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Well ..... I guess since you put it that way I guess I wont have to send Vinnie the Enforcer ;) . That is a good point. Unfortunately for me, I only have two really good channels with my UA2108 so I have to be a staunch advocate of minimal micing. :D -mike

"i hope you aren't recording a drumset with just two mics..." ... why not?? Use 1 mic .... or 5 .... or 18. There is no wrong answer. I would try 1 OH "centered" for a good snare capture, and one mic out front low to get a good overall picture of the kit. Nothing wrong with minimal micing...

I agree with sonicalbert. I have 2 RNCs and a VLA along with some others and they are a good combo. The RNC for clean and smooth and the VLA for more "colored" stuff. The VLA is deffinitely better than the RNC for bassy stuff like kick and bass guitar. The RNC excels with vox in supernice and...

Also, think passive. A lot of modern bass guitars have SUPER hot active outputs. I believe most bass sounds from the 70's would be from passive instruments (not really sure how old active bass/guitar electronics are) ...... but it can make for a MUCH different sound ..... obviously. A lot of...

Yeah stereoness was not the best term but try it and compare with another single mic'd track panned center and you can get a much wider/bigger/fuller mono sound. Even though you can make it work with any mic it does work best with a mic that has a wide cardiod, an omni or figure 8, ... or...

One trick is to have the guitarist sit about 45 degrees to a reflective surface ...with the guitar body making a "corner" with the wall ... and put one mic in between. Adjust the distances to taste but can add early reflections that really fill out a single mic and can give a stereoness...

I have a 500n and was condidering sending it to Stephen Sank. I talked with him and he is a super cool dude. It's a $125 for the mod (seems like a deal to me) but it will take a while He warned of a pretty substatial change in sound and suggested I may want to consider that before sending...

I second most of the folks here .... if you aren't using it then dont keep it .... BUT I also second xstatic about the Composer only because it wont be worth much and more than the compression (which is nothing special but its ok) the gates in these units are pretty darn good, albeit basic. If...

Ditto Chessrock. I have a 501 (w/ toggle) and it seems to works good on bass. The RNC deffinitely does not work so good on bass. -mike

i.e ..... if you have red and black speaker wire (for instance) cut the speaker wire and reconnect the red to black and the black to red. Flip the wiring is all. What kind of speaker/power amp setup do you have??? -mike

I own a DA-7 for my home project studio and it sounds pretty damn good. Automation and midi control and plenty of channels and you can set up ADAT lightpipe or TDIF I/O. Library settings and scenes. BUT only 4 mix scenes at a time and if (for instance) you use two ADAT cards with an ADDA card...

I use my RE20 quite a bit and quite like the the CAD e100 on kick too. -mike

I LOVE the the MD441 on snare. May not use the sm57 again ..... well maybe. Didn't try it on floor tom because I only have 1 ... for now. Did try the CAD e100 on floor tom (instead of kick) and thought it sounded pretty descent. -mike

I got my used Sennheiser MD441 for about $200. Its REALLY good on just about anything. A nice bright sound with a good low end too and a fairly hot output. Of all my mics it has become my favorite mic and am looking for a 2nd one. I use it for a lot of stuff including vocals (rock). I...

You might try a minamalist approach. Being that you said indie/folk you might not need that close mic's sound at all. Do you have time to try a couple of different things?? Try the AKG or Blue Bottle or V67 through the M5 in front of the kit at about the height of the top of the kick / botom...

I've got a Tech 21 Trademark 10 that works really well for recording ..... direct out (XLR) and mic'able at the same time. It sounds a lot better when you crank it up ...... its easier to get get clean tones than distorted, but you can coax some great crunch tone out of this little amp with...

Just to temp tou further ...... I recently picked up a used 441 and L.O.V.E. !!!! this mic. It sounds good on snare, toms, guitar cabs, vocals, bass cabs, room mic, hand percussion. I am definitely looking for another. I have an M69 (and M500 ribbon) and its good especially if you need a lot...

I thought it wasnt that womens hearing was better ...... just more selective :D . -mike

Well .... new to me. I just got a Sennheiser MD441 (used) and its the best, most versitile mic I've ever had. I freakin LOVE it and use it for every thing. I may never use an SM57 again ..... unless I have to. I will buy a second as soon as I can find one cheap enough used. Like my CAD m179...

Ditto. I am kinda playing that role now in a band type situation ....... not actually turntables but samplers and kaoss pads and delays and varios ambiences all through a DJ mixer bunch of varios amps..... we try and record the way we sound live. When you say he sounds "plugged in" I assume...