HIYA guys. Hope you dont mind but I'm gonna hijack your forum for a minute. .Jeremy, Joe...this is for ya'll.

Right now I'm using an AT3035 and an AKGC1000 for overheads. I'm in need of some new mics. I'm looking for some small diaphragm condensers for under 300 bucks. I'm thinking about buying a RODE NT2-A to replace the 3035 (vocals, room, acoustic guitar). I'm also looking at a bluebird.

Looking for opinions from folks here re their experiences with good fig-8 condensers, in particular Sennheiser MKH30 and Schoeps MK8.

For recording acoustic guitars, Which would work well - a cardiod SDC mic or an omni SDC mic for acoustic (e.g the AT3031 cardio VS AT3032 omni).

Just trying to understand the key difference between cardiod vs omni.

Folks,

Please can you someone suggest me a good small diaphragm condenser mic.

Hay yews guise -

Like a lot of you, I am a newbie at some things and an old hand at others. My question du jour is about large vs small diameter condenser mic's; when would I best use one style, and when the other? I am operating on the cheap; the mic's in question are the SP B1's vs C4's.

Hey guys, how would you rate these mics on their sound quality
in a rock context. They are for drum overheads and acoustic guitar?

Keep in mind the price differences. A mic that sounds 2% better but costs twice as much isn't worth it in my opinion.

A: Peluso CemC6
B: Oktava MC012a (Sound Room)
C: Josephson C42

Hi,

My next recording will be ethno-acoustic band. Except upright bass and (maybe) one violin, all instruments are (steel strings) with strong on upper mid/high freq. and lot of hard alternate picking. Comparable in some way with mandolins.

I want to pick up a couple of small diaphram condensers for home tracking into a 002 rack with the stock preamps. Most of the tracks will have vocals x 2-3, bass, synth and percussion as well.
The acoustic style will be fingerstyle/ fingerpicking (bare finger-no nail) on some high-endinstruments.
Please give me some direction among the choices in this price range.