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Thanks for all your replies.

 

"They look like 421's to me. Is there something about them that makes you think they aren't? Is it the color?"

 

Not only the color, but they look BIGGER than standard 421's. I remember working with one a few years back and it didn't seem that big to me. Those things just look really big to me for some reason.

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"They look like 421's to me. Is there something about them that makes you think they aren't? Is it the color?"


Not only the color, but they look BIGGER than standard 421's. I remember working with one a few years back and it didn't seem that big to me. Those things just look really big to me for some reason.

 

It's probably the connector, which adds a bit of length to them. Or maybe it's the color - they always say wearing white on TV adds ten pounds to what you look like you weigh, maybe that applies to mikes too. ;) Or maybe it's the camera angles and depth perception - the mic is usually between you (camera) and the artist in question, which, coupled with the poor 60s era technology, kind of gives it a bit of a larger appearance. Or maybe Ray Davies just has a really small head. :idk::D

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And toms. I actually do like the sound of them on toms, but I hate placing them; as you know, they're not exactly small mikes, and if it's a tightly packed / cluttered kit, or the drummer slings the cymbals really low over the toms, 421's can be hard to get into position...

 

 

However - they are GREAT if you can/need to place the mic between 2 adjacent toms. I've usually found that they do quite well this way, just above and between the two rack toms.

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However - they are GREAT if you can/need to place the mic between 2 adjacent toms. I've usually found that they do quite well this way, just above and between the two rack toms.

 

 

 

Bingo. For a typical kit that was multimiked, I'd often use three 421 (one between the high toms, one between the low tom and floor tom, one for the kick), a 57 for the snare/hat, and two omni condensers overhead (usually KM-83s). Good setup, for that kinda sound.

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