Recent content by Mr. Kelly

I have a question, I have a setup inmind that would involve a d112 for akg on the bass drum, two c418's from akg as overheads and then 4 shure sm57 one for each tom and one on the snare. Sound good? hope so. My main question is would this be better than having say a kick mic and two good over...

what does this really matter? I see a lot of mics for kickers that have a 30hz-20khz rating, if its for a bass drum wouldn't I want a 20hz-15khz? the lower frequencies that is, and for over head I would want something like 50-20k wouldn't I? that way the overhead don't pickup the bass drum and...

Can I DI my guitar and bass for recording? how much is it going to affect the sound? and If I do have to mic them what kinda of mic should I use and what frequesncy range am I looking for?

I've got a question, I'm going to buy d112 and two c418's from akg for 400. pretty good deal I think. But, that is only three mics, I'm gonna need more. One of my many problems is that I don't know what to do with the c418's, I think they were made for toms but I heard they are really good for...