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Sampling Real Hits, nouds, percussion, What Mics ?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:53 am
by amit
If any of you guys is into sampling sounds, random object hits, object percussions, what Mics do you prefer.
I have SM57's as well as few other mics (condenser etc) but no shotgun Mic.
any ideas/tips ?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:36 am
by pete.m
Hi Amit,
There are plenty of decent, reasonably-priced mics around, and so I guess you can't go too far wrong. I do sample and, although it tends to be more field recording, I do sometimes do the sort of sampling that you are talking about.
I use this firm's mics -
http://www.microphonemadness.com/ - and have always found them to be really good. The initial recommendation came from attending a sound recording workshop hosted by the excellent Chris Watson, very well known over here in the UK for providing a high proportion of the sound recording on BBC nature programmes.
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:55 pm
by Xenophile
In my old band (with my old Motif sampler), I sampled myself singing my bandmates names. Then I'd play them to introduce the band members during a show, playing arpeggios and weird full chords. I got a lot of mileage out of that.
I just used my trusty old '58. The hardest part was figuring out how to loop on the last syllable of their names so that I could hold them out.