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Read the super thread. (aka "How does diaphragm size/polar pattern relate to mic applications?") It is a sticky for a reason. It should answer most questions (or is at least a great starting place) for why to use certain mics in different situations. >>AG

Electric Guitar!!! On a clean to mildly distorted guitar, the baby sounds great! You just need a pre that can handle it, or pad the output of the baby. Also very cool on FOK, upright bass, and sometimes piano. >>AG

The studio I used to be at got 5 of those for a suround sound set up. In the brief time that I got to listen to them, I found them to sound scooped. I much preferred the Genelec 1031As that are the stereo set. The JBLs seemed to have much less information in the all important mids and seemed...

I love the e602. Duno whatcha talkin' about! But if you really don't like that 602 on kick, try it on toms it is simply AMAZING there.

It's a piano. It's mechanical. It makes noises. Sorry if that was not much help, but it's the truth. You could back up the mics further, but then risk loosing "That Sound" that you've achieve. Also some believe that the hammer and pedal noises are part of the sound of the instrument. (Another...

What? You are right that a hyper cardioid mic will have more proximaty effect, but that has nothing to do with smoothness or harshness. To answer the question, find a good room, arrange the musicians in the stereo field the way you want and capture that with the NT5s in ORTF then I would put...

You guys realize I posted this in 2005? :eek: I think I might know my answer now... :D:D:D What? You want me to tell you what I decided? Hrm...

Uh... Yeah... Sure... What ever makes you happy at night! Honestly one mic that could make me happy on 99% of all sources is a DPA 4090. $400 or so for a super high quality, really accurate, yet musical, small diaphragm condenser mic. On the right applications it's a killer vocal/drum/acoustic...

Pick a mic in your price range, one won't be better than the other, just different really. Buy the mic. USE IT. EXPERIMENT. Sure, you will probably make some pretty bad recordings, (I know I did), but your experience that you gather will be invaluable. Don't let any one come and tell you...

WHAT? (seriously WHAT?) If you don't have enough bass in your piano recording, MOVE THE MIC! And Harvey has some good suggestions there, but by no means is that definitive! Use your ears. Have someone play the piano while you walk around, stick your head in, under, and around the piano, and...

I used to think that 57 was terrible on snare. (check I even have a thread about it) But now (after more experience) I have come to realize that the most important thing is the drum and drummer. (and the song) Also a nice pre-amp helps tremendously to make a 57 sound even better. I've been...

A solid graphic EQ (read API 560) can be quite useful on certain sources. But in the end, I do prefer a parametric any day of the week, especially Tuesdays. :cool:

1st of all, a ribbon mic or a condenser mic wont make anything sound like a fiddle or a violin. It is how the instrument is played and what is played that gives a violin a fiddle sound. 2nd - experiment. If all you have is a 57, use it, but experiment with it and find where it sounds best. It...

Personally, I must disagree, I have had nothing but trouble when trying to eq ribbon mics. Of course I tried to eq out the trouble frequencies, but ended up scrapping the eq all together cause the song worked better with the more wonky piano sound. Although, ribbons do take additional high end...

Yup, ears.

If you're in a room so small that you can fit stands for tom mics, than you have bigger problems when tracking drums. Drums do not do well in small rooms. End of story. In my opinion any attempt to "deaden" the room does nothing to help a drum sound. Natural ambience is where the big money drum...

I like something like this: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MicStdBoom/ Plus it can be used on something other than drums...

Tom Waits. ;)

For what it's worth, I recently used a D112 on harmonica with good results... :p :p :p