| Guitar: Agree with you. TLM and KSM sound very similar, the TLM being slightly crisper and expensive sounding. Oktava sounded good but dull and heavy compared to other 2. Sm57 sounded boxy and middy: good but cheap. As you say, the 57 would work great in a track but sounds a little tinny for solo.
Vox: Grading each mic in terms of the singers upper and lower register: TLM good but harsh upper, clear lower. AT best overall i thought. Body and smoothness for the uppers, sounded good for the lowers. KSM was least favourite, sounded weirdly closed and congested in uppers but sounded ok for lowers. 57 sounded the worst of the bunch for uppers but best of the bunch for lowers.
I guess the TLM was the overall winner as it gave a slick, professional sound to both sources, although the 57 could have been the winner in slightly different situations (singer singing softer, guitar needing to sit in a busy track etc.) |