First mic: ribbon vs condenser
21Anthony Flack wrote:But you SHOULD be able to drive a 57. I've never used a Scarlett, but... really?If you have to max the gain for electric and sax then something is amiss. I could totally see it being the case for acoustic and hand percussion though for semi-quiet players...To the OP: you have to get an SM57 really close to the sound source. Like less than 3 inches depending on the volume of the source. People put these right up nearly against guitar amps and human mouths.