Drum mic help please

[MapexSabian]

I'm after some good but cheap midrange drum mics or maybe some really good lowrange mics for my kit mainly for gigging and home recording nothing fancy.

I have currently a 5 piece mapex saturn pro (soon to be 7 piece not including extra snare but only need one snare mic)

Do some mics have diffent fundamental recording sounds than others? oh and info about mixers too.

thanks

[TamaSabian]

I think that a good setup of mics for your kit could be:

The one an only SM57
A pair of OH, maybe a pair of Oktavas MC012, or MXL603 (that´s what I got)
For kick ATM25 or AKG D112 (I have a PRO25, not a great but it works for me and my budget)

This is based on my experience

TS

P.S. Thank you for your suggestion about remo ambassador for snare side, I´ll check and try it.

[mistateman]

If you want to go the cheapest, get one of those packages, like the Audix Fusion or Shure PGDMK6 packs. Or here are some cheap/er solutions.

Overheads: AKG C1000's (you can usually buy two on ebay for $230.00 or less)
Snare: SM57
Toms: Three PG56's
Bass: Shure PG52

This would add up to around...$450.00 give or take 50 and that's not that bad.

Behringer mixers would be your best bet if you're on a budget, unless you really want a huge-ass Mackie mixer.

[zook250]

i just recieved my superlux mic kit, and i have to say that for 99.00 they do a very descent job. i purchased these mics thinking that if they were crap i wouldnt lose that much on the deal, but they worked rather well for drums, guitr cabs and vocals, all in live situations( i havent recorded with them) i cant tell if they are better or worse than sm 57's or 58's but to me they are on par .
4 toms mics and one kick( i use the kick on the floor tom and an akg d112 on the kick) 5 mics for 99.00 and a case as well.

cheap ecm8000's work well for over heads. 35.00 each

total 170.00 for 7 mics.

[mistateman]

My ideas have been thwarted.

[LeksBD]

Hehe...

At the moment I'm using 4 AKG C418's, 2 Behringer ECM 8000's, 2 SM57's and a D112.

But the C418 isn't suited that well for use on a snare. I'd stick to using the mighty SM57 for that.

If you got a spare moment, goto : http://www.studiospares.com

[Bulls Hit]

For a mixer I'd suggest you have a look at the Yamaha MG12/4.
It gives you 4 outs, enough for kick, snare & 2 oheads. If you really want more you can use inserts to get another 4 tracks out of it for a total of 8 mics. Of course you'll need a soundcard that can handle that many outputs

[ROCKNROLLRUSS]

SM57'S BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK! OVERHEADS.AKGC1000 OR ANY GOOD NAME BRAND CONDENSERS.GOOD LUCK!!