Bass drum mic - limited choices

elly-d

elly-d

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hey, i am doing a recording session next week. i have five mics available, 3 X sm58s and 2 X AKG C2000Bs. my main concern is recording the drums, i have used the AKGs on the bass drum before with some success, but if i want to use them for overheads then i would have to use a 58 in there. and i'm afraid that it will sound weak.

any ideas or opinions?

the kit is kick, snare, tom, floor tom, and cymbals.
 
Many people (including myself) use SM57s or SM58 as kick mike alternatives.
Keep it really close to the head to get a lot of click and low end from the proximity effect.
 
oh thats cool, i have always thought they lack alot of low end. i like a nice muffled warm kick sound. when you say 'close to the head', do you mean the batter head? or resonant? and inside or outside the shell? :)
 
I mean the batter head inside the shell.
Some people use a dynamic on the batter head from outside, but I have only seen people doing that when they have another mic inside the kick, usually a bassy dynamic (112, D6...) or a LDC.
Or exchanging those 58s for a 52 isn't such a terrible idea either :)
You would have 4 great mikes. A good kick mike, a good snare mike and two overheads, that if you do the recorderman's technique you will get a good sound on the toms.
 
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