advice, suggestions to round out mic arsenal much appreciated

[drBill]

Here's some good bang for the buck mics:

Audix D6 (kick)
Shure Beta52 (kick)
Audix i5 (snare/elec gtr cabs) x 2
Beyer M201 (snare)
Shure SM57's (everybody needs at least 2-3 guitar cabs, snare, whatever)
AKG C451 (x2) SDC (OH, Ac gtr, HH)
Neumann KM84 (x2) SDC(OH, Ac gtr, HH, string section OH)
Sennheiser 421 (x3 toms, guitars, horns, all around)
Sennheiser 441 X1 - perhaps the ultimate dynamic
Coles 4038 or Apex 205 modded by M.Joly (x2) Piano, gtr cabs, vox -retro-, etc.
EV RE20 (kick, horns)
Royer 121 (guitar cab ribbon!!)

That's just a start, but should keep you busy until someone else chimes in....

[tINY]

I made some suggestions in the low end theory forum on this post....

Here in a different forum:

Look hard at the Earthworks line. A pair of SR25s will do a lot.

An RE20 might be nice to add as it can be used on voice and kick drums and just about anything else in a pinch. Sounds good on bass instruments especially.

AT 4033 and 4047 will give you some different vocal mics.

....And I'm still gonna tell you to get a Heil PR30 - but you might look at the PR40 too....


-tINY

[quantz]

drBill - going through the list - thank you for taking the time to respond.

tINY - thanks for the tip on the Heil mics as well as your other suggestions...

i've got a bit of research to do - fortunately it's kinda fun...

best to you both.

[quantz]

love the sound of Schoeps mics BTW...

quantz

[quantz]

any other advice on how best to round out my mic arsenal???

thanks...

[peeder]

Since you like Beyer's house sound, I suggest the Beyer SDCs if you can make the jump over Oktavas pricewise. (I think it's MC930 or something) Front end audio has a stereo kit for $1G.

Beyer M201 from full compass is another great (!) dynamic mic.

Cascade Fathead 2 ribbons, in a blumlein pair is bang for the buck.

Those and one incredible LDC...probably a tube mic for vocals...whatever suits your fancy and budget.