"warm" means good low end :) it is NOT true that EQ in the mix will fix problems created with your mic selection - not at ALL - one of the obvious things is that you can never ad back in what wasn't there to begin with, but there's more - better to spend your money/effort on good and/or workable mics (and the accoustic enviroment you're recording in) than on EQ and gadgets to "fix" it later - you really can't fix a damn thing, honestly now then - I probably wouldn't use a 58 (or knock off) on hand drums - I would use a 57 though - as far as female vocals a nice solid condensor is good - I have a Cascade MT20 that I use like i would use a u47 if I had one - it's about 400 dollars - AKG 414s get used a lot on vocals, they are about 1000 - AKG makes (or made) a tube version of the 414 - that's a great mic but I found it a little sibilant and harsh on some female vocals madonna uses a 57 for her vocals ------- NQuit www.nquit.com ------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Alastair Couper Sent: 8/3/2004 2:43:47 PM To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu Subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: OT: Microphone info