Hi guys! This is my first post. Be gentle. ;O)
I've been doing some ABCing of some snare mics and I thought it might be fun to share. The snare was triple miked, all capsules at the same angle, elevation, distance from the center of the snare side by side, almost touching. Mics are all placed under the hi-hat for rejections. What you're going to hear is a sample of my crappy playing, recorded on all three mics, in no particular order. The samples have been volume matched. All went into the same pre-amps (TASCAM US-16x08). No processing has been done other than a high pass at 100 Hz. No compression or other EQ.
In no particular order the mics are:
Shure SM57 ($100 street price, new)
GLS Audio ES-57 ($around $20 new I think; this is a 57 clone)
CAD SN210 (got it as part of a 7 piece CAD Pro drum kit which usually retails for $199 I believe; I got my kit from the Musician's Friend Stupid Deal of the Day for $99 for all 7 mics)
Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to guess which is which, and tell me which you prefer and why (of course, you might like different ones for different applications).
https://soundcloud.com/borodog/snare-abc
Thanks for playing along. I'll post the answers after getting some guesses.
PS: Soundcloud converts to 128 kb/s, which sucks, so you can download to listen in 32bit wav glory.
I've been doing some ABCing of some snare mics and I thought it might be fun to share. The snare was triple miked, all capsules at the same angle, elevation, distance from the center of the snare side by side, almost touching. Mics are all placed under the hi-hat for rejections. What you're going to hear is a sample of my crappy playing, recorded on all three mics, in no particular order. The samples have been volume matched. All went into the same pre-amps (TASCAM US-16x08). No processing has been done other than a high pass at 100 Hz. No compression or other EQ.
In no particular order the mics are:
Shure SM57 ($100 street price, new)
GLS Audio ES-57 ($around $20 new I think; this is a 57 clone)
CAD SN210 (got it as part of a 7 piece CAD Pro drum kit which usually retails for $199 I believe; I got my kit from the Musician's Friend Stupid Deal of the Day for $99 for all 7 mics)
Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to guess which is which, and tell me which you prefer and why (of course, you might like different ones for different applications).
https://soundcloud.com/borodog/snare-abc
Thanks for playing along. I'll post the answers after getting some guesses.
PS: Soundcloud converts to 128 kb/s, which sucks, so you can download to listen in 32bit wav glory.