuman's on the orchestra. Trying to remember.... did the mic the cello that accompanied James Taylor with an 81?

You know I though overall... the sound was better than average. Thought some of it was really good. Of course... some of it I turned completely down because about 15 seconds of rap is my maximum OSHA approved amount for safe operation...

[DJL]

What I'd like to know is, what mic did they use on the Norah Jones standup bass? Man, it sounded great.

[foreverain4]

i think a ksm 32 would have sounded great on eminems vocals!!!!











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