One mic for bluegrass recording AT3035 ?

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Would an AT3035 be a good choice for a $200 mic to record a five piece bluegrass group? I'm not trying to come up with a polished product, just a decent recording of practice sessions.

I have an SM57, Rode NT-3, and Radio Shack 58 copy (got it with a used amp, it sounds pretty good!) but I'm thinking an AT3035 might be the way to go.

The mic will be going into a mackie 1202 VLZ pro > Cakewalk or possibly directly into my Tascam 788. I'm thinking of getting a DMP3 somewhere down the line.

Thanks,
Bill
 
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CAD m179, I just got one and they are sweet! It has variable patterns so you could experiment and find the best match for your sound. Probably omni with you boys pickin' and grinnin' around it
 
Thanks, Big Kenny, I'll look into the Cad m179.

I'd like to add one more point to my question, I'm hoping the mic I get will be good for me to record just myself playing my HD-35 dreadnaught or Raimundo (classical).
 
I understand that the Cad will have an advantage over the 3035 because of it's omni capability, but is it's overall sound quality going to be equal to the 3035 ?
 
I've used a Studio Projects B3 (a multi-pattern mic for $169) for that very purpose and it worked great.
 
Tillamook said:
I understand that the Cad will have an advantage over the 3035 because of it's omni capability, but is it's overall sound quality going to be equal to the 3035 ?
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Yes, the sound quality is quite similar.

War
 
that won't give him "surround" sound
P.S. make the banjo player sit farther away (like a shed or something) or he'll bury everyone else
 
No banjo, they're illegal in this county.

Thanks, everybody, very helpful.

Track Rat, I was thinking about the 4033 after reading a million threads on this site. It seems like it would be a step up in quality at the sacrifice of omni, might be worth the trade-off to me. Seems like it would be an excellent mic for my classical and dreadnaught, also. It kind of cuts into my future DMP3 budget, though.
 
4033

I've got three of them.

One for recording and two for live.
 
In my opinion the 4033 is to hyped in the upper end. A number of bands are going to the Shure KSM 44 (Rhonda Vincent for example) for onstage use. If i was going to record using one mic only it would be this.

I know the KSM 44 is more than $200.00. Look on Ebay and find them for around 500.00. They are terrific for recording acoustic music and you will use it a lot in the future. I use it on mando, guitar and banjo. Will work acceptably on fiddle, even though I prefer ribbons.
 
A multipattern LDC mic will be best for this. If you're going live, set it to cardioid and form a semicircle around the business end of it. If recording, set it to omni and do some magic.

I've had good luck with my SP C3 - used live for the first time live with an acoustic set, dobro, mandolin, acoustic guitar and upright bass, main vocal and two harmonies. It was clear enough so the guitarist came up afterwards to see what I had done. He'd never heard his acoustic guitar sound so clean. The answer was: SPC3 -> DMP3 -> Mackie board with the trim down -> flat EQ -> Mackie SRM 450 active cabs.

It doesn't get much more fun than that. :cool:
 
The Marshall MXL603S can sound nice on acoustic guitar, mandolin, and etc... if your looking to record everything at the same time, as in a half circle around one mic... the Shure KSM44 is worth auditioning.
 
If no banjo, the 4033 would be my pick too. With a banjo put it 10 feet back in the room and give him his own dark colored mic.
 
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