Truckstop Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) Hello all, About to take the plunge and buy a Sennheiser E606 microphone for live use. I'll be using it to mike up my cab. I'd like to own my own live sound gear and I simply don't trust the equipment that some soundguys might have. It'd also be handy to have my own mic for recording and practicing as I don't have DI in my amp. This way I can tweak my sound on the amp depending on how it sounds coming out of the PA etc. Does anyone have any thoughts on these before I grab one? Are they good? Bad? Is there something better for similar money etc etc? Cheers Alex Edited July 21, 2011 by Truckstop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I know a few guys who use them for mic'ing guitar amps but I don't know what they are like with a bass amp. If I'm using a mic on my amp I use a Sennheiser e602. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Hmmm, I was looking at the E602, but as I use some effects I was worried that it wouldnt replicate them so well. Especially seeing as the signal's already being passed through a set of speakers already; I was thinking that an E606 would pick up the nuances of my effects better. Or is that silly? Cheers Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankai Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 [quote name='Doddy' post='1311955' date='Jul 21 2011, 07:38 PM']If I'm using a mic on my amp I use a Sennheiser e602.[/quote] I echo this thought. But use any microphone in combination with a DI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 [quote name='Bankai' post='1315442' date='Jul 25 2011, 09:47 AM']I echo this thought. But use any microphone in combination with a DI.[/quote] +1. I'd recommend sending a clean signal to the FOH using a DI box, and combining it with your mic'ed signal to represent the effected signal. That way, you won't suffer any loss of low end and the sound engineer will be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 [quote name='Bankai' post='1315442' date='Jul 25 2011, 09:47 AM']I echo this thought. But use any microphone in combination with a DI.[/quote] +1. I'd recommend sending a clean signal to the FOH using a DI box, and combining it with your mic'ed signal to represent the effected signal. That way, you won't suffer any loss of low end and the sound engineer will be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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