Any opinions on CAD drum mike kits?

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I'm thinking on buying a set of CAD drum mikes. Has anyone used these, and what are your opinion on them?
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I used one of the older sets a long time ago. It got me by. The problem with kits is that you're kind of stuck with what they give you. Some of the mics might be OK, but then you may not like the kick mic and replace it, then later the overheads are too bright so you replace them. Then the snare mic doesn't "do it" for you anymore, so you get a decent snare mic, etc.

Pretty soon you've just replaced that whole kit.

For live situations it might be all you need though. I remember making my CAD kit the ones I used for live situations because I could abuse them and I didn't care. They did fine.
 
PhilGood said:
I used one of the older sets a long time ago. It got me by. The problem with kits is that you're kind of stuck with what they give you. Some of the mics might be OK, but then you may not like the kick mic and replace it, then later the overheads are too bright so you replace them. Then the snare mic doesn't "do it" for you anymore, so you get a decent snare mic, etc.

Pretty soon you've just replaced that whole kit.

For live situations it might be all you need though. I remember making my CAD kit the ones I used for live situations because I could abuse them and I didn't care. They did fine.
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This was also my experience. I bought the kit that had 3 TSM?? mics and a KBM?? mic. The snare mic was replaced by an SM57, and the kick mic replaced by a Beta52. I still use one of the TSM's on tom and I have moved the CAD Kick mic to floor tom. I also sometimes use one of the TSM's under the snare. It's been said before that you can never have too many mics and these kits are a great way to get started but trust me, if you stay in the game you will replace them eventually with better mics.

Get yourself a decent bass drum mic, snare mic, and a pair of overheads and you will be in good shape.
 
I think I'll just invest in a couple more SM57's and an AKG D112 (which I rent from time to time). I already have a couple of nice condensers that I use for OH's
 
I used their 7 piece drum mic kit once for live sound. The clamps are nice and the tom mic's will get you by... But the overheads and bass drum mic are very underwhelming. The overheads were very shrill and lifeless and the bass drum mic just wasn't fitting with any positioning, luckily I had a beta 52 lying around to clean that up. It was, however, for use in live sound reinforcement and not for recording.
 
a great four mic setup, good oh and a snare and kick mic. with proper positioning. Would kill any 5 or 7 piece kits.
 
I wouldn't bother with any of the drum mic kits. I did however cheap out a little on my tom Mics and get 3 of the ES57. those are SM57 knock offs. I think I paid $100 for three. I've actually been pretty happy with those.

For the rest, I have a pair of Octava MK012 for overheads, AKG D112 for kick and Audix I5 or SM57 or Senn e609 for snare.
 
Jeff_D said:
I wouldn't bother with any of the drum mic kits. I did however cheap out a little on my tom Mics and get 3 of the ES57. those are SM57 knock offs. I think I paid $100 for three. I've actually been pretty happy with those.

For the rest, I have a pair of Octava MK012 for overheads, AKG D112 for kick and Audix I5 or SM57 or Senn e609 for snare.
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How does one tell the diff between the real and fake mk012?
 
TheChikenMaster said:
How does one tell the diff between the real and fake mk012?
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All real mk012 have serial numbers and use black screws, fakes use white metal screws and have no numbers. That's just the most obvious out side of the mic tell tail signs.
 
kelhard said:
I think I'll just invest in a couple more SM57's and an AKG D112 (which I rent from time to time). I already have a couple of nice condensers that I use for OH's
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There you go............. now your thinking.
 
A friend uses them on his kit and it does get him by. They will work until you can upgrade.
 
I think Greg uses CAD, with an sm57 on snare, and he gets a killer drum sound. So i guess if you do everything else right you'll be good.
 
saads said:
I think Greg uses CAD, with an sm57 on snare, and he gets a killer drum sound. So i guess if you do everything else right you'll be good.
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thats a good point too. the best way to get a good recorded drum sound is to start with a good sounding set of drums.
 
Thanks everybody for the opinions. I'll opt out of getting the CAD kit. The price looked good, but I don't want to pay for s**t and end up regretting the purchase.

Now if anyone out there is familiar with running a Firepod with Windows 7, I'd love to hear from you. I'm having some issues. I posted in the "digital recording" forum but no one's answered me as of yet.
 
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