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Originally Posted by Rick Sutton  swear to God, just pick a decent mic and point it at the banjo. Not trying to be snarky, but I've played and recorded banjo for close to ..........can't bring myself to say how many years, and banjo is generally a loud instrument that projects well and is probably the easiest of the instruments in that group to record. The bigger problem is usually keeping the banjo out of the other instrument mics.
For the record, my favorite banjo mic is a KM56. My least favorite are ribbons. Km84 etc does a nice job.
I took a look at your equi |
I agree with you except the part about ribbon mics..
But, in a live situation, just about any decent mic, including an SM57, will capture a good banjo sound. I have multiple hours of live bluegrass recordings using basic live sound mics and a 57 will work fine. A LD condenser will do a good job too, but allows more bleed.
In the studio, I use my Beyer M260 ribbon mic on banjo frequently with good results, it takes a lot of the percussive attack out and mellows the sound.