Your first choice

[JuliánFernández]

Hi guys! I know that try every mic on the locker is the way to get the best match between sound source and mic/pre... Anyway, i would like to know which would it be your *first* choice (before trying something else) for this applications...
(you can use an specific brand or model or just the kind of mic that you may use)

Female Pop Singer (ala Alanis M.)
Male Pop Singer (ala Sting)
Jazz Guitar Amplifier
Male Rock Singer (ala Eddie V., maybe Rob Thomas)
Jazz Trumpet (ala Chet Baker)
Female Jazz Singer (ala Diana Krall)

Thanks guys!

 

[mshilarious]

Based on mics I actually own, first shot would be:

Female Pop Singer (ala Alanis M.) KSM44, AT3060
Male Pop Singer (ala Sting) KSM44
Jazz Guitar Amplifier M88, or 315 (ribbon)
Male Rock Singer (ala Eddie V., maybe Rob Thomas) M88, KSM44, perhaps Baby Bottle
Jazz Trumpet (ala Chet Baker) M88, 315
Female Jazz Singer (ala Diana Krall) 315


But I haven't used my Green Bullet on anything yet That violates a studio rule

 

[Big Kenny]

But I haven't used my Green Bullet on anything yet That violates a studio rule

Shouldn't even be in there, comingling and such, tsk tsk tsk

Female Pop Singer (ala Alanis M.) NTK (SP T3), Groove tube Md1b
Male Pop Singer (ala Sting) SP T3 (NTK), SM7, Phantom Brauner C
Jazz Guitar Amplifier SM7, Sennheiser 441
Male Rock Singer (ala Eddie V., maybe Rob Thomas) Beyer 88, Shure 545, AT4033
Jazz Trumpet (ala Chet Baker) senn 441
Female Jazz Singer (ala Diana Krall) Phantom Brauner C, Senn 441, RE 20

 

[JuliánFernández]

Thanks guys!
Anyone else want to jump in?

 

[FALKEN]

if I had to record them all with the same mic it would no doubt be an sm57.

 

[nuemes]

Based on the mics I own:

Female Pop Singer (ala Alanis M.) - Baby Bottle
Male Pop Singer (ala Sting) - AT4033/Baby Bottle/V67
Jazz Guitar Amplifier - SM58/C414
Male Rock Singer (ala Eddie V., maybe Rob Thomas) - AT4033/V67
Jazz Trumpet (ala Chet Baker) - SM57/ATM25/C414
Female Jazz Singer (ala Diana Krall) - Baby Bottle

 

[phaqu]

With what I have.......so far......

Female Pop Singer (ala Alanis M.) ADK Hamburg
Male Pop Singer (ala Sting) ADK Hamburg, AKG Solid Tube
Jazz Guitar Amplifier EV RE 10, Sennheiser 421, AKG 414 or a 57
Male Rock Singer (ala Eddie V., maybe Rob Thomas) ADK Hamburg, AT 4033
Jazz Trumpet (ala Chet Baker) AT 4031, AKG 414
Female Jazz Singer (ala Diana Krall) AKG Solid Tube

 

[Richard Monroe]

Like everybody else- based on the mics I own:


Female Pop Singer (ala Alanis M.)- AKG C414B-ULS
Male Pop Singer (ala Sting)- Rode NTK
Jazz Guitar Amplifier- AKG C2000B and Shure SM7B
Male Rock Singer (ala Eddie V., maybe Rob Thomas)-B.L.U.E. Kiwi
Jazz Trumpet (ala Chet Baker)- Shure SM7B or Oktava ML-52
Female Jazz Singer (ala Diana Krall) Oktava MK319

 

[junplugged]

Alanis - vintage modified C12, just like the one Glen Ballard used on Pill