One SM81 or two matched SD conensors?

[Yareek]

IF you're going to record drums as well as acoustic (and before you'd be buying another SM81), I'll put in another recommendation for the C4's.

I haven't used them extensively, but the C4's are very versatile for recording drums because of the exchangeable caps. The cardioid caps give a great detailed sound which is a little bright, while the omni's give a darker sound with more balance between the drums and cymbals.

I also really enjoy the C4 cardioid cap on acoustic, best recording I've ever made and placement took about 10 seconds.

Granted, the only thing I've ever used an SM81 was for voiceover work at a radio station and (LONG LONG ago) overheads on drums (I never heard the final product), but if you want a stereo pair now to do drums that doubles on acoustic, pick up the C4's, you won't regret it. If you want a great cardioid SDC, pick up the SM81, you won't regret it. I think either way you'll be really happy with the experience of recording with a SDC.

- Jarick

 

[SpiderM69]

Wow, Tim, thanks for doing that very revealing experiment.

FWIW, I've been doing multiple micing of acoustic and guitar amps, and have decided to go back to single micing, preferring to focus on really getting one right mic painstakingly in the right position. What led me to this conclusion is that the song I'm working now, I ended up not using most of the multpile mic'd tracks, keeping only one on each take. It just sounded better; and I was very careful about phase relationships with the multiple micing.