What mic do you actually use RESULTS

Roland · December 2020

ESBlonde said:

Live vocal Shure Beta 57a. I carry spares so I can sort out other vocalists when the need arises! Having a single type of mic makes monitor mixing/feedback elimination much easier that 3 or 4 different brands/flavours especially if they are on a single mix.

Our line up is fixed, so we have the luxury of being able to choose mics which suit each voice, and set the desk up accordingly.

the_jaffa · December 2020

I don't do any recording and live I mostly just play the amp but when I need to mic up I dangle a Superlux PRA E609 copy over the front of the amp and I've been very happy with that. Works well and doesn't require a separate stand to get in the right place.

firepaulmusic · December 2020

Shure Beta 58 live and recording. Kemper direct...

Keefy · December 2020

Live vocals - Shure Beta 58
Studio vocals - Rode NT1
Instrument - normally some kind of DI box but if using a mic on a cab then Shure SM57

p90fool · December 2020

Live vocals - AKG D5

Live guitar - Formerly Superlux PRA628, now Palmer PDI 09

Studio vocals - Behringer B1

Studio guitar - Superlux PRA628 or an old, discontinued Audio-Technica dynamic vocal mic whose number I can't remember.

p90fool · December 2020

Roland said:

Sennheiser 845s, but I don’t use it for singing, just announcements and clapping.

Ah, at last we know what you look like

Chris_J · December 2020

Sm58 for live vocals

414 for all sorts of home recording

Se8 acoustics, e906 cabs

John_P · December 2020

My personal vocal mic is an old beta57 I've used for years. For hire gigs I carry half a dozen sm58's beta58's and a mix of 945/845. The 945 is noticeably the clearest most detailed sounding with the highest gain before feedback but a lot of singers like the sm58.

Instrument mic would usually be 906's but I have a few sm57's that get occasional use.

fastonebaz · December 2020

Live
Sennheiser e 935

Instrument
DI

Home
DI

PhilKing · December 2020

Live:
Vocals: AT Pro 4L
Guitar cab: Senheiser e609
Recording
Acoustic: AT 4033 or 4050 with Chameleon TS-1
Vocals: Aventone CV-12 or Cascade Vin-Jet Ribbon
Bass: Ampeg B15n with AKG D-112
Guitar cabs: Cascade Knuckle Head or SM 57

WindmillGuitars · December 2020

Live Vocal - Neumann 105
Recording Vocal - Aston Stealth
Live Guitar - Sennheiser 906

Trude · December 2020

Live vox - SM58
Live flutes & whistles - SM57
Live fiddle - DPA4099
Live ensemble acoustic - Ear Trumpet Labs Josephine (this is now also my main recording mic for vocals & acoustic instruments)
Guitar cabs - E609, though I don’t use it much now I have XLR out on both my main amps

MikkiMcMurderer · December 2020

Live vocal AKG D7
Guitar cab sen e906

kennedydream1980 · December 2020

Live vocal: Behringer XM8500 (Sounds great is built like a tank and costs less than £20)
Cab Mic: Stagg SDM70 (SM57 copy that sounds pretty much identical, again less than £20)

LastMantra · December 2020

I've got a superlux cm-h8a, I think it's called which I got off ebay really cheap with a wee art pre-amp. Think it's a clone of something much more expensive, sounds really good to me.
I've used some really cheap mics and got decent sounds tbf. Might be easier to get a good sound with fancy gear but I think you can get pretty decent sounds from cheap mics.
It's good to experiment.
One of the best mic'd amp sounds I've got was with a little clip-on thing dangled over it.
My uncle used to do the pa at the local church (he worked for the mod in communications, or something like that) and I got a few old mics from his workshop when he died. None of them are worth much, I don't think, just kinda old and cool looking.

maltingsaudio · January 2021

So the results are in! There were 33 responses in total.

As I expected Shure were a clear winner on the live vocal front with the SM58 and Beta58 tying for top of the heap (6votes each) with the Beta 57 and Sennheiser E845 tying for 2nd place (2 votes each) out of 17 candidates.

Studio mics again a tie between Ashton Stealth and Rode NTA1 (3 votes each ) out of 20 candidates

Instrument mics, well I should have divided this up into condensors for acoustic instruments and guitar cab mics however Sennhesier E906 came out first with 9 votes and SM 57 came second with 6 votes out of 13 candidates. No other candidate scored more than 1.

Special mention must go to @slacker for "a black thing with a 9v battery" and to @Trude for most esoteric mic Ear Trumpet Labs Jsephine.

Full results here
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/je1pb0y49ghxzecytogo9/Fretboard-Mics2021.ods?dl=0&rlkey=om5lisjpevewwh7vcke8mqqrg ;

koneguitarist · January 2021

SM58, very battered about 35 plus years old. Used it for everything, even used it on a short stand to mic up whole kit. Worked. That’s what the SM58 does, it works for anything.

Logie · February 2021

Beta 58a with an SM58 as a spare ( because it was going cheap )

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