Matt West, London Astoria's in-house sound engineer, commented: "Shure were able to supply us with a generic mic set-up which would suit most guitar-based bands. Their mics are robust and reliable and used the world over, so I was more than happy to have them to offer to the bands and their engineers. During the NME Carling Awards we’ve been generally setting the bands up with a Shure SM58 for vocals, Beta 57a on vocals, guitars and snares, Beta 52 for bass drums and bass guitars, as they have great low-end response, though some engineers preferred the Beta91a in their kicks. Beta 98s were used for toms and percussion, SM81s for hats and overheads, or the new KSM27s, which I found have nice warmth and clarity."
(Lee Baldock)
