friceox Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Well, I used to sell mics for a few years, and while the Shure SM57 is a great, durable, dynamic mic....if you're looking for a mic to really weather the times, and you're in that price range, then i'd go with something from Audix. Their mics are made from a better grade metal and have less breakable parts. However, I'd only suggest one of those mics if you're micing a single drum or "sound". If you're looking to mic your keyboards, you're gonna have to go with a good condenser mic to pic up the full spectrum of sound. If you use an sm57 to mic a keyboard, you're only going to get the sound that is directly in front of the microphone. The rode nt5's are great, because they're a matched pair of mics, from one of the best mic manufacturers in the business. 1 pair of these setup over a keyboard will give you a good result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadet311 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 There's great discussion on this topic on the tapspace forum as well. The SM57s aren't bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElCajonSalvo Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 (edited) sorry no pics yet, I cant get one that accurately shows the acoustic challenge. I've been experimenting quite a bit. All the players are using hard mallets now. I am still using the sm 57's about 6 inches under the bars. Is that a good placement, or should I go up top? How many watts should I aim for? How many speakers and what should thier placement be? here is a rough diagram m=marimba, x=xylophone, v=vibes, t=timps,s=snare, b=bass, c=cymbal, tm=toms C S S S S Tm Tm B B B B C 12 Ft T X V M M Edited May 24, 2009 by ElCajonSalvo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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