I just took a chance on one of those takstar mics on ebay, £12 all in. Not much of a risk if it turned out to be rubbish - the mic came today and it is decent (not amazing) on acoustic guitar and vox. The thing I noticed is it appears to be the exact same mic as the samson c02 - which retails in the...

If someone can host it I can provide an .mp3 of some drum tracks using 2xSM57s and 2xCO3s... I recently took a gamble on some condensers on ebay.com.au and bought a couple cheap (AUD$30 including shipping each!) Takstar PCM-6100 cardioid condensers. I did an A/B comparison with a pair of Schoeps CM...

Know what you're saying. I just hate 57s although I have used them a lot, I've always been searching for an alternative since I realised that dynamics don't have to sound boxy and constricted...

You got any idea why it's not yielding good results on the snare? Im hoping to use it for this purpose pretty soon so I hope I can get results I'm happy with.

Yeah, I agree totally. Good solid low end. Actually, Audix make a pretty good set of mics overall, I hear the D6 is a really great kick drum mic, anyone tried one?

chairman_hall wrote:DS1 is all you need

...if you want a totally cliche tone. I never liked the ds-1. And I spent teenage nirvana-emulation years using one.

Distortion pedals I do like:

MXR D+
Big Muff (USA models)
RAT

I got one last week - I love it. Used it on guitar cabs and vocals so far. REally warm, punchy low end (like a 421 almost). I like it a lot. And I goddamn HATE shure sm57s with a passion. Totally over-rated mics. While I am ranting, I also don't like 58s and am pretty 'shure' audix's vocal dynamics ...