Musicians Roadhouse

Throw out your SM57s there is a new mic that kicks ass for micing up a guitar cabinet. It is the Audio-Technica ATM250DE Dual-Element Inst Microphone which is two mics in one( condenser and dynamic) enclosed in a single housing.

I just got this and put it up against my trusty SM57 which I have used for years and the sound has much more range and almost a 3D effect or a stereo widening effect. Previously I could only get this using two seperate mics and then had to spend A great deal of time positioning them just right, not so with this one. I would defenitly try this one mic'd up threw a PA in a live venue. It can also handle very high SLP so no worries there either (148 dB SPL).

As far as recording with it sound much more full and 3D than the Shure mic. And becasue the two mics are already mounting in perfect phase you will not ever have to deal with getting that set up right. Here is a shot of the two mics inside the housing.



Now you will need two inputs into your mixer or preamp with these and of course phantom power. For recording you will record the guitar on two channels in perfect phase which will allow some cool panning. The two tracks give a wide stereo effect that is just class.

Check it out, a great deall for $299

wow. It's 750$ here... what can once say about that?

I just picked up a second one of eBay for cheap (it was new), there were a few more for sale also. Although made for a kick drum these just kick ass on a guitar cabinet. Try this link as this guy has five of them selling for $159 each and he will ship overseas.....AWESOME DEAL

http://cgi.ebay.com/Audio-Technica-ATM2 ... 286.c0.m14

Cool, and very interesting!

They work great Tony.

Yeah, the concept seems very promising. Every time I've recorded cabs with a 57 and a condenser of some sort it's always trouble getting them i perfect phase while finding the sweet spot for both of them. This one totally solves that problem. And great for live miking as well it seems

Wow! Tony now that is one cool mic! I wonder if that could help Trower out since he uses to heads and 2 cabs set the same for the bigger sound. That would eliminate the need for the second one!

im kinda ragin i didn get one of those off ebay when that guy had em for $159!!! they're €350 now!!