DrewPeterson7
Sage of the Order
Ok, disclaimer, I DID do a search of the forum before posting this. 
So, the sense I'm getting is that the majority of you guys prefer the AKG D112 to the Shure Beta52 on a kick drum. However, maybe 2007-ish, the responses started to change gradually from a "hands down D112" majority to a mix of "definitely the D112" and "well, yeah, but have you tried the D6? It's better than both."
What I'm looking for - I'm not a drummer, but I will be tracking one for the instrumental guitar album I'm working on. I can hit my drummer buddy up for specifics on his kit if it would help here, but in terms of the way it'll need to fit in with the mix, I play a seven string guitar and a five string bass, so there's generally a fair amount of low end going on in the mix. I tend to err a little bit on the side of capturing the initial "punch" of the beater against the skin, and generally clamp down a bit with a compressor and a bit of EQ to pull back some of the rumble (this is with DKFH samples, and not live drums) and leave more room for a mahogany-bodied bass guitar and a basswood seven string through a Recto, tuned generally no lower than B. I'm something of a Devin Townsend fanboi, but don't generally like a drum sound quite that clicky - Porcupine Tree might be a better example.
So, for hard rock/instrumental metal with the occasional ballad, tuned fairly low but not quite down to Meshuggah-like levels, given the above rough idea of what I like from a kick... Which one of these would I be happiest with, and is there anything else I should consider? Thanks!
EDIT - if audio helps, again, these are sampled drums (and this is actually a Tech-21 Trademark 30, not my Recto), but this is about as heavy as it'd have to get: click me!
EDIT #2 - I posted something similar over in the recording section of a guitar forum I help run, and a lot of the guys there are telling me, based on what I write, I'll be happier either with 1.) a used D112, or 2.) saving my cash for a mic I'll never use anyway (it's a running joke that I'll never actually finish this album) and just buying some really nice scotch.
Thoughts?
EDIT #3 - and here's another clip, for the softer side of how I write, if it makes a difference... Mix isn't great on this, but I think it's mostly the acoustic guitar, I was experimenting with micing from farther back and a couple months down the road I just thing the acoustic is too dark for this.
So, the sense I'm getting is that the majority of you guys prefer the AKG D112 to the Shure Beta52 on a kick drum. However, maybe 2007-ish, the responses started to change gradually from a "hands down D112" majority to a mix of "definitely the D112" and "well, yeah, but have you tried the D6? It's better than both."
What I'm looking for - I'm not a drummer, but I will be tracking one for the instrumental guitar album I'm working on. I can hit my drummer buddy up for specifics on his kit if it would help here, but in terms of the way it'll need to fit in with the mix, I play a seven string guitar and a five string bass, so there's generally a fair amount of low end going on in the mix. I tend to err a little bit on the side of capturing the initial "punch" of the beater against the skin, and generally clamp down a bit with a compressor and a bit of EQ to pull back some of the rumble (this is with DKFH samples, and not live drums) and leave more room for a mahogany-bodied bass guitar and a basswood seven string through a Recto, tuned generally no lower than B. I'm something of a Devin Townsend fanboi, but don't generally like a drum sound quite that clicky - Porcupine Tree might be a better example.
So, for hard rock/instrumental metal with the occasional ballad, tuned fairly low but not quite down to Meshuggah-like levels, given the above rough idea of what I like from a kick... Which one of these would I be happiest with, and is there anything else I should consider? Thanks!
EDIT - if audio helps, again, these are sampled drums (and this is actually a Tech-21 Trademark 30, not my Recto), but this is about as heavy as it'd have to get: click me!
EDIT #2 - I posted something similar over in the recording section of a guitar forum I help run, and a lot of the guys there are telling me, based on what I write, I'll be happier either with 1.) a used D112, or 2.) saving my cash for a mic I'll never use anyway (it's a running joke that I'll never actually finish this album) and just buying some really nice scotch.
Thoughts?EDIT #3 - and here's another clip, for the softer side of how I write, if it makes a difference... Mix isn't great on this, but I think it's mostly the acoustic guitar, I was experimenting with micing from farther back and a couple months down the road I just thing the acoustic is too dark for this.
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