benjamin fisher wrote on Wed, 03 February 2010 13:43 |
I'm looking for some affordable mics to use on snare/toms. I was going to just go with the typical sm57s. But thought about the e609, since they are only $10 more, and thought they could be easier placed in tight situations. Has anyone used these on any toms or snares? I know these are typically found on guitar cabs, but $100 is my budget on each mic.
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In the mists of the past the Santana band owned and used over a dozen Sennheiser 409s, the now highly prized "gold and black" ancestor of the 609. This was long enough ago that they were wired with the small Tuchel connectors and each one of them had a short adapter cord with an XLR end.
They used them on toms, congas and timbales and they worked very nicely. On larger toms they were a lot more fussy about positioning than an SM57 but they fit very nicely , especially on floor toms with a low riding cymbal.
Eventually the band stopped schlepping around their own PA and monitors and an outside sound provider became involved both locally and for tours.
Those very microphones are still floating around in mic boxes and studio closets in the SF Bay area.
BTW the Doobie Brothers used 409s as VOCAL microphones in the same era, as did Pink Floyd.
So go ahead, I've used 609s on floor toms a lot, with the 604s on the rack toms.