Microphone Shootout, come on in....

[dawnofadreamx97]

Alright I wanted to record my new greenbacks so I figured i'd kill two birds with one stone here.

The amp was my DSL 50 loaded w/ a fresh set of new and biased JJ e34L's and ecc83's , cab was a greenback loaded marshall 1936 2x12, guitar was my fender showmaster w/ a duncan distortion bridge and 59 neck plugged strait into the amp. These were just the microphones plugged strait into my 002 preamps.... Enjoy!!

The mic's were all 3 inch's off the cab...

Shure sm57
Shure Beta 57
Audix i5
Sennheiser 421

The only eq used was a high pass @ 80 hz and I used some limiting to even out the levels...

Enjoy ! and don't mind my sloppy noodling!

- DSL settings -

Ultra gain channel , Lead 1

Presence - 4
Treble - 2.5
Mid - 7
Bass - 6
Volume - 4.5
Gain - 6
Deep switch- out
Tone shift - out


SM 57
On axis - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/57onaxis.mp3

Edge of dust cap - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/57dustcapedge.mp3

Edge of speaker - http://www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/57speakeredge.mp3

Beta 57

On axis - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/beta57onaxis.mp3

Edge of dust cap - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/beta57dustcapedge.mp3

Edge of speaker - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/beta57speakeredge.mp3

Sennheiser 421

On axis - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/421onaxis.mp3

Edge of dust cap - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/421dustcapedge.mp3

Edge of speaker - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/421speakeredge.mp3

Audix i5

On axis - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/i5onaxis.mp3

Edge of dust cap - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/i5dustcapedge.mp3

Edge of speaker - www.sicksdeep.com/mictest/i5speakeredge.mp3

 

[punkrockacademyfightsong]

my favourite: 57 edge of dustcap
second choice would be 421 on axis

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

i didnt realize there was such a difference between the 57 and the beta...i always thought they were essentially the same mic...

 

[punkrockacademyfightsong]

i didnt realize there was such a difference between the 57 and the beta...i always thought they were essentially the same mic...

yeah, surprisingly big difference. actually it's pretty clear that the 57 beats the other mics here (for this sound that is ofcourse)

 

[LSD-Studio]

sm57 edge of dc for me...
closely followed by the 421 in the same position
thanks for your effort

 

[dawnofadreamx97]

sm57 edge of dc for me...
closely followed by the 421 in the same position
thanks for your effort

your welcome ! I thought this would be cool for everyone, it's kinda nice to listen back after doing this and hear this from a listeners perspective... I think my favorites were the 57 on axis, mixed with the 421 on the seam of the dustcap or speaker edge one, .. combine those two... and theres my tone!

 

[MetalSound]

Cool samples. Thanks a lot man!
These are the final sound samples that conviced me finally to buy a Sennheiser 421.

 

[JeffTD]

Goddamn, I NEED to get an i5.

 

[006]

Honestly the i5 seems like the best one. It has a much fuller sound than the 57 for sure. Smoother too.

~e.a

 

[Zombietakeover]

sicks deep.... your that band off that battle for the ozzfest thing arent you....

didnt one of your dudes get kicked off cause he kept fucking chicks.....thats some funny shit

 

[dawnofadreamx97]

Cool samples. Thanks a lot man!
These are the final sound samples that conviced me finally to buy a Sennheiser 421.

bad ass dude glad i could help ! your gonna love the 421... it slays!

 

[dawnofadreamx97]

sicks deep.... your that band off that battle for the ozzfest thing arent you....

didnt one of your dudes get kicked off cause he kept fucking chicks.....thats some funny shit

hahah yea that's us ... but Kelly didn't actually sleep with anyone or sign anyones tits or any of the other stupid crap that they edited to fit into there cookie cutter reality Tv show formula....im my opinion the show was fixed from the get go ... great exposure for sure though !

anywho, who cares we're still around and doing well!!

 

[Sloan]

so they had a freakin' show with RAWK and you couldn't slam chicks and sign tits? wtf is that?

 

[IronApe]

I just love this place...
For my personal taste, sm57 edge of dustcap, and 421 right behind.
I was impressed by the i5, and a bit disappointed by the beta57...
Anyway, cool thread, thanks for the test!

 

[WeeFace]

Definitely edge of dust cap! I reckon, in order:

i5 - brutal awesome
SM57 - nice, but just lacking a little richness compared to the audix
421 - big chug, but kinda wooden sounding
beta57 - meh

 

[dawnofadreamx97]

so they had a freakin' show with RAWK and you couldn't slam chicks and sign tits? wtf is that?

exactly... stupid ass shit....uke:

 

[EdwardPayne]

I think the Audix kick ass here!
Can you explain to my Swedish meat head where that "Edge of dustcap" is ?

 

[IronApe]

There

 

[EdwardPayne]

There

Okay! Thanks! So the dustcap is that thing in the center.. The "Sphere" ?
And the edge of that is beween the convex thing and the cone?

 

[IronApe]

Yep, your meat head got it alright!