acuff-rose Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Not sure I'm asking this question properly but....I have a room in my house that has awesome acoustics and I want to capture the "room" sound with the right mic. I have an SM 58 but it obviously doesn't do justice. Any ideas? I am recording on a Korg D3200 studio. Any input out there would be appreciated! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 You need a decent condenser. I'm borrowing one of these from a friend right now to record my bands EP. The Audio-Technica AT2020. I'm not sure what kind of price range you are looking in, but it's probably the best ambient mic for the price (only $99 at musicians friend). We used it as an overhead for the drums and it's amazing what that thing was picking up. My kids were watching a movie in the other side of the house, and we could clearly hear it in between takes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
In a little rowboat Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 it depends quite a bit on your set up and the front end on your recording rig condensers are nice but cheap ones sound shrill, harsh and unbalanced unless perfectly placeed I have found that a ribbon mic will generally do the best job, but have some draw backs, namely they are expensive, not as durable as dynamics, and require a fair bit of gain from a preamp to work...but they tend to pick up most nuances in the room without excessive coloring or harshness, and retain a vintage smoothness most other mics have a hard time keeping check out that oktavia ribbon, a cascade fathead, or some old shure 300/315s (my favorite mics for most applications) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 If you want to get into recording more often a good place to start is an Audio Technica 4033. You can get one on ebay for 300-400. They are used professionally on things like electric guitars, toms, bass guitars, acoustic guitars, some vocals, definitely room mic. That 2020 is fine if you wanna mess around, but a 4033 is a surprisingly, seriously, versatile mic of high quality for low cost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I've had some pretty decent results with Rode NT1-A microphones. Take a look at those too. They're around $250. I've paired them with a Shure SM-57 on guitar cabs and also used them for lead vocals, acoustic guitars, etc. Pretty versatile mic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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