header
Banner






Forgot login?
No account yet? Register

Recent comments

On tour pecking orde
Yes they are. The agent takes your money, the prom
On tour pecking orde
Loved this (apart from the typos)!! What about th
Drums
I always liked Pearl Export, one of the first of t
Drums
They are one of the biggest drum resellers in the
Time to play.....
http://www.flashagame.com/Racing-Flash-Games/161-R

Recent discussion

Re:Mac or PC?
by BomberHarris 2010/03/01 13:08
Re:Live sound
by BomberHarris 2010/03/01 13:06
Re:Recommend reading?
by Nick 2010/02/26 06:15
Re:Recommend reading?
by bethanymm 2010/02/26 04:35
Analogue vs Digital desks
by lairyclaire 2010/02/10 09:14
follow_us_twitter.png

  • Friends To The Stars

    It costs $1 million to break a new artist, according to John Kennedy of IFPI, and no artist has broken without major record co

    by Friends To The Stars Tuesday, 09 March 2010 21:29

Microphone types, applications and examples for live sound

Key:

Mc = moving coil O = omni

C = capacitor 8 = fig of 8

E = electret C = cardioid

B = boundary H =hypercardioid

R = ribbon

 

Application

Microphone type

Response pattern

Examples

notes

Kick drum

Mc

C

AKG D112

Shure SM52

Snare drum

Mc or C

C

Shure SM 57

AKG C451

Capacitors good for under snare

Tom-tom

Mc or C

C

Sennheiser MD 421

Shure SM 57

Beyer 201

Cymbals

C or E

C

AKG C414

AKG C451

Hi-hats

C

C

AKG C451

Guitar cabinets

Mc

H

Sennheiser E906

Shure SM57

Bass guitar cabinets

Mc

C

EV RE20

AKG D112

Brass

Mc or C

C

EV RE20

Sennheiser MD421

Acoustic guitars/woodwind

C or E

C

AKG C451

Vocals

Mc or sometimes C

C or H

Shure SM58

Neumann KMS 104


Comments (0)Add Comment

Write comment

security code
Write the displayed characters


busy