pauly ludovico wrote:I'd say go with a small diaphram condenser, cardiod. Most of those things you listed are fairly quite so something like a 57 would require allot of gain.
I second that. Something like a Shure SM137 on a dedicated channel with phantom power. Then he can use shaker, rain stick, claps, snap fingers, pots and pans, shovel upside someone's skull... As long as its pointed at the source...