Hat / overhead microphone suggestions for club install

Shane Presley

Shane Presley

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I have a club install and to give you an idea of the gear / format it's 2, tx-4s over 2 tx-9's per side. Bi-amp martin wedges, Midas Venice 32. Etc etc. Fri and sat bands, same band, a club act playing covers to a 350 cap room. There is a house tech, who is a freelance tech hired by the club. I asked him if there was anything he wanted to add this year and he mentioned he'd like some new cond mics for hat / overheads. Any suggestions for this kind of environment? I was thinking " top of my price range" being 2 maybe 3 sen 614's, but is there anything more affordable, better sounding, rugged etc...
Currently installed was a couple apex cond mics ~ $80 each Thx
 
Re: Hat / overhead microphone suggestions for club install

I am also a Pro 37 fan. They are like a swiss army knife of mics. Are they the absolute best mic for some jobs. Not really, but are they are very, very, good for many jobs.


Any mic kit could use a pair to 1/2 dozen of them.
 
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Re: Hat / overhead microphone suggestions for club install

Ned Ward said:
My vote as well for the Pro37. Have 2 and love them.
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I have four, great mic for everything but kick drum, they will clip when put in a kick port with a heavy foot.
I leave the windscreens on all the time, they have a large proximity boost down low (30 HZ!) that can cause problems with high hat air woosh.
My older pair are from about 1994, they measure almost identical to a more recent pair from about 2005.
 
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