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If it were just vocals, then I'd recommend the
SM58. I think it tends to be a bit brighter and accomodating of the vocal range,
but since you want to mic other non-vocal sources, I'd recommend the SM58.
Others on the group have still made some good recommendations, though. You
should do some research outside the group based on your needs. But at least you
know that the SM57 can be used as an all around general purpose mic with decent
results. That is for certain. The proof is in the recordings, and they exist to
make the case. The rest is in how you engineer the recordings or usage in a live
setting.
I just use the SM57 because I know what to expect,
and it's not a risk to go with it, given how many thousands of people over
decades have used it for multiple applications. I know what it can do and how I
can work with what it sends me in terms of output. I'd done all sorts of
crazy things with the SM57. Years ago, I crammed one inside the sound hole of an
old nylon string classical guitar. I just let it sit inside the body, wedged
again one of the braces. I got some interesting results from that on tape.
Believe it or not, it sounded better than some of the small condensor mics that
folks spend hundreds of dollars on with fancy acoustic systems.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: mandolin from mars
hm, so.. sm57 or beta
57?
What are the differences between these anyway?
Its going to be used
on vocals (sometimes loud), zither, percussion (loud and quiet), bowed cymbals
etc
Krispen Hartung wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm enjoying
"Mandolin from Mars" since yesterday.
Excellent. I like to hear that.
> Krispen, may you tell us about the looping
set up?.
> Is your looping system enterely laptop based?.
Yes, everything but one song (Cthulhu On Mars,
which is using a Boss VF1 for delay/pitch in addition to the laptop)) is
laptop based. I use a Lenovo (IBM) ThinkPad T60p (Intel Duo) with the
Inigo IO cardslot soundcard. I use an LR Baggs acoustic preamp on some of
the songs too, to condition the level of the mandolin, EQ, etc. Inside
the notebook, I'm using Chainer as a VST host, with several VST effects
(Reaktor, Hipno, PSP42/84, etc...and some of my own MAX/MSP patches
converted to VST). And I'm using Mobius to loop, controlled by the
Behringer FCB controller.
> Tweaks on "Probe Out" are
wonderful.
> All going here is Reaktor processing?.
The frst half of the song is primarly just
looping with the mandolin with reverb, delay, chorus, and then mid way
through the song I start using a varity of Reaktor ensembles. This CD was
heavy with Reaktor. It's practicaly an advertisement for the program!
:)
Kris
>
> Cheers,
>
Raul.
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