F-100 CLIPS: AiC and Queen (SM-57 left, e609 silver right)

hal9000 · Feb 12, 2007

Here are two clips I recorded Saturday morning with my newly purchased SM-57 and e609 mics. The SM-57 is fully left and the e609 is fully right for both so you can hear the difference and combined tones.

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Here is the setting I used:

On the AiC clip, I used the same EQ, but with the gain up to 12:00, on Contour, and no Germania. On the Queen clip, I recorded like it shows. The master is misleading because I'm actually attenuating the loop with my FX mix pot master set around 2:00 (the Hot Plate is set to 0 dB so it's not attenuating at all). Finally, I used my Ravelle Limited's bridge SD Custom for both clips and my Line6 Toneport UX-2 for both mic preamps and the USB interface.

The tracks are straight-in (i.e., no EQ, compression, FX, etc.)

ytse_jam · Feb 12, 2007

wow, wonderful tones hal! i really liked your clips. It's been a great thing to pan the different mics, you can really hear the difference. Really great work!

hal9000 · Feb 12, 2007

ytse_jam said:
wow, wonderful tones hal! i really liked your clips. It's been a great thing to pan the different mics, you can really hear the difference. Really great work!

Thanks! Which mic sound did you like better?

ytse_jam · Feb 13, 2007

I think they complement each one the other, and the best is have both mixed... but if I had to choose just one mic I probably will go with the Sennheiser, it sounds a bit crispier and has got a better bass response to me, but i like the SM57 too.
What's your opinion about the two mics? If you had to use just one mic, which one would you choose?

hal9000 · Feb 13, 2007

ytse_jam said:
I think they complement each one the other, and the best is have both mixed... but if I had to choose just one mic I probably will go with the Sennheiser, it sounds a bit crispier and has got a better bass response to me, but i like the SM57 too.
What's your opinion about the two mics? If you had to use just one mic, which one would you choose?

I like the SM-57's tone without much fuss over the position. To me, the e609 is a lot more sensitive to position in that moving it around changes the character more. Still, for clean work, the extra presence on the e609 would be welcome.