Frob wrote on Wed, 26 July 2006 16:03 |
honestly i would take just about any mic, i have stoped buying equipment to complete projects. at some point you just have press recored and live with what comes out the other end as the best you could do at the time.
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That is exactly what I need to hear. I have been stuck in the "as soon as I get a __________, THEN I will record the song" because I guess I want to get it right the first time and I hate being new and not good at something. I keep falling into the trap of thinking the gear is the answer.....
Must remember....placement, not the mic, placement, not the mic
I got another 57 today. I have come to the conclusion that a simple man needs a simple mic and it is easier to work within the limitations of this mic and try to get the best placement with a simple tool than it is to try to figure out something with all kinds of rolloff and boost switches and then add placement into the mix of things to tweak. Start simple and learn and record RIGHT now. The perfectionism thing is really hard to let go of though.....
I don't pretend that it's going to sound like something recorded in a real studio, but I am comforted by the fact that when asked what his favorite mic was in a Mojo Pie interview, Fletcher wrote,
"This is really pretty easy. My favorite microphone ever made is the Shure SM57. It's rarely ever "genius" but it never ever totally sucks. You can point one in the general direction of a sound and you'll get a pretty decent representation of that sound that can be recorded and pounded to death later." That's good enough for me!
Bill Colbert, who is now leaving to actually &%#@%^ record something