The desert island microphones

[ahjteam]

Alright, you are stranded on a desert island and you are allowed to pick only 5 microphones, what would they be? I think if I would have only these five microphones in my arsenal, I could do anything; with ease.

1 - Shure SM57
2 - AKG C414
3 - Sennheiser MD421
4 - Neumann KM184
5 - Royer R121

 

[CatharsisStudios]

sm7b
sm57
414
r121

 

[MarcusGHedwig]

I dunno, I can't think of how much use I'd have for microphones whilst stranded on a desert island

 

[AudioPhile777]

sm57
sm57
sm57
u87
u87

fin.

 

[AllanD]

SM57
SM57
Beta52
Shure SM81
Shure SM81

 

[FIXXXER]

-Brauner phantom AE
-rode NT 1000
-sm57
-sm58

the only mics i ever owned and worked worked with, so...

 

[B36arin]

SM57
MD421
AKG 414
Neumann KM084
Beta52

 

[HandsOfDespair]

SM57
SM57
Sm7b
U87
U87

 

[lolzgreg]

AT4050ST (stereo mic ftw, BOOYA)
U87
SM57
SM57
SM7B

 

[greyskull]

audix d6
sm57
421
414
r121

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

If talking just models:

1. AKG C414
2. SM57
3. MD421
4. KM184
5. e602/D6

If it's five mics tops and not a single more:

2 x C414
1 x e602/D6
2 x SM57

 

[GarethSE]

2x SM57
2x U87
1x SM7B

\o/

 

[SocialNumb]

I dunno, I can't think of how much use I'd have for microphones whilst stranded on a desert island

This. Would be the last thing on my mind.

 

[updog]

I dunno, I can't think of how much use I'd have for microphones whilst stranded on a desert island

Maybe Neumanns taste particularily good?

 

[cloy26]

multi track documentation of your slow and imminent death.

 

[Mikaël-ange]

I dunno, I can't think of how much use I'd have for microphones whilst stranded on a desert island

Recording desert island impulse?

 

[Paulie!]

5 sm57s with which I'd form the anchor points on the mast for my escape raft... :-D

-Paul

 

[HandsOfDespair]

2x SM57
2x U87
1x SM7B

o/

 

[Fredrik-Ablaze]

Shure SM7B
Line Audio CM3 * 2 (best mic ever, works for everything)
Sennheiser MD421
Shure SM57

 

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