Topic: 4 mic mix???

[bish]

what would be a good choice of mics to pair with apair of AKG 480b w/ 61caps?

[leehookem]

AKG 480b w/62 (omnis)

[Patrick]

With cards, your best bet for the other 2 channels are omni's.  No real reason to run 4 channels of cards, although it's useful when you're just going to use one of the sources, and not a blend of both.   

Alot of times I just try and mix and match wildly different polar patterns and configurations.  Mid/side with omni's NOS sounds great, as does an XY pair of cards with omni outriggers, etc. 

[JiB97]

here are some 4 mic mixes with AKG 460/480 combinations that china_rider and I recorded at a local festival a few months ago:

http://www.archive.org/details/gpn2008-04-25.akg.flac16  (2) AKG ck61|c460b + (2) AKG ck62|c480b > Silverpath XLRs > Busman Mod Edirol R4 (24bit/48khz)

http://www.archive.org/details/jbt2008-04-26.akg.flac16  (2) AKG ck61|c480b + (2) AKG ck62|c460b > Silverpath XLRs > Busman Mod Edirol R4 (24bit/48khz)

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=515088  (2) AKG ck61|c460b + (2) AKG ck62|c480b > Silverpath XLRs > Busman Mod Edirol R4 (24bit/48khz)

http://www.archive.org/details/RRFB2008-04-25.AKG.FLAC16  (2) AKG ck63|c460b + (2) AKG ck62|c480b > Silverpath XLRs > Busman Mod Edirol R4 (24bit/48khz)