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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Arnott" data-source="post: 64569" data-attributes="member: 304">Re: Jazz Sound ...let&#039;s talkLee, I remember getting an Audio Technica mic in 1980, ATM 10 or 11.It was great, I finally had sizzle. And how the hihat sizzled then. The (rock) drummer heard a tape, called me up on stage, and played his hi hat. Said, this is what a hi hat sounds like.How can I make love to my hi hat on stage, when everyone is just hearing the highs, no meat, no guts. After that specific a lesson, I have been so disappointed to hear just sizzle and sparkle as the main ingredient in cymbal mics. Sometimes it seems the HPF has been set above 500hz. I think that the genre of Jazz is particularly a place where a great, meaty, natural cymbal sound is needed. I have been listening to a lot of John Legand&#039;s &quot;Used to Love U&quot;, and the hi hat in this is so full, and indeed meaty. So I know it can be done. I also think the ride cymbal should sound like a rail road crossing bell. (In a lot of instances.)One of my favorite mics for ride has been a Sennheiser 409.Lots of midrange clarity. Ding Ding Ding. Happy Jazzing. Jack</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Arnott, post: 64569, member: 304"] Re: Jazz Sound ...let's talk Lee, I remember getting an Audio Technica mic in 1980, ATM 10 or 11. It was great, I finally had sizzle. And how the hihat sizzled then. The (rock) drummer heard a tape, called me up on stage, and played his hi hat. Said, this is what a hi hat sounds like. How can I make love to my hi hat on stage, when everyone is just hearing the highs, no meat, no guts. After that specific a lesson, I have been so disappointed to hear just sizzle and sparkle as the main ingredient in cymbal mics. Sometimes it seems the HPF has been set above 500hz. I think that the genre of Jazz is particularly a place where a great, meaty, natural cymbal sound is needed. I have been listening to a lot of John Legand's "Used to Love U", and the hi hat in this is so full, and indeed meaty. So I know it can be done. I also think the ride cymbal should sound like a rail road crossing bell. (In a lot of instances.) One of my favorite mics for ride has been a Sennheiser 409. Lots of midrange clarity. Ding Ding Ding. Happy Jazzing. Jack [/QUOTE]

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