Work Horse Mics Every Pro Studio Should Have

[barney]

Mics that every pro studio should have for:

drum overheads

acoustic guitar

electric guitar mic cabs

[Weasel9992]

AKG C414 or Shure KSM44
EV RE20 or Shure SM7b
3 or 4 SM57 or 3 or 4 Audix i5's
D112, Shure Beta 52 or Audix D6
Sennheiser MD421
Shure SM81, SM94 or KSM141
A really nice "character" condenser...MA-200 in my case
A decent ribbon...R121 if you can afford it, Cascade Fathead otherwise
A couple of AT4050's

Those mics in various combinations will do just about everything you need.

Weez

[joelpilling]

AKG C414 or Shure KSM44
EV RE20 or Shure SM7b
3 or 4 SM57 or 3 or 4 Audix i5's
D112, Shure Beta 52 or Audix D6
Sennheiser MD421
Shure SM81, SM94 or KSM141
A really nice "character" condenser...MA-200 in my case
A decent ribbon...R121 if you can afford it, Cascade Fathead otherwise
A couple of AT4050's

Those mics in various combinations will do just about everything you need.

Weez

Really, I was going to say all of that.

[THE DIO]

yea you need like a million sm57's

[axeman69]

yea you need like a million sm57's

A MILLION? ? ? That'd be a big mic locker....


It's probably true that you can never have too many 57s. It's one of the staples.

[mcramer]

Aren't you glad the SM57 looks sexy as well? Can you imagine if it looked like a lollipop:

[Weasel9992]

That is a great mic, by the way. I can't stand 90% of what M-Audio makes, but this mic surprised the heck out of me. Cheap, too.

Weez

[mcramer]

Yeah i've heard some great reviews about this mic, but it's shape does amuse me

[cyclonae]

Yeah i've heard some great reviews about this mic, but it's shape does amuse me

You've obviously didn't see its cousins

There are a bunch of odd shape ones in the market.
Blue mics for one, I believe Audix has one too.
Microtech Geffell has it too.

-C-

[mcramer]

That Shure pyramid shaped one (Beta 91). It looks like it should be sat in the middle of a conference meeting!

[cyclonae]

That Shure pyramid shaped one (Beta 91). It looks like it should be sat in the middle of a conference meeting!

haha... but you know what, they do work nice in a kick drum

-C-

[mcramer]

Oh i don't doubt that. A lot of the time unusual looking microphones seem to be [darn] good. The cheap, budget microphones are always trying to look like others. There's just no originality in budget mics! hehe.