Hello all,

I am currently recording a friend's project, an automated music machine, and have a question about one of the mics available.

It is a (appears to be fairly old) Coles STC4030 ribbon mic and I have had fun using it so far in Mid/Side configuration.

Hi guys,

this is my first topic and would like to know a good mic for the hi-hat. As you have probable heard in today's music, the hi-hat seems to be a little more enphasized in the mix (depending on the genre) and i just want to know of a good mic that will sound good close up and what placement would be good for it?

Hi everyone,

what do you use as a hi hat mic.

This is my current mic closet:

AT4033 (2)
AKG C414 (1)
AKGD112(1)
SM57(2)
AKG C1000(2)
SM58 (1)
MD421 (2)

Hello all, I have one more mic needed before tracking can begin. Hi-hat . I was pretty set on getting a c414 (gold grill) because it can be used on many applications. Also considering a c60 (hard to find, love em!), KM85/84 (BIG Neumann FAN).
Any thoughts or experiences would be much appreciated! Thanx -matt

btw, I record digital and I'm using Avalon pre's. Progressive styles.

which out of these 2 would make a better HI-HAT mic.

MXL603s or KSM27

can a large condenser like the ksm27 be used for a hi-hat mic ? I'm hoping so, so that way i can use the ksm27 on the hats and just pick up another 603s to use as overheads rather than picking up another ksm27 for an overhead which is much more money, and use the 603 on the hats

I am having trouble finding any information on this. The last time I tracked a band the engineer set up a 57 on the Hi Hat. Taped to the side of the 57 was a 451. The two mic were then bused to one track. I had never seen this technique before but it sounded amazing.

I would like to know what would be a good microphone to use for recording hi-hat? Usually people will use their highest quality mic on the overheads. Since overheads pick up cymbals, wouldn't you use the same high quality mic on hi-hat too?