Topic: Upgrading my rig, am I forgetting anything?

[Willie T.]

Hi,

I have finally gathered up the dough to get a new rig, no more MD for me, but i need to know if i am forgetting anything.

KSM 137 st pair > UA5 > Laptop

I searched up and down the boards and couldn't find any thread about the 137s, are they good?  also what brand of cables are good?  should i have a shockmount of any type, if so which one(s) will hold them?  

what i do have:
a 15'' stand
plans for the battery sled (UA5)
the laptop, new dell

thanks for all of your help.

bill

[Kevin]

definately need shockmounts, im not familiar with your mics but id go for either the at8410's or if your will fit in the schoeps A20 i think it is, id get those because their smaller.  As for mic cables, how much are you looking to spend? I have a pair of silver serpents that I love and a pair that I bought off of daryan (Shitty tapes, the "D"....) and they work great too.  Id say buy a pair off someone on the board.  You also need to get either a stereo bar or something to hold both your mics, I personally use the shure vert bar and the AKG bar, id suggest the vert bar. hope this helps
Kevin

[Willie T.]

Thanks Kevin. I will look into thoes 8410s.

[DaryanLenz]

What kind of mics are they?

Daryan

[Willie T.]

they are shure ksm 137 matched pair

[Willie T.]

And I just thought of another question, what program should I use to record on my PC?  I might also have and iBook available then too.  thanks.

[Kevin]

I like steinbergs wavlab but soundforge is decent too.

[Wes]

if your anything like me, you'll find a little something that your rig "needs" at least once a month..  as for software, i really recommend wavelab.  I can get you a copy if you need it.

[Willie T.]

that would be awsome, give me an IM if you could.  thanks.

[DaryanLenz]

Just at curiosity, is there a reason you are choosing the mics you have chosen???  I am not knocking them, as I know nothing about them, it just seems like you may want to hear some tapes or something with them first!

Daryan

[DaryanLenz]

They appear to be about 300 bucks a pop on-line.  If you don't mind me asking, what were you looking at paying for the matched pair??  Specs are pretty decent but you will be stuck with cards only.

Daryan

[Willie T.]

I have a friend working in a music warehouse and i can get the pair for about 350 or the 141s for a little shy of 400.  I don't know why I would need a matched omni/card pair.  Am i missing something? Thanks.

[DaryanLenz]

I was saying you wouldn't have any choice when it comes to polarity, meaning you would be stuck running cards in shitty rooms whether you liked it or not.  I wouldn';t imagine matching omni's are all that important, but I could be mistaken.  Does he have any other types of mics?  As in neumann etc?

Daryan

[Willie T.]

I have looked at the 183s and 185s, but thoes are about that much for just one, and not a pair.  I also looked at some AKGs the C451B pair is close to my price range, but the 391s didn't handle ^ spl and the c1000s were below my price range, if you think the 451Bs would be better let me know, and if you can think of some neumanns that i didn't mention that might be a little cheaper let me know.  thanks for your help.

[DaryanLenz]

Glad to help out.  Some other suggestions would be adk tl-11's, oktava's (some like, I personally don't), used gefell 300's, mbho's from kris booth...(this is what I would do if it were my coin), 391's (I have never heard of problems with spl's, someone else will hopefully chime in here), hmm, maybe I will come up with some others.

I just don't know anything about the shure's, and I expect noone else does either!

daryan