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I found this article on Harmony-Central.com. A nice bit on how to choose a microphone. I had a recording session the other day, and the vintage Shure 57 was all over the place. Though the harmony-central review kinda leans toward better=more expensive. It would have been nice to see them compare like $10-$500 microphones.

I’m personally happy with my Nady SCM-1000 Mic.

Update: 12/25 21:22 GMT by E :It’s been a while, and I have learned much. I generally use a Sennheiser 421 for saxophone now. The Nady has way too much “self noise”. Though sometimes I’ll use a Shure 57, or an AKG 1000.

The only thing I’m still messing around with is the damn pickup patterns. There are Unidirectional, BiDirectional, and HyperCardiod. I think Unidirectional sounds better for saxophone, but for flute, HyperCardiod sounds better….

Why can’t they just put for flute, put switch here etc etc.

Update: 12/25 21:22 GMT by E atterns. Unidirectional sounds ok, but the general pickup Pattern is Cardiod. The Sennheiser 421 is a Cardiod pattern, as is the Shure 57. The AKG 1000 Mic I sometimes use on saxophone is switchable. You can put a little cap on it to make it Hypercardiod.