Your favorite mic

[Pushead]

2 SM57s and a 906. 1 57 center cone for the attack and sizzle, 1 57 on the edge of the cap and on an angle for the grind, and the 906 center and 3" away for some smoothness.

 

[JTyson]

SM57, Bock195, Royer121, Senn MD421
I also love a 421 for bass cabs

 

[glassjaw7]

I have the following:

SM57
KSM32
Blue Bluebird

I think the KSM is my favorite. I usually run the 57 and 32 together live.

 

[Tone Monster]

SM57. It just works for me on guitar cabs… Got lots of other mics including some expensive ones and the SM57 just rocks for a very cheap price.

Would like to try a Royer R-121 though someday!

Steve

Got two of 'em! Trade you one for a Cherry Bomb?

 

[Meathead]

An old SM57….Beta 57 and PR30. They work for me.

I've tried Sennheiser mics on guitar and hate them. The 421 was terrible, e609 also was bad. Not going down that path again.

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[chunktone]

http://www.cascademicrophones.com/casca ... 0HEAD.html

 

[dwizted]

Sm57 + e906. I like 'em both tight together on the same speaker, the 57 off axis, aimed towards the cap & the 906 straight on, a little out on the cone. Both a good 2" back. The tune in my sig is with this setup fwiw.

On your 906 where did you have the switch set to. I really like the sound of that clip nice tight and very crisp...

 

[bognerman]

I think it's the KSM32 and 57 that are on there now.
Blend the two to taste to EQ.

The KSM sounds a lot better than the md409 & e609 did to me. (for rock tones)

The Royer 121 sounded great mixed with other mic(s), and I think smoother than the KSM,
but it's delicate and we blew the coil :-(

There is a new Heil that we want to try too!

 

[Anonymous]

SM57. It just works for me on guitar cabs… Got lots of other mics including some expensive ones and the SM57 just rocks for a very cheap price.

Would like to try a Royer R-121 though someday!

Steve

Got two of 'em! Trade you one for a Cherry Bomb?

Steve

 

[Crunchity]

Sm57 + e906. I like 'em both tight together on the same speaker, the 57 off axis, aimed towards the cap & the 906 straight on, a little out on the cone. Both a good 2" back. The tune in my sig is with this setup fwiw.

On your 906 where did you have the switch set to. I really like the sound of that clip nice tight and very crisp...

Hey, thanks man! Switch is in the middle. Here's a pic of the setup FWIW.

 

[MajorTom]

I just got a Heil PR30. It sounds sooo much better than any of my SM57's. I suck at making clips but at least now I don't have that muffled effect. Really pleased with the pr30 so far guitar clips.

I have owned an e906, e609 (still own), multiple sm57's, md421... Not too many but the usual suspects. I did a video clip using the pr30 and an e609 and those worked pretty well together (Fluff recommended that combo). I use an Apogee duet and my mac for audio and video clips. My mac needs updated because it can be slow when working with video.

Cool
Isn't the e609 a cheaper version of the e906 though?
I was looking at the SM57-MD421 combo myself

Yeah I didn't like the 906 for whatever reason and couldn't coax good tone out of the 421 to save my life. It was harsh to my ears. The 57 is cool but my clips all sound super muffled with 57's for whatever reason. Rafiq suggested the PR30 and loaned me his to try. Really digging it so far.

I don't mean to pick you out of the bunch, but you say that some mics sound harsh to you. Because of the increased range of some mics, people often use hi/lo pass filters to eliminate harsh highs or rubly lows. Just something I've picked up since I've gotten into recording with a mic.