Anyone ever use a pzm mic?

[pullover]

Anybody use these? I was thinking about getting some to record drums.

[pullover]

Nobody here has used these at all? I've heard of pzm's being used all over the place. As room mics, for capturing live performances, as a kick drum mic, taped to a drummers chest to pick up "what the drummer hears," on guitar amps.

[Marc]

Sure - I've used the old Radio Shack (Tandy/Realistic) PZMs for years... sometimes just as a boundary mic to capture ambience and sometimes to use 'normally'. They work well IMO.

[Johno]

Used them years ago, don't think Tandy make them anymore. We used to have two of them mounted on perspex (I think) boards & would record the whole band live that way. Pretty good from what i remember. Seem to go for silly money on ebay these days.

[pullover]

I thought I would give them a try, I was curious as to whether they had to be used in conjunction with other mics, or if they could be used all by themselves. I like to record the whole band all at once (sticking the amps in closets/bathrooms),  and If they are too responsive to use on the drums, I thought I might use them on the guitar amps. I was just concerned because everything I have read said that they were used as room mics. Thanks for the comments guys.

[ahpook]

yes - frequently.

i recorded the drums on my last band's first demo with a tandy pzm and a akg dynamic and got some very good sounds.


i'd recommend anyone to get one or two of them if they do any live recording.