and to throw in my $.02 on top of Bob's excellent suggestion - I just
finished a live to tape "straight ahead" jazz CD with an incredible young
vibe/piano player (he didn't play them both at the same time...), and I used
a pair of the AT4033's that sounded really nice, although in the past I've
used a U87 thru a Focusrite Red7 (I'm a HUGE fan of this preamp - anyone
else?) dead center, and a pair of AT4041 pencil mics on either side with
this player, and it also sounded really good. This time I used my pair of
U87s over the drum kit which also sounded incredible.

BUT, and this is a really big BUT... - this kid is SO good, I could throw up
SM57's and it would still sound special.

I'm hoping to have Bob Olhsson master this project when my client raises the
required cash for the job. It's that good.

--
John Marsden
Little-Big Sound
audio for video, film & digital media; graphics & software solutions
www.lbsound.com

"Bob Olhsson" wrote in message
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"lm" wrote in message
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I was told that Gary Burton uses only his matched pair of U87. But I
suppose
it will be hard to find a matched pair of these vintage mikes and
perhaps
a
little expansive (I don't play so well as this wonderful vibes player).
I thought about a pair of CMC6 Schoeps with an MK matched pair caps (OK,
it's quite expansive too...).

Neumann never sold matched pairs. The Schoeps are very nice.

As a wildcard, I'd try a pair of Beyer M-88s. A pair of Royer ribbons
would
probably also sound really really good.

--
Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN
Mastering, Audio for Picture, Mix Evaluation and Quality Control
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