[Dixielandjazz] Jo Trent and mics for tubas

[eupher dude]

Don, it sounds like a little genealogy work is due for you.  The census 
records from the 1930 census are available (census records are sealed for 72 
years) so it should be somewhat easy to find the race information you're 
looking for.
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An SM 57 is adequate, if not really responsive to the extreme bottom of the 
tuba range.  Any mic that is used for a kick drum works reasonably well, 
also.  I use a Shure BG 4, it was a cheap mic but effective.

Broadway shows like to use the AKG 418.  It's a great mic, about $400 for 
the wireless version, and it's great.  The only problem with clipping on a 
mic to any brass instrument, if the mic is down the bell you're losing a lot 
of the color of the instrument's tone.I used to have a cheap imitation of 
the 418, and it was great, but I put it on a 12" boom.  Unfortunately, the 
mic didn't hold up to the rigors of use I put it through, and it's kaput 
now.  The BG 4 on a stand is wonderful.   IMNSHO, of course.


steve

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