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hw2nw · 19th July 2007, 10:46 PM

I'm working on my home studio, upgrading and adding some mics so I can finally track a full drumset and have more mic choices for a variety of projects (mostly rock, but I do work on film scoring, etc). I have access to great acoustically treated rooms so I'm more worried about the mics at the moment. Generally I can rent/borrow the nice Coles/Neumann style stuff but it's always nice to own your gear

. At the moment I already own a Shure SM7B, a few SM58s, and a Studio Projects C1. Here's what I have on my "to get" list, let me know if you guys recommend anything else/instead:

- (3) Shure SM57's (can use em on anything)
- (1) Sennheiser 421 (tom/elec guitar/kick)
- (2) Rode NT5's (overheads/even acoustic)
- (1) EV RE20 (kick/bass amp)
- (1) Neumann TLM103 (vocals/room/winds)
- (1) Audix i5 (snare)

used this puts me in the ~$1700ish category, I'd like to stay around that. Any other ideas?

Thanks so much guys.

PS- As a guitar gear junkie, I can't believe how much more of a black hole of gear recording is!!

19th July 2007, 10:46 PM	#1
hw2nw Gear nut Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 89	low end but rocking: modest home studio mic choices I'm working on my home studio, upgrading and adding some mics so I can finally track a full drumset and have more mic choices for a variety of projects (mostly rock, but I do work on film scoring, etc). I have access to great acoustically treated rooms so I'm more worried about the mics at the moment. Generally I can rent/borrow the nice Coles/Neumann style stuff but it's always nice to own your gear . At the moment I already own a Shure SM7B, a few SM58s, and a Studio Projects C1. Here's what I have on my "to get" list, let me know if you guys recommend anything else/instead: - (3) Shure SM57's (can use em on anything) - (1) Sennheiser 421 (tom/elec guitar/kick) - (2) Rode NT5's (overheads/even acoustic) - (1) EV RE20 (kick/bass amp) - (1) Neumann TLM103 (vocals/room/winds) - (1) Audix i5 (snare) used this puts me in the ~$1700ish category, I'd like to stay around that. Any other ideas? Thanks so much guys. PS- As a guitar gear junkie, I can't believe how much more of a black hole of gear recording is!!