Members average number of mics and a list...

[Sanjanjoseph]

everyone here has crazy mics-i for one am cheep and need to stop being cheep.....ive got

my girlfriends mic with no label (she said it was around 30 $)
and a chat mic.........

all that is crap^

but i have big dreams and a perpetually thickening wallet.....
soon enough i shall have 100 mics!
maybe even 200 mics!

<walks off as amping-slightly patriotic music is played>

 

[Enzo Polotso]

Just starting out sooo...
1 Audio Technica AT4040
1 Audix D6
2 CAD GXL1200 (I need better overheads)
1 SM57
1 SM58
X random dirt cheap Nady mics for... whatever

 

[thane1200]

I voted for 1, but now I have 3.

MXL 2001 w/shockmount
SURE SM57
AudioTechnica ATR30

 

[Halion]

Chinese made ldc - 100$
SM57 knockoff - 50$
AT Pro 37R - FREE! gift

And soon a KEL-audio HM-1

 

[tangerine]

I don't own all these mic's but they are what I have at my disposal at work and I do use quite a few of them every day.

8 x D310 AKG's

2 x CK's

2 x P.Z.M's (Eagle not the most well known manufaturer but they do a fair job for what I require them to do)
2 x SM 58

3 x sennheiser lavalier type radio mic's can't remeber the model number (I think it's the EW series I'd have to look tomorrow at work they cost around £1,500 for all three.

4 x sure W L 93's lavalier type

5 x old crappy TOA lavalier (which I'll replace some time this year)

3 x awful AKG WMS 40 lavalier type (the problem with the AKG's and the TOA lavaliers is that I used them on college productions at the college I work at, because they power at 15 milliwatts this can cause a problem with heavy costumes not to mention masking and walls and drop outs can occur during a performance, where as the sennheisers have a 30 milliwatt output which is sufficient enough to get through heavy costumes and the like and they don't need as much EQ'ing plus the secret is to mic from the widows peak in the hair line.

I am currently trying to persuade my arts college manager to let me invest in a large diaphram mic something like a Rode NT 2

 

[adsr2]

hi
I'm a poor lonesome french lost in the middle of nowhere ... and i'm using :
akg :
d224c
c451 + ck1 x 2
c460 + ck 91 x 2

Beyerdynamic :
m88
m380
m160


shure :
sm 57 x 3
sm7

Sennheiser :
509 x2
421
441

Melodium

42b ribbon x2
75a x2

Neumann:
U397
mv691 x3

schoeps
cmmt30 x2
221 tube x2

Oktava
Mk319

Rode
NTK tube

royer
r121

I just wanted to add in this thread that the MOST IMPORTANT is in my opinion , is in the preamp ( i have a list also ...) and that with a decent pre you could expect great results from even ... chinese mics !
cheers
garp

 

[stratosaurus]

6 mics is it: SM57(3), SM58(2) Radio Shack SM58
Recording... Vocals are the only thing I use mics for. Everything else is direct.
Live....SM57/Vocals & I use an SM58 on a Fender Twin Reverb & the RS58 on a Peavey Renown. The PV is SS & the RS mic softens the harshness a bit.
I like simpleness & my ears are not that sensitive to frequency 'nuances' so I really don't see the necessity in trying any other types of mics.

 

[moinho]

Dynamics:
Shure SM57 (2)
ElectroVoice ND 868
Beyer M201 (3)
Beyer M160 (2)
Beyer M88
Sennheiser MD441 (3)
Shure Prologue 14L
Behringer XM2000 (2)

Condensers:
StudioProjects C4 (matched pair)
Rode NT-1A (2)
Rode NT-1
Audio Technica AT4050
Behringer B2
AKG Solditube
Haun PZMs (2)
Beyer TX53.33 (or something like this - a headset mike)
t.bone some-or-other (chinese brass clip-on)
t.bone tm9600 shotgun (chinese)
Behringer ECM8000 (2)
Aiwa C1 (I think that's the name - small x/y marketed for their portable DAT recorder)

Count by manufacturer:
Beyer: 7
Shure, Rode, Sennheiser, Behringer: 3

Yes, I do like Beyer mics.

 

[dogwomble]

Currently I have:

1x SM-58
2x Hisonic's (the 2 for $25 type) - great for atmospheric micing but not really muich else
1x Audiosonic AT80 - not very impressed with this mic at all

 

[cominginsecond]

Updated list (it seems like it's changing all the time for me):

Soundelux U195 (Cardioid LDC)
CAD M179 (Multi-Pattern LDC)
(2) Josephson C42 (Small-Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser)
(2) Oktava MC-012 (Small-Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser)
Shure SM7 (Large-Diaphragm Cardioid Dynamic)
Audix D6 (Cardioid Dynamic for Kick Drums)
Shure SM58 (Cardioid Dynamic)
Sennheiser E609 Silver (Cardioid Dynamic)
Audio-Technica Pro 25 (Cardioid Dynamic for Drums)
Peavey PV (Cardioid Dynamic)

 

[tylerxxx]

2 shure sm57s
1 shure sm58
1 sennheiser e602
peavey drum mic kit(only use 2 of the mics, for toms, e602 for kick, sm57 for snare)

in the mail as i'm typing...
2 mxl 603s
studio projects b1

not much, but it gets the job done

 

[noisedude]

I'm on to this:

Studio Projects T3
Sennheiser E845 x2
Sennheiser E835
Shure 545
Studio Projects C4 x2
Beyer Soundstar MkII
SE Electronics SE2200

With my friend who I record with, we also have:
AKG C1000S
Audio Technica ATM25
EV N/D 767 x2
SP C4 x2

 

[PhilGood]

6 SM57s
1 Beta 57
3 SM58s
5 Nady SP9 (use 'em only for rehearsal)
2 Behringer ECM8000
1 Oktava MK219
2 Oktava MK319
5 MXL 2003 (modded)
2 Sony C-38
2 Sony C-37 clones (by me)
2 Royer modded V67s
1 Royer modded MXL2001
1 Apex 460
1 Nady TCM1150
1 CAD KBM412
2 Superlux F2
2 Nady CM90
3 MXL 603s
2 MXL V63M (modded)
2 MCA SP-1 (modded)
2 home made "Tape Op" mics
1 Shure SM94
2 CAD pencils (forget the model)
+ 2 CAD drum mic packs I don't use anymore
1 Audio Technica 450D
2 Audio Techina PR335
and a partridge in a pear tree...

 

[nkjanssen]

6 SM57s
1 Beta 57
3 SM58s
5 Nady SP9 (use 'em only for rehearsal)
2 Behringer ECM8000
1 Oktava MK219
2 Oktava MK319
5 MXL 2003 (modded)
2 Sony C-38
2 Sony C-37 clones (by me)
2 Royer modded V67s
1 Royer modded MXL2001
1 Apex 460
1 Nady TCM1150
1 CAD KBM412
2 Superlux F2
2 Nady CM90
3 MXL 603s
2 MXL V63M (modded)
2 MCA SP-1 (modded)
2 home made "Tape Op" mics
1 Shure SM94
2 CAD pencils (forget the model)
+ 2 CAD drum mic packs I don't use anymore
1 Audio Technica 450D
2 Audio Techina PR335
and a partridge in a pear tree...

That's gotta be the largest collection of cheap mics I've ever seen.

 

[PhilGood]

Sorry, I was a lost soul before coming here! I'll buy something good and expensive soon.

This spans over 10 years, though.

 

[nkjanssen]

(2) AKG C-12
(1) AKG C-24
(8) AKG C-414EB
(5) AKG C-460B
(8) AKG C-451
(1) AKG D-12E
(1) AKG D-112
(2) Audio Technica 4050
(1) Audio Technica 4060
(2) B & K 4006 Omni
(4) B & K 4011 Cardiod
(2) Beyer M 130
(2) Beyer M 160
(2) Beyer M 260N
(2) Beyer M88
(2) BLUE Dragonfly
(1) BLUE Mouse
(1) BLUE Bottle
(1) Brauner VM1-KHE
(4) Crown PZM-306PB
(4) Electro Voice RE20
(2) Electro Voice 635A
(1) Manley Gold Reference
(2) Neumann KM56
(7) Neumann KM84
(4) Neumann U47 fet
(2) Neumann KM86i
(2) Neumann M49
(2) Neumann M50
(6) Neumann U89i
(3) Neumann U47 tube
(2) Neumann TLM 170i
(4) Neumann U87
(2) Neumann U67 tube
(1) RCA 44C
(2) RCA 77DX
(2) Royer R121
(1) Royer SF12
(4) Sennheiser MD441
(2) Sennheiser MD431
(8) Sennheiser MD421
(2) Shure SM-7
(8) Shure SM57
(3) Shure SM58
(1) Soncy C-37A
(1) Sony C-48
(4) Sony ECM-55B
(2) Wright TSR-2 omni
(1) Telefunken ELAM 251

 

[timboZ]

That's gotta be the largest collection of cheap mics I've ever seen.

I may have Phil beat. I will post my list over the weekend...

 

[usernamebob]

(2) AKG C-12
(1) AKG C-24
(8) AKG C-414EB
(5) AKG C-460B
(8) AKG C-451
(1) AKG D-12E
(1) AKG D-112
(2) Audio Technica 4050
(1) Audio Technica 4060
(2) B & K 4006 Omni
(4) B & K 4011 Cardiod
(2) Beyer M 130
(2) Beyer M 160
(2) Beyer M 260N
(2) Beyer M88
(2) BLUE Dragonfly
(1) BLUE Mouse
(1) BLUE Bottle
(1) Brauner VM1-KHE
(4) Crown PZM-306PB
(4) Electro Voice RE20
(2) Electro Voice 635A
(1) Manley Gold Reference
(2) Neumann KM56
(7) Neumann KM84
(4) Neumann U47 fet
(2) Neumann KM86i
(2) Neumann M49
(2) Neumann M50
(6) Neumann U89i
(3) Neumann U47 tube
(2) Neumann TLM 170i
(4) Neumann U87
(2) Neumann U67 tube
(1) RCA 44C
(2) RCA 77DX
(2) Royer R121
(1) Royer SF12
(4) Sennheiser MD441
(2) Sennheiser MD431
(8) Sennheiser MD421
(2) Shure SM-7
(8) Shure SM57
(3) Shure SM58
(1) Soncy C-37A
(1) Sony C-48
(4) Sony ECM-55B
(2) Wright TSR-2 omni
(1) Telefunken ELAM 251

*drool*

do you record orchestras or do alot of live gigs or something, my rock band recording mind is having trouble conveiving someone having so many groups of mics (8 414's, 4 u87's)

 

[PhilGood]

*drool*

do you record orchestras or do alot of live gigs or something, my rock band recording mind is having trouble conveiving someone having so many groups of mics (8 414's, 4 u87's)

My guess is this isn't a home studio user. Gotta be PRO with that kind of budget. (which I don't have) Don't you just love a showboat?

 

[Nakatira]

Shure b52
shure 57 x2
shure 58
sp b1 x2
mxl v67
behringer (something) my first mic, and is kept for remembrance of how life once was.