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Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:39:24 -0500
From: John Thaden
Subject: Re: Best mic for micing an amp

>>From: "Molitor, Stephen"
>>What's the best mic to use for micking a small amp?

From: Jimbeau Harp
>The mike most commonly used for miking amps is the SM57. One reason
>is that it's uni-directional, as opposed to omni-directional for
>SM58 and other similar vocal mikes.
>
>Uni-directional is better in situations where the stage volume from
>other sound sources (e.g., monitors, other people's amps, screaming
>fans) might be picked up by your amp's mike.

To my knowledge, the SM58 has a cardiod pickup pattern much like the
SM57. It's not omnidirectional.