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for eveything.

Microphones are made for recording the devils music.

Holy grail mic for saxophone: 4038. I learnt about this listening to Steve's tracks on the royer demo cd. I really liked the 4038 on sax. Never worry about micing saxophones since then...

Most things on the list however, I have different options and not one holy grail mic.

otisroom wrote:Guitar clean/dist -Lately I've been using RCA74b and Lauten FC-357 Clarion-

What's the Lauten comparable to? I did not know about this brand. I just checked out their page...

bigramp wrote:come on people, answer !

Why? Do you have an unlimited budget and no idea what to buy?

On electric I really like the royer 121 with a sdc... Not really holy grail, though...

The EH Holy Grail has the most decent reverb for a stompbox......



But seriously, I think part of the consumer-psychology game of audio equipment is no one will think of one of their own mics as the Holy Grail, but they will think of it as their best thing at the time for its desired application. No, usually the Holy Grail is the mic we have yet to get. Royer 121 is my electric guitar Holy Grail, but that's because I don't have one and can't really afford it.

One band I recorded rented a Neuman and a Neve for their vocals, I thought I would be floored. It did not match the girl's voice that was singing and I was shocked at how "meh," it was. Might have been the best thing ever for more of an Elvis voice. This is the danger of fetishizing gear.

This is why you see so much praise for the working heroes of affordable mics: EV Re20's, Shure Sm7, Beyer m201, Sennheiser md421, AT 4033, Shinybox ribbons, AKG C4000B, Heil PR40/30, Shure KSM141 etc. These are mics that normal people can make great recordings with if they know what they're doing, not Holy Grails.

If you're rich or your studio is full time and pro buy some Neumans, Coles, Royers etc. They will be awesome mics and you will be envied like the lady with a Gucci bag at a cocktail party.

cenafria wrote:

otisroom wrote:Guitar clean/dist -Lately I've been using RCA74b and Lauten FC-357 Clarion-

What's the Lauten comparable to? I did not know about this brand. I just checked out their page...

Lauten is a new company. They have some really good mics. I have a matched pair of there FC-357's and they remind me of older u87's

Very well made and solid mics.

otisroom wrote:

cenafria wrote:

otisroom wrote:
Guitar clean/dist -Lately I've been using RCA74b and Lauten FC-357 Clarion-

What's the Lauten comparable to? I did not know about this brand. I just checked out their page...

Lauten is a new company. They have some really good mics. I have a matched pair of there FC-357's and they remind me of older u87's

Very well made and solid mics.

Thanks. When I read "fet" I immediately thought of the fet 47 which is a mic I really like and use a lot but is just too expensive now.

Holy grail mic for glockenspiel for me would be the m160. Back on topic...

cenafria wrote:

Thanks. When I read "fet" I immediately thought of the fet 47 which is a mic I really like and use a lot but is just too expensive now.

Holy grail mic for glockenspiel for me would be the m160. Back on topic...

The last time I recorded a Glockenspiel my initial thought was "M160" but then it didn't work as well as the Groove Tubes MD2A that I've tried.
The music was just too dense for a ribbon.
When I started out recording music as a teenager I was fantasizing about recording a drum kit exclusively with vintage U47s. I imagined how I would set up 10 or more vintage tube mic in our rehearsal space basement studio just to record a Tama Rockstar kit.
Now I dream about recording a great drummer with a well tuned drum kit in an amazing room. Mics and pre-amps would be secondary.