STC-3X Pack Black : One of my favourites

I really love this mic, I used it for 5 years to record....everything:

- Hammond organ Leslie (in Omni AB pair, sounds huge!)

- Vocals (singing and speech)

- Acoustic guitar

- Drums overheads and mono mic above the kick batter rim

- guitar/drums room (in Blumlein <3)

- Kick drum out (Yes, it works on it as well!)

I own 2 of these and one STC-2X (same but without the figure of 8 pattern option), and they are my primary choice on mostly everything for which I need LDCs.

IMHO, very often, compared to it, most Neumann mics are just plain cold useless machines.

If I had to sell all my studio gear, I would still keep a pair of these, 2 Sennheiser MD-421 and 2 Schoeps CMC6-MK41. No real need for anything else.