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SoundGround >> Best/most versatile live touring mic set?
| 6/19/12 8:40 PM | |
BarkLikeADog
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Member Since: 10/11/05 Posts: 20379 |
I've put together my preferences for my backline company; just wanted to get an idea of what others are using. |
| 6/19/12 9:55 PM | |
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BarkLikeADog
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Member Since: 10/11/05 Posts: 20380 |
I currently carry: -a pile of SM57s & SM58s as workhorses. -a handful of Beta58s & wireless 58s for vocalists that ask for them. -a few Beta52s for kicks & bass amps. -two Beta91s for inside kicks & pianos. -a pile of Beta98s for toms & latin percussion. -a couple of KSM137s for cymbals. -a Super55 for oldies acts. -a 520DX for harmonica. -an RE20 as a secret weapon. I'm still undecided on overhead mics & crowd PZMs. Not entirely satisfied with what I carry for those. Your thoughts?? |
| 6/20/12 9:10 AM | |
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jman
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Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 12711 |
No idea, I don't know shit about mics besides an SM57. As far as guitar amps, backlines that I've been used to is the standard Marshall or Mesa Boogie Half-Stacks. That's all I know about backline stuff (I know you only asked about mics, sorry). Good luck with the company, it's a bitch trying to make a living doing anything with music. |
| 6/20/12 2:05 PM | |
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BarkLikeADog
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Member Since: 10/11/05 Posts: 20385 |
^I have a decade's worth of contracts/riders, which is what I used to decide what inventory to carry. |
| 6/20/12 2:22 PM | |
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BarkLikeADog
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Member Since: 10/11/05 Posts: 20386 |
57s & 58s are industry standards because they're affordable, durable, consistent & reasonably flat around the human hearing curve. Entire mixers are built around them. But you can't use them well without Eqing & there are better things out there. They're just kind of expected at this point. Human frequency/loudness curves: http://www.nu9n.com/images/fletcher.jpg 57 freq curve: http://www.shure.co.uk/dms/shure/products/microphones/frequency-curves/sm/frequency-response_sm57/frequency-response_sm57.gif?1255946776 |
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