Did you ever pursue this? How'd it go? I'm due to assemble mine in a few days.

yargh! you know-- i didn't, but i wanted to squirrel it away for the future, 'cause i don't have pads on all my mics! nowadays, if i'm using LDCs, though-- all my main gotos have 'em (cad m179s or an e200)- so i find myself less in need for a gang o' pads than i used to. lemme know how it turns out though and what design you pick out of the lot- i'm curious about how it turns out!

Focusrite Sapphire USB 6

SM57
Audix i5
Crappy no name 'phones

Various things to make sound.

Really does sound like a 57 if you put it inside a pair of socks!

Im testing one out right now in exchange for my om2 I lent its owner.


I like it but have yet to sock it. I also want to do the impedance cable for the 57 trick.

I put mine together. It works great, toms are coming in clean and manageable. It will probably fall apart though because of my shoddy construction.

nice! you didn't happen to take any snaps before you put it in a box didya?

No. But picture this... small black box from Radio Shack with three XLR input jacks on one face. Inside the resistors are soldered onto them. Then three bargain bin short XLR cables are coming out of the ass end, they are soldered to the inside bits.

i can picture it clearly now.

I am now at:

Reaper

Tascam US-1800
TL Audio PA-2 tube preamp

Shure SM58
Shure Beta 57
(2) Shure KSM27
(2) Heil PR40
Nady RSM-5
CAD M179
Oktava MK-012
AKG D112
(2) MXL 2001
MXL990
MXL R40
Audix i5

So, you've acquired yerself a Beta 57 and an i5? Not bad, not bad at all. Your snare drum will be happy.

I am thinking so. I will be sure A/B them on snare and share. They will both serve as fine close guitar mics, which I am excited about as well.

I think you should be able to get some fine guitar tones outta that collection. Or any other tones, for that matter. Outside of a big colorful LDC with t00bs or transformers in it, you pretty well have every flavour of mic covered there, save for oddball things like an old carbon mic or a PZM.

The big LDC vocal mic thing has struck me, but it is not incredibly necessary I guess. Were I to find a good bang-for-your-buck example at a nice price I would probably go for it, but using the M179 or one of the KSM27s has served me just fine thus far.

Concurred; really, you're getting into the realm of specialty stuff (not that they don't sound awesome on other sources) but as far as general porpoise gear, you have pretty well everything covered.

What are your thoughts on the Oktava, by the by?

Iz goot. I like it on snare (for awhile it was my go to snare mic) and as a foil to a more lowend-oriented mic on bass. I haven't used it a whole ton on other sources, but for those purposes I dig it. It's a very clear and accurate sounding mic, fo sho.