I was once working on a session where a kick drum mic just wasn't available and I resorted to putting a Sennheiser e609 on the kick, knowing It would get down around the 40hz range better than any of the other mics on hand. The result wasn't bad at all, and the e609 was really comfortable with the spl levels that the kick drum shot out.
On another session I had chose a Nady tom mic as a quick replacement and the result was complete crap. I think the Nady could only pick up just about 80hz+ and there was no OOMPF! from the kick... very thuddy.
On another session I had chose a Nady tom mic as a quick replacement and the result was complete crap. I think the Nady could only pick up just about 80hz+ and there was no OOMPF! from the kick... very thuddy.