Members average number of mics and a list...

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How many mics do you own?

  • 1

    Votes: 127 7.7%

  • 2

    Votes: 155 9.4%

  • 3-5

    Votes: 410 25.0%

  • 6-7

    Votes: 221 13.5%

  • 8-12

    Votes: 328 20.0%

  • 13 or over

    Votes: 401 24.4%
  • Total voters
    1,642
Not sure if I've already posted in this thread or not, but here goes:

AT 4050
AT 4033
ADK v51s
MXL v67g
ADK sc1 (x2)
Audix D2
Beyer m69
Shure sm57

I'm lacking a dedicated kick mic, as well as a tube / ribbon (i.e., "color") mic.
 
Shure beta 87 wireless/ and the beta 87 standard
Shure sm58
Studio Projects C1
AT4033
Peluso 2247
 
Rode NTV
SM57(5)
D112
D20 Vintage
D19 Vintage
Senn 421(2)
Beta 50
4033
AGK300b
Sure ksm27
Sure 4.1(2)
Sure 6.1(2)
Rode NT1(2)
Rode NT3
SM81
Groove Tube GT55
akg224e Vintage
Senn 609
odda and ends of strange stuff
 
Smalltimer

SM57 £40 on ebay
AKG C1000s £90 new
Rode NTK £279 I think. A recent and very pleasing purchase.
 
AKG 414B-ULS (just bought it today! Woot!)
AKG 451 B;
Røde NTK;
Røde NT1;
UHER M534 (2).
 
condensers:
1 Davisound DS-1950
1 Studio Projects C1
1 AT 4033
4 Nakamichi CM 300s (modded by Sank)
2 Groove Tube GT-44s
2 Crown PCC-170SW PZMs

ribbons:
1 AEA R-88
1 Oktava ML52 (with the Steven Sank RCA ribbon mod)

dynamics:
3 Sennheiser e604s
2 Shure SM57s
2 Shure SM58s
1 AKG D112
 
good thread

damn this is a long thread,keep it going and it might reach 1000 :D ,help me get a good thread going :D as for mics, ive used a few, as for the ones i own :( there not even worth mentioning
 
Only two... so far.
A troublesome mxl990: ok when it worked, but it (or possibly the mixer's phantom power) has a fault and makes wind noises and cuts out. Porbably a mistake...
And a very trusty AKGD3700- "triangular' dynamic, nice treble sounds, a little weak in the mids I'm told; hopeless for anything but pretty close-up vocals.
What I want is... a rode nt1.
 
My mic list is on the studio G brooklyn website below.

I have been freelance for so long, that now that I have my own room I seem to have all the weird ones and none of the "normal" ones like 414's or a U87.... Feel free to check it out....
 
Joel Hamilton said:
My mic list is on the studio G brooklyn website below.

I have been freelance for so long, that now that I have my own room I seem to have all the weird ones and none of the "normal" ones like 414's or a U87.... Feel free to check it out....
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Joel, I think it's precisely because you've freelanced for so long. You expect the studios you work in to have the usual mics, so you build up a collection of personal mics that you won't find in most studios. And at your level of professionalism, you have enough great mics to get the sound you want without the need for the "normal" mics. Great web site, BTW.
 
I can't remember if I posted before, so here goes:

AKG 414-XLII x2
AKG D112

Senn 441 x2
Senn 421 x4
Senn e609
Senn e602

EV RE20
EV ND868
EV Co7 x4
EV Co9

Shure SM-7B
Shure SM-57 x2

Beyer M201
Yamaha Sub kick
SP B1 x2
Behringer ECM8000 x2

It seemed like more till I wrote it all out. Any obvious gaps I need to fill? I figure I need a better selection of vocal/acoustic mics. My room isn't nice enough to get a figure 8 ribbon.
 
Harvey Gerst said:
Joel, I think it's precisely because you've freelanced for so long. You expect the studios you work in to have the usual mics, so you build up a collection of personal mics that you won't find in most studios. And at your level of professionalism, you have enough great mics to get the sound you want without the need for the "normal" mics. Great web site, BTW.
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Right on, Harvey. I know it is true, just feels very "left of center" when someone is like: "lets just put up a U87" and I am like: " how about an RFT 7151 or a TLM170 gotham that is chrome and is #45 of only 100 ever made by neumann?"

Awesome mics, but obscure to say the least.... I love them, they are part of my personal way of working, which should be your only goal IMHO. Unless you own a "public" full function studio, where your primary goal is to cater to engineers that expect certain things. If you have your own private room: put whatever makes you happy in it!
 
(has worked with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Sparklehorse, Unsane, Frank Black.....etc....)
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i never fail to be suprised by the people that will show up here.


dam.
 
i would love it one day if one of you guys could explain to me how to suck less. :D
 
giraffe said:
i would love it one day if one of you guys could explain to me how to suck less. :D
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Okay, I'm gonna tell you the secret:

1. Learn the equipment until you know it in your sleep, and you know (with about 80% accuracy) what a given mic will sound like on almost any source, beforehand.

2. 90% of the time, mic placement is more important than mic selection.

That's it - the rest is production. :cool:
 
Samson 7piece Drum Mics (First Mics)

Dynamics:
2x Shure SM57
1x AKG D112
1x Shure Beta 52
1x Shure SM58
1x ATM25
1x Sennheiser e609

Condensers:
1x AT 3035
1x AT 4040
2x MXL 603S
2x Oktava MC012
1x Studio Projects C4
 
Meine Microfones! A lot used, E-bay specials..

Dynamics

(4) SM57 €250
(1) Shure Unidyne 3 545 €30
(1) Beyer(m15) I think (early 70's) €30
(1) Mimic Copy of Beta 58, great mic!! €60


drum mics

5 piece Superlux €120 (yuck!)
(1) Audix D6 €200
(2) Sennheiser E604 €160

Condensor

(1) Neumann TLM 103 €900
(1) Shure KSM 32 €120
(2) Shure SM81 €200
(2) Oktava MC 012 €220

Love the KSM 32 on floor toms and use the Oktavas(with 10dB pad) on rack toms (hey, works for me!).
Thats 'bout it. Next purchases are going to be a MD 421, AKG d112 and maybe a good old U87..

Cormac

My tunes
http://www.broadjam.com/artists/artistindex.asp?artistID=22132
 
Yes its gold-plated with platinum innards and makes you sing like Jeff Buckley!!

Cormac :)
 
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