Hi,
I'm gonna record a choir ensemble and lucky me the group has some money to spend so they give me the chance to rent a couple stuff.
I was looking for a Royer SF12 but my renting company (Funky Junk Italy) didn't have any in stock so they gave me a Sanken CMS2. A very nice mic indeed.
I tested it with the resident drum set of the studio and the first thing I notice is the excessive gain amount I have to use. After fooling around a bit i just gave up. Is it normal that I have to use about 60dB of my Hardy M1 for a mic placed as overhead on a drum set played buy a very rude drummer (that's me)? I'm very worried about tomorrow's session with the choir. I'll bring my Crown SASS with me anyway but I was very curios to try the Sanken. BTW, the sound of the mic is very very nice. Very flat and natural. And the MS mikin' has a beatiful stereo image but the gain structure puzzles me.
Anyone care to help?
Thanks.
R.
