Comments on: Top 10 Wired Microphones Still Used On Stage http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: NomNom http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-355411 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:15:00 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-355411 Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac used to use the Sennheiser MD-441 mic for her live performances in the mid-to-late ’70s: watch?v=nN8MvFQKtz8 .

]]> By: Music Careers Options | Promote Your Music http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-290668 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:43:15 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-290668 [...] Top 10 Wired Microphones Still Used On Stage – Top 10 Lists … – From the contributor: “I’ve worked as an audio-engineer for more than 15 years, and it’s still baffling that colleagues all over the world seem to gravitate to the same old microphones as soon as they can lay their hands on them. … [...]

]]> By: Jimmy Lee http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-289210 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:15:51 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-289210 Great Live mic? ….I've been a pro-singer "Classic Rock " for over 25 years …
my choice still is the electro-voice n/d 967

]]> By: liz http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-276961 Sat, 29 May 2010 03:43:43 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-276961 Grinders.

]]> By: Dave http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-267398 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:23:44 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-267398 From the looks of the list “Sennheiser” must be a pretty solid company!

]]> By: BlackBeard http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-253220 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:34:00 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-253220 This list is more of an observation then a wish list guys..

Working (live sound) engineers have 3 main considerations when thinking about what gear to take away on tour and drag around with them ..

1. Sound/Usability

2. Cost/Replaceability

3. Reliability/Reparability

These things weighed up against each other will let you know what to drag around with your tour group..
Most of all, you wanna limit your (one trick poneys) or if you MUST have a specific mic on that source BRING SPARES.
Bring more (all rounders) then role-specific (one task) microphones and you’ll insure, the show goes on.

In my opinion the best suggestions in the above list are the Beyer M500s (bring at least one spare though, accidental phantom can kill em instantly) and the M201s, they’re so handy. Not to forget the bands favorites, for whatever reason they like em.
These days a rode Nt5 or Nt4 is one that comes in handy. Audix D6, sm57 and there are tones of roadworthy condensors and electrets around (take your pick).
Most of the (usual suspects) dynamic microphones we all carry round could do with resistance in-line for better impedance matching to most desks.
There are lots of sneaky ways to make cheap gear sound great and until your touring U2 that’s what ya gotta do.
It’s cool that someone made a list of staples of the stage but every group needs its own arsenal of gear tailored to reproducing/embellishing the goods and LASTING THE TEST OF TIME and riggers of the road.

: )

]]> By: Blizard http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-124347 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:08:16 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-124347 Best guitars of all time?
jfrater! Please tell me that you have such a list!
I’m looking through the lists but can’t find one…
~sitting here waiting for hope!

]]> By: ironmanmc http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-59398 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:00:14 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-59398 Enjoyed the article – microphone choice is as much an art as making music. The SM58 is popular, but I’d rather not dent my mics to get a little proximity effect. I love SM57′s, which prove that one size does indeed fit all. If I had to choose just one model to populate my studio or stage, it’d be the SM57. I suspect I’d be in good company. For live vocals at a reasonable price, it’s darn hard to beat a Beta 87A. For cupped harmonica, the big bullets (Shure 520 w/ R5 cart, Astatic JT30 w/ MC127 or MC151 cart) are popular, but a small electret lavolier is more flexible and easily cupped with tiny hands (mine are huge). A trick for JT30 type crystal/ceramic mics (MC127 or MC151) is to run them into a unity gain opamp (I prefer a 741 for it’s simplicity, lack of high freq response, and overall stability). You could even sing through them! The infinite input impedance matches both of these well. Their rated impedance isn’t even listed in ohms, but as “equivalent to a 390 pF cap”. Plot low frequency rolloff as a function of input impedance and the opamp’s ultra-hi-Z advantage becomes obvious.

-Mike

]]> By: Randal http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-49315 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:13:41 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-49315 Awesome list! I’m in a garage band and we’re starting to record and I needed some guidance on mics. Gonna look into the e606 for my amp and the AKG C747 for the drum kit. We already have an SM58 (dented). Thanks a lot for the help.

badlist: this list is extremely useful and interesting to me

]]> By: jfrater http://listverse.com/2007/10/11/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-41184 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:09:02 +0000 http://listverse.com/music/top-10-wired-microphones-still-used-on-stage/#comment-41184 badlist: 19 people before you commented – just because it isn’t your favorite topic doesn’t mean we should exclude it! :)

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