Hello

which mic do you prefer for each application ?
i know it's a stupid question, but answer it anyway.

- drumkit overhead

- snare drum

- hi hat

- toms

- acoustic guitar - loud playing

- acoustic guitar - quiet fingerpicking

- guitar amp - clean

- guitar amp - distorted

- bass amp

- vocals - soft

- vocals - loud

- piano

Acoustic guitar, I really like the gefell M582 with the cardiod capsule...

Overheads- Good ribbon mic- (royer or other good quality)
Snare- Altec 175 or Shure KSM 141
Hat- don't use-
Toms- ATM-405 or e22 or SM7
Acoustic guitars- Some kind of good LDC or sometimes a good dynamic- they all sound so different so it really varies- Lately I've been using a pair of russian CMV-563 knock offs I got last year that sound really good-
Guitar clean/dist -Lately I've been using RCA74b and Lauten FC-357 Clarion-
Bass- Beyer M380 or TX-50
Vocals Soft or normal- Best Tube LDC you can get your hands on- Here we have a U47 and a Soundelux 251
Vocals- Hard/cookie monster- SM7
Piano- best pair of LDC's or SDC's you can get your hands on- we don't have a working piano so I have not mic'd one in a few years to be perfectly honest. The last time I did mic one it was a pair of AKG 414's

Try throwing a 57 1" away from the side hole on the snare aimed 90 degrees. I like that sound.

otisroom wrote:Overheads- Good ribbon mic- (royer or other good quality)
Snare- Altec 175 or Shure KSM 141
Hat- don't use-
Toms- ATM-405 or e22 or SM7
Acoustic guitars- Some kind of good LDC or sometimes a good dynamic- they all sound so different so it really varies- Lately I've been using a pair of russian CMV-563 knock offs I got last year that sound really good-
Guitar clean/dist -Lately I've been using RCA74b and Lauten FC-357 Clarion-
Bass- Beyer M380 or TX-50
Vocals Soft or normal- Best Tube LDC you can get your hands on- Here we have a U47 and a Soundelux 251
Vocals- Hard/cookie monster- SM7
Piano- best pair of LDC's or SDC's you can get your hands on- we don't have a working piano so I have not mic'd one in a few years to be perfectly honest. The last time I did mic one it was a pair of AKG 414's

Oh "holy grail"

These aren't holy grail. These are just my current preferences. Sorry I read this wrong.

SM57

use it on everything.

it's what all the pros have got.

projectMalamute wrote:SM57

use it on everything.

it's what all the pros have got.

Yeah, but only vintage for me. Those 57s from the early 90's sound amazing...and it's unfortunate that this thread hasn't received more serious responses.

i figure if you're big into goat you'd go look at those pics at thejesuslizard.net and id the mic's on the bass and guitar. the kick drum unfortunately has a blanket over it, so you can see what it is.

i forgot the kick drum !

come on people, answer !

bigramp wrote:
come on people, answer !

I have never recorded with a plethora of microphones at my disposal, so I really am unfit to reply. Still haven't been able to establish a grail of microphone choices.