i honestly never really fully appreciated the Shure SM57 until using it for recording this album. how little ambient noise it picks up is truly impressive. that's come in clutch with this and recording in our RV. It's too hot to not have the overhead fan on, but somehow that's no problem for the SM57. It was on during the recording of the djembe and the Melodica and didn't get picked up at all.

was actually really surprised how much i liked how the Melodica sounded with the SM57. took a bit more practice when it came to positioning myself to use it versus the Rode NT1 i'd used for it previously. I basically had to close mic the Melodica with the SM57, but I really like how it came out.

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