wireless trombone mic?

[andydeedpoll]

hi,

i'm going to university next year to study trombone (popular music studies, i.e. jazz and funk ) and i'm very interested in buying a wireless clip on microphone that would be useful in the large amount of gigs i hope to be playing... having the stage freedom would be Very helpful.

it's all very new to me though, and i don't really know what i'm looking at on manufacturers websites i have a fairly solid "working knowledge" (i.e. i don't know how they work, but i know what they do ) of microphones now - i have a small home studio and control the sound at band practises now. but if anyone could give any advice it would be very much appreciated i'm looking to spend up to £200 (about $400ish)

thanks!

Andy.

 

[dgatwood]

Speaking as a trombone player, if you need a mic, you're not playing loudly enough.

Speaking as a recording geek, I like ribbons on trombone, but a Shure 565 is a good second. I can't think of anything with a small diaphragm that I'd use on a trombone. SDCs just lose the meat of the sound in my experience, especially at close range. I can't imagine any clip-on mic would sound good. I mean, maybe somebody builds one that does---I'm certainly not going to say it's impossible, but my gut says it isn't likely. A few inches from the bell is just not the right place to mic a trombone.

Get a used Shure 565 and put it on a stand at about three feet. Failing that, disassemble an SM57 and rip out all the foam.

Just my $0.02.

 

[andydeedpoll]

Speaking as a trombone player, if you need a mic, you're not playing loudly enough.

Speaking as a recording geek, I like ribbons on trombone, but a Shure 565 is a good second. I can't think of anything with a small diaphragm that I'd use on a trombone. SDCs just lose the meat of the sound in my experience, especially at close range. I can't imagine any clip-on mic would sound good. I mean, maybe somebody builds one that does---I'm certainly not going to say it's impossible, but my gut says it isn't likely. A few inches from the bell is just not the right place to mic a trombone.

Get a used Shure 565 and put it on a stand at about three feet. Failing that, disassemble an SM57 and rip out all the foam.

Just my $0.02.

apologies, maybe i didn't make myself clear enough.

i'm looking to use this mic for live use (i.e. at gigs) i don't own a ribbon and never used one, but i've read enough about them to know they're too delicate to use on stage i've seen some of my faveourite trombone players (Dennis Rollins !) use them on stage, to great effect. i would never expect to use one for recording.

does that 'change your answer?'

Andy.

 

[ozraves]

AMT (Applied Microphone Technology) makes some decent products for horns. Here's one... http://www.appliedmicrophone.com/products/show/1

 

[boingoman]

AMT (Applied Microphone Technology) makes some decent products for horns. Here's one... http://www.appliedmicrophone.com/products/show/1

Worthy product. A lot of their mics are, actually.


ps- Andy- don't rule out any mic for stage use, in the right situations it can be great to have a ribbon on a live stage.

 

[xstatic]

Many brass players use shure wireless systems with the shure beta 98 clipped on the bell. In a live situation it works out pretty well.

 

[andydeedpoll]

thank you kindly for the replies.

how would i know if a certain clip on mic is compatible with a particular wireless system? or would you always just use a prebuilt package by a company?

Ta!

Andy.

 

[boingoman]

They'll tell you, usually pretty obviously in the info, as that is a common question, and usually means ordering the mic a certain way anyway. If you don't see any listing, call or email and ask.