Some microphone questions

[troutmask]

Hi Everyone,

I've been doing a little bit of recording at my house, and I wanted to ask a few general questions about mic selection for certain instruments....what I currently have are 3 SM-57s, a Shure KSM32, and a Nady SCM900. The instruments I'd like info on (mainly because I haven't had the chance to really experiment with them) are:

Trumpet
Alto Sax
Cello
Recorder
Flute
tambourine (actually, I should clarify by saying that I would like to mic the skin of the tambourine itself)
floor tom (with the intention of devising a sort of poor man's tympani sound)
dreadnought acoustic and nylon-string classical guitars

Any advice would be appreciated (and thanks in advance)

 

[chessrock]

I'd put the ksm on the most important track, the 57's on everything else, and the Nady in the garbage.

 

[tdukex]

I think the Nady will sound good on both acoustic guitars--maybe on cello. Mic placement will be important. I don't know that I'd put the ksm near the bell of the trumpet or sax.