twelvepoint wrote:Blue BlueberryRode K2AT 4033 (x2)AT ATM450 (x4)Oktava MC012 (x2, with cardiod/hyper/omni)Peavey PVM520iSennheiser 421AKG D112SM 58SM 57 (x3)Mics I'd like to get:EV RE20Beyer M88Shure SM7Some ribbons, not sure whatMostly I'm just recording drums at home now and it'sKick: PVM520iSnare: 441Hi tom: ATM450Low tom: ATM450OH pair: ATM450(x2)As you can see, I like those ATM450s, mostly because they're neutral and pretty predictable and easy to use. Not even using a room mic right now because I want stuff pretty present and dry. But when I do it'll probably be an Oktava MC012 with the cardioid capsule

I just do demo/jamspace recordings but I've been picking up things on deals that specifically my other friend doesn't have so we can voltron when we work on something together

Boombats wrote:TylerSavage wrote:RE50 x 2 (my spouse loves these for live playing and bought them for $10 each)The old style? Omni?Yeah, one is really old and grey, the other is really old and black. The grey one's capsule came loose and I can't get the damned grill off, been trying to fix it all week - I have no idea how they built this thing, maybe someone epoxied it.

AKG D112Beta 56Beta 58x2Cascade FatheadKSM32Oktava Mk219 x2 (modded)MD421MXL991x2 Peavey PVM520i RE50 x 2 (my spouse loves these for live playing and bought them for $10 each)SM7bAlso have access to six more SM7swould like: KSM44: I love the 32 on my vocals, I'm imagining the KSM44 will be in the same realm with more flexibility.or C414 or AT4050: Have one super versatile condenserOne of these https://www.diyrecordingequipment.com/p ... ribbon-micNow that I'm more comfortable on a mill & lathe I want to try making some mic housings

Mics I bought when I was heavier into home recording:Shure SM7Oktava MK012 - Joly modded x2Oktava MK219 - Joly modded x2Beyerdynamic TGX50Beyerdynamic M420Beyerdynamic M424EV 635aAudio Technica ATM25Naiant omni x2Naiant cardioid x3handful of SM57s acquired over the yearsMics I bought for my (now defunct) bar band when we had to provide our own sound:CAD D90 x3CAD D89 x4CAD D80CAD TSM411 x6Yeah, all CAD stuff...it s super affordable, sounds good, and their office is about 15 min from my house

Ribbon:Altec 670bAiwa VM-15Beyer m130 (2)Beyer m160 (2)Beyer m500 (4)General Electric Ribbon (made for ORTF)RCA 44BX (2)RCA 74Dynamic:Altec 633AAKG d190AKG d200e (2)Audio Technica ATM25 (3)Beyer m201 (3)Beyer m380Electro Voice 635AElectro Voice 666Electro Voice RE-10 (3)Electrovoice RE-16Electro Voice RE-20 (x3)Sennheiser 421 (3)Shure SM5Shure SM7bCondenser:Altec 21B œCoke-Bottle (5)Altec 160 œLipstick (5)Calrec SDCEarthworks QTC1 (2)Gefell m300 (3)Neumann UM57 (tube) (2)Peluso P49 (tube) (x2)Sennheiser MKH 105 (2)Shure KSM 44more assorted dynamics I don't remember

My woefully neglected and under-used mic stash:shure sm-58shure sm-57Audix OM7Audix d-6Audix d-4Audix d-2KEL HM2D (x2)CAD e100 (x2)Sterling St-170 (x2)sennheiser e609sennheiser md421electro-voice 635aelectro-voice re-18And for the record I m 100% up on that EV mic thing. I really love using the two I have. They have less bandwidth for lack of a better word but they have a cool sonic personality. Not too much highs, not too much lows. Happily limited frequency response.

Mason wrote:Man, shout out to Electro-Voice for making odd and completely usable mics that no one really "likes" and so can always be found (excepting the RE-20) for like sixty dollars.+1Though I have some other types of mikes I mostly have a nice selection of dynamic mikes which is mostly due to the fact that I don't have a ton of cash to spend on Microphones. EV mikes really do have a lot of bang for the buck. When I started doing music ev was the brand of dynamics you saw in studios tv and broadcast (with seinhausers) and Shure was more of PA type mike. But over time Shure upped their game and EV is less sought after. Now days there seems to also be a lot of great condenser and ribbon mikes in all price ranges where in the past most of these were just pro studio mikes. A year or so ago I used a stereo AKG condenser mike for drum overheads and it really sounded great in a 4 mike set up.

DYNAMICSSM-58 (4)SM-57 (3)SHURE BETA 52EV 635A (4)EV N/D 468EV RE20 EV 676AKG D112AUDIOTECHNICA PRO 25SENNHEISER MD-416SENNHEISER E-835AUDIX F10 (2)AUDIX F12 (2)SANSUI SDM 1 (2)ALLIED 3311 (2)LAFAYETTE PA 263 STEREO MICPHILIPS EL-3752 STEREO MICCONDENSERS NEUMANN TL-103AT 3035 (2)AT 2020AT 2021OKTAVA MK-012SHURE SM-81 (2)PPA LD2UBESENNHEISER ME36 (2)SONY ECM 44BCROWN SOUND GRABBER PZM (4)

WISHLIST:SHURE KSM44 (LOVE THESE)SHURE KSM 32 (GREAT UTILITY GOOD ON ALMOST EVERYTHING MIC)BEYER M88 (4-6 would do)COLES 4038I'd be pretty happy with that plus what I have without getting too fantasy land about it.I'd also take a few more Oktava mk-012 (would like to get a pair of omni caps and a bi cap) or sm81, maybe a couple of 421's, and lately I've been using the Audix SCX-25a a lot and really liking it for live sound applications. would love to try it for some recordings.