Ok, here's one for the class to ponder and give their esteemed advice. (I think I know what I'm going to do already after attending their rehearsal last night, but I'm curious how others would approach this.)

Here's the situation that just landed in my lap, as of 2 days ago:

I have a 7 piece Ska band coming in and I've never recorded brass instruments before. Let me know out of the following mic list what should be used. Any tips on mic placement?

Shure SM57
Audix i5
Oktava MK319
Blue 8 Ball
Sennheiser E609
D112
Beta52a

I'm thinking the i5 or the trusty 57. but I'm not sure.

Since it seems like everything is mostly based around the rhythm section or the recording studio here, I'd like to find out what would it take to record a decent brass/woodwind instrument or section (I'm a former saxophonist who had a chance to be tutored @ Tanglewood by world known sax man "Harvey Pettel" during the summer of my high school graduating year) and (this is a question for you sax

Hello,

I'm tracking brass next week (trombone and trumpet). in a small
recording booth (about 9 by 12 foot) with decent acoustics.
Music is pop/rock with open minded musiciens willing to experiment if necessary.
I've never done this, It would save me some time if I had some help. Could someone give me advice regarding mike choice, placement and distance?

I will be recording a brass quintet in the next month or so. The instrumentaion is 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba. The set up is in a half circle shape(tpt, hn, tuba, trb, tpt) with the outer trumpets facing one another.

I am currently involved in a project where I am taking some tracks already recorded, mixing them and redubbing guitars, bass, and vox. My main challenge right now is how to mix, compress, eq, etc. the brass and woodwind instruments.