Sennheiser

MKH40 - Good instrument mic, cardioid

MKH50 - Good instrument mic, hyper- cardioid

MKH60 - Good instrument mic, short shotgun

MKH70 - Good instrument mic, rifle

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MKH421 - Dynamic mic used commonly on drums and brass.

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Shure

SM57 - popular dynamic instrument mic, often used on snare drums

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BSS AR133 - DI Box used to electrically isolate keyboards and other electronic items on the stage to minimise hums and buzzes

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Mic'ing up Instruments

AKG

C414 - a great sounding mic, often used to pick up very delicate sounding instruments. There have been various revisions over the years, from the original models that needed a large external power supply to the latest version featuring tacky blue LED’s.

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C451 / CK1 - a modular condenser mic, first released in 1969 with interchangeable capsules (CK1 cardioid, CK2 omni-directional, CK3 hyper-cardioid, CK8 rifle). Re-released in 2001 with a fixed cardioid capsule. Often used as drum overheads and on string instruments.

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D112 - kick drum mic, looks like an oversized egg

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