UAD Microphones

[Tommy Byrnes]

27 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

There is a lot to be said about the right mic for the source.

An SM57 can sound a whole lot better than a SDC on a guitar cab in a live band room as an example of a cheap $100 mic beating out an expensive one.  It is just better suited for the job generally speaking.  

I once did a session where I was playing bodhran (Irish hand drum) and the engineer put a u87 on the drum. I told him that was probably too much mic and to use a 57. The producer told me the dude knew what he was doing so we cut the take and the producer hated it. Stuck a 57 on it, laid the track, everyone smiled and that was that.

[Nick Blanc]

Ok ok, I stand corrected ?

But still, I'M not paying it. I'll slap on Soothe 2, some PA dirt box, reverb and delay, play a fat Moog bass under it and nobody is the wiser I'm here in my untreated livingroom with just a mic reflection shield and a Behringer XM5800. Or better yet, that IK Multimedia measure mic and their Mic room plugin.

 

[jackson white]

From SoS;

"Pricing for the reimagined Bock mics is $1249, $2999.and $5999 for the 187, 167 and 251, respectively."

That's some imagination. What's next, an SM57 clone for $399?. 

[Bridget Murphy]

On 2/19/2022 at 1:33 AM, Tommy Byrnes said:

I once did a session where I was playing bodhran (Irish hand drum) and the engineer put a u87 on the drum. I told him that was probably too much mic and to use a 57. The producer told me the dude knew what he was doing so we cut the take and the producer hated it. Stuck a 57 on it, laid the track, everyone smiled and that was that.

It's amazing how the choice of microphone can make such a difference, especially with an instrument like the bodhran. It's cool that your intuition about using a 57 proved to be spot-on, leading to a successful take and everyone leaving with smiles.