Some of the orchestras I've seen have engineers using various types of mics hanging from the ceiling and I've been wondering which ones the tiny ones are in this video from Symphony Hall,Boston. From what I've seen they generally use maybe a half dozen hanging across at the front of the stage, what appear to be "full size" small-diaphragm, omnis maybe.

From Cathedral Pipes, the Durham Micro Amp Buffer, designed to add up to an additional 25db of clean, transparent gain for all passive microphones.
It uses typical 48v Phantom Power - found on most mic preamps - to add more db to low-output passive mics, which often require ramped-up gain levels to work at their optimum, and that many lower end preamps don't usually have available.

What AT 40 series mics do you recommend and for what? My requirements are mostly based around vocals, guitars and other stringed instruments but this thread isn't just about me. Thanks for any suggestions and the support towards Audio-Technica.

any one here know anything about them? they have 3 models available but i can't find much info as to what these mics are. i did learn the AL-46 is a 251 clone . . wondering about the AL-80 and AL-69

OK, here's the scoop. I bought a Tascam DR-40 a couple of weeks ago and I love it. The built-in in mics are great. So now I want to get a set of match condenser mics that are as good or better than the DR-40 mics. I looked for the frequency chart for them but can't find anything.

Hey guys. I have a class trying to find a good but affordable pair of stereo microphones and a 2 to 8 channel interface. I'm looking for anything good for instrumental recording for both large ensembles and solo recording. I'm a beginner, so I'd appreciate any help you guys could give me. Thanks

I'm replacing my old crappy AT2020 with an upgrade.

I have a budget of about $500 or less. I would only use this mic for acoustic guitar and vocals
These are the mics I am currently considering:

I've been using some different combinations

Pacifica preamp thru nail compressor by a designs

Loving the punch,clarity and dimension.
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Ua 710 and the hammer eq by a designs got a cool 70's vibe for sure. The hammer is very musical it allows for suttke and drastic changes without damaging the audio.

it's got some cool mojo. A lot of mood.

Im Using Zoom H4n as a USB interface.

I plugin two SM58 Mics in the two bottom inputs, and get sound from Input 1 on the left channel and Input 2 on the right channel. I'm trying really hard to figure out how to get sound from both inputs to come out of both channels.

Wow, I just put on JJ Cale "Naturally", man, does that bring me home. But beyond the memories (God rest JJ Cale), I can't believe how dynamic the sound is compared to music today. Blow my mind.