How To Mic and Record a Band - Featuring Polyplastic at Gold-Diggers Sound

Have you ever wondered how to go about miking up your band, whether in the studio, at a rehearsal space or on-stage? Enter Eric Gorman, Chief Engineer at Gold-Diggers Sound in Los Angeles.

We recently spent the day at Gold-Diggers with Eric and the band Polyplastic, going over the key placements and considerations for microphone selection and placement for a standard 4-piece band comprising vocals, guitars, bass and drums. Although Gold-Diggers has a mic locker that would be the envy of most any musician or recording engineer, you can substitute in a variety of budget-friendly microphones that will offer similar sound and functionality.

While there are a number of vintage microphones featured in this video, Musician's Friend sells the modern re-issues of them. See below for a full list of microphones featured in this video:

Neumann U 47 FET:
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Neumann U 87 Ai:
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AKG C12VR:
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Sennheiser MD441U:
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Sennheiser MD421 II:
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Shure SM7B:
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AEA Microphones R84:
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Electro-Voice 635A:
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AKG D112MKII:
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Shure SM57:
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Royer R-121:
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Interested in learning more about how to mic up and record a drum kit? Check out our 3-part series with Dave Trumfio, Eric Gorman and Simon Horrocks of Gold-Diggers Sound:

Watch "How To Mic A Drum Kit, Part 1: Mono, Recording With One Microphone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGetNnIKipw

Watch "How To Mic a Drum Kit, Part 2: The '60s, Recording With 5 Microphones":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7sc4KH3Usc

Watch "How To Mic a Drum Kit, Part 3: A Modern Approach, Recording with 20+ Microphones":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFFf-cCEIKk

Head to The HUB for our article, "How To Mic a Drum Kit":
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/thehub/how-to-mic-drum-kit?source=3GOA6AKB

Learn more about Gold-Diggers Sound at https://gold-diggers.com/pages/record

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