TV spot

[Paj]

My band just did a TV spot for an NBC affiliate and here's what the techs (who were just great!) used: Vocals---SM58's; Drums---SM57's; DI's---Whirlwind Directors. No amps---everything went straight to the board and came back to us through Yamaha floor monitors. Painless and perfectly fine.

Paj
8^)

 

[witzendoz]

58's for vocals, 57's on drums, good to see they were not trying to reinvent the wheel, a few people reading the forum saying they can't get a sound from these 2 mics should read this.

You did not say what the band line up was though? no electric guitars?

Alan.

 

[moresound]

TV spots I do ... we go with the usual tour microphone package. Beta 58's, 57's, Etc. etc.
PA - guitar amps and all. For there is usually a studio audience.

LOOK HERE for a thread that I posted in the MP3 forum that has a full list of microphones and equipment used.
Along with a link to the video that was put up on youtube. Am sure you'll find it all interesting.

 

[moresound]

Here is that TV clip in case that link is a dead end.

 

[kip4]

Great work Henry. Proud to call you a friend

 

[moresound]

Thanks Rich. That's the kind of work that molded my skills back in the day.
Things like ... micing a band up, sound checked and ready for live air play all done in a fifteen minute time frame.
It's a fly or crash scenario and am happy to report that am still flying high.

Radio spots seems much easier to me.

 

[Paj]

You did not say what the band line up was though? no electric guitars?

Alan.

Keys/Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar (c'est moi). I brought my Sennheiser G3 wireless (pre-approved), a Whirlwind IMP, and my ZT Lunchbox and the incredibly important guitar stand (is there anything more compact than those under $20 folding Fender stands?). Because we did an old R&B number I didn't need any effects. I ended up going straight into the board from the G3 (via DI)---didn't even need the amp. The techs folded back everything through Yamaha wedges and gave us everything we asked for.

Paj
8^)

P.S.: Not to sound jaded, but we also brought backing tracks in CD-DA, AIFF, MP3, WAV, WMA & MID formats, on CDs and flash drives. We also emailed them the backing tracks in advance---just in case. You never know . . . some people say Murphy was an optimist.