Top 10 Ways to Transform Your Snare From Weak and Thin to Punchy and Tight
- Compress with the right compressor type.
- EQ out the boxiness.
- Add some thickness.
- Add some crackle.
- Focus on bringing out the snare in the overheads.
- Use a tight reverb.
- Medium attack.
- Slower release.
Place the mic 2 to 3 inches away from the inside head and a couple of inches off center. This is the standard way to mic a kick drum if you have the outside head off or if a hole is cut in it. This placement gives you a sharp attack from the beater hitting the head.
- AKG D112. If there's one mic most engineers will tell you is the industry standard for kick drums…
- Shure Beta52A. In a close second place…
- Audix D6. Despite being a well-known classic…
- Sennheiser e602 II. Part of the Sennheiser Evolution 600 Series…
- Sennheiser e902. You wouldn't think it was possible…
- Shure Beta 91A.
The main difference is in the grille. The SM58 was designed for vocal applications, and therefore uses a ball grille with built in pop filter to eliminate plosives. The SM57 is designed as an instrument microphone, where a smaller grille size is more practical and plosives are less of a concern.
The reason your SM57 is quiet is because it is not a high output microphone (sensitivity is about -57dB) and you do not have an adequate preamp in your system.
If you're using it for guitars or drums, you won't need one on it. It's probably worth getting one anyway, though, because you'll need it at some point, even if it's a different mic. I'll be using the mic for both vocals and acoustic guitar.
The main difference is in the grille. The SM58 was designed for vocal applications, and therefore uses a ball grille with built in pop filter to eliminate plosives. The SM57 is designed as an instrument microphone, where a smaller grille size is more practical and plosives are less of a concern.
SHURE SM57 DYNAMIC MICROPHONEWe think this is one of the best acoustic guitar mics thanks to its ability to pick up everything you're playing in gloriously high detail – ideal for those who want to capture the subtleties of fingerpicking but also be able to record massive chords without worrying about distortion.
It is possible to wire the SM57 to a 1/4" balanced connector, but we have never seen any device with a balanced, mic level, 1/4" connector. When 1/4" connectors are used for microphone level signals, they are almost always unbalanced.
Dynamic microphones like the Shure SM57 and Shure SM58 are legendary for not only their good sound quality, but also for the amount of abuse they can withstand. Dynamic microphones don't require their own power supply like condenser microphones. However, their sound quality is generally not as accurate.
The SM57 is one of those dynamic mics that needs a good amount of amplification so an external inline or outboard preamp is recommended, especially if the preamps in your audio interface, mixer or field recorder aren't the strongest.
Phantom power is a 48V DC supplied to the microphone on Pins 2 and 3 of the XLR cable, while ground is supplied by Pin 1. It figuratively “piggybacks” on the AC signal and is invisible in operation. Put simply, it's the power your condenser mics (and occasionally some dynamic mics) need to function.
On the other hand, dynamic mics—the ubiquitous Shure SM57 and SM58, for example—do not require power. Phantom power involves a clever scheme that leverages the multiple wires in a typical balanced-XLR cable to provide voltage to mics that need it without affecting those that do not, in most cases.
#10 A variety of artists have turned this mic into an icon.The SM58 has been the microphone of choice for Roger Daltrey, Paul McCartney, Henry Rollins, Patti Smith, Alice Cooper, Buddy Guy, Cheap Trick, G. Love, Martina McBride, Megadeth and countless other musicians.
The SM57 is the most common mic used to mike a guitar amp. The SM58 is same as the SM57, except the SM58 has a ball-shaped grille. Either model is a good choice for miking a guitar amp. The sound pressure from the guitar amp will not damage the SM57 or the SM58, no matter how loud you set the amplifier.
Yes, Shure SM58 is good for recording vocals and it is a great microphone to have in your studio. The shure SM58 is traditionally used as a live vocal performance microphone. But as you will learn later, it can produce great result if you use it for recording vocals.
Phantom power is not needed for tube mics because they have their own power supply. Phantom power IS needed for ALL non-tube condenser mics (whether large diaphragm or small diaphragm) although some of them can be powered by other sources (ie. 9 volt battery if so equipped).
Yes, you can use an SM58 for recording guitar. Particularly for recording from a guitar amplifier, these quality dynamic microphones will do a great job of capturing your sound for recording.
The Best Overhead Mics For Drums - Matched Pairs
- Rode M5.
- Rode NT5.
- Shure KSM141.
- AKG C214.
- sE Electronics sE4400a.
- Beyerdynamic MC 930.
- LyxPro SDPC-2.
