Wiz wrote:rick wrote:I dont have an open mind about shure 57s .. its close shut like a rabbit trap
not so sure I have an open mind about anything really
Assuming a similar price point , or there abouts, do you have another dynamic mic that you would use... Could you elaborate why you don't like the 57? Or is it that you just have better perhaps more esoteric mics for that role?
oh look its an age old bias based on the fact when i learnt how to record stuff , i rarely had a 57 available because for some reason bands use to think it was ok to steal our 57s ..but left all the good expensive stuff alone .. so we mostly didnt have any 57s.. well for very long .. and we would get in big trouble if they were stolen on our shift !
I did a shoot out on snares one night between a 57 a beta 57 a beyer 201 and a km 84 and a km 86 .. and the venerable akg 451 it was no contest for the condensers . .. complete smackdown in mighty tone ..
so I just stopped using dynamics and learn how to take the time to figure out where condensers belong on drums ..to get the sepration we all crave .. and when to use lighter hats and louder snares .. when to use foam and when to use tape and and when to use 5 mics and when to use none and when to use twenty and when to hire somebody else to do it better then you
.. well i am still F@#$ing learning ..
but not cause the 57 is the answer .. more because ..
well i dont know why .. because .
...57s are probably fine .. and they work .. and so do condoms .
and why do i think i want 8 e22 and i havent even built the damn room ... ?
madness ..
microphone madness