What's this mic?

[chillfok]

I'm looking at this song "Stand By Me" (recorded by Playing For Change) where they used almost the same 2 mics over and over but I cannot tell which ones they are.

Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM

If you know which mics they are please let me know. Also if you know of any other good mics well suited for this application please post that too.

Thanks!

[Len911]

Looks like you have a choice of 5 or 6 that's listed.

The majority of the recording came down to using a lot of hypercardioid mics and dynamic mics, and then more recently back to the Neumann KMS 105, which is a really great hypercardioid mic. I would usually [use] windscreens on the mics. So now I could go anywhere, anytime, power myself and record up to six tracks.

Did you figure out mic setups on the go?

[Laughs] It was definitely challenging. A lot of times it was just pick the right mics and turn them against the wind and hit Record. Half the time we would record these musicians, they would already be performing when we'd show up, so we had to adjust to what they were doing. Sometimes I would ask them to move or turn around because of the wind. But for the most part, it was really spontaneous. I got good [at] knowing when to use which kinds of mics. I would have 57s, a Beta 58, a Schoeps [CMC 6], the B&K [4011], the Neumann 105s and the Shure Beta 52 for bass or low-end instruments. I had passive Dis, and then [would] try to figure out which mic pre's to use. Over time, the combinations got better.

http://mixonline.com/post/features/audi ... ndex1.html

[Len911]

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KMS105MT/

I'd say the Neumann KMS105. notice the black band.

schoeps? for the alley singer after the Indians??

[chillfok]

Thank you very much. This helps a lot!