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Kick- AKG112D or Shure Beta52 ?
Snare- 2x Shure sm57
Toms- 3x Sennheiser MD 421
Overheads- sE electronic SE1A stereo pair

Thats it. Is there anything u suggest me to change? (sept sE mics coss i like tham).
+ I'm thinking to buy those sE reflection filters for drums... Does anyone have some experiance with tham?

Also I'm thinking to record acoustic guitar with 2 SE1A's or sm57's? What u think?

thx

Comments

Groff Tue, 12/09/2008 - 22:08

Except what you like I think it's good choice. I would choose 52 over 112, but both are acceptable.

I have no experience with sE filters. IMO it's much better to DIY some real gobos to surround/tune the whole kit. You can use it also for vox and other acoustic instruments.

For acoustic guitar I would choose SDC pair over 57.

Groff Wed, 12/10/2008 - 00:18

loh90 wrote: don't sleep on the Audix D6 for kick. Audix i5 as well for snares (they sound better than SM57's and its built like a tank compared to the 57).

Audix are also very very good. I would say different, not better exclusively. Can't go wrong however.

Dude, If 57 isn't built like a tank, then what is? :shock:

BDM Wed, 12/10/2008 - 16:54

i bought a sEA1 about a year and a half ago and i think it is great for acoustic guitar. i have also had success with percussion and i use it straight into my XH-A1 camera for interviews- it sounds great on both male and female voice. in fact, i bought another this summer to have a stereo pair (can't quite afford a couple of km 184s...yet!).
i think it is a whole lot of mic for the money, and would be interested to hear how they work for drum OH (i use a v-kit- soooo v-mics for OH!!!)).