bass drum mic

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i've been doing some drum recording. i've got a set of nt5's as overheads, a few sm57's for snare etc. but i don't have a good mic for the kick. what do you guys suggest?
 
Lot of people here use the famous Shure Beta52, or a AKG112 (if I remembered right), those seem to be the best for the buck and all, I've only used the Shure, and I'm really satisfied with it.
 
The usuall suspects are ATM-25, Beta 52, EV RE-20 or even better, the 27. BeyerDynamic M88TG, Sennheiser E602. The list goes on. All good choices for different colors. I like the D-112 along with an LDC out in front of the kick about 3'.
 
You should buy a Beyer M99, then I won't be the only person in the World who owns one :rolleyes:
 
Fletcher, what's your opinion on diaphram stretching on condensors when used on a kick?
 
willovercome said:
i've been doing some drum recording. i've got a set of nt5's as overheads, a few sm57's for snare etc. but i don't have a good mic for the kick. what do you guys suggest?
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Here's a few to checkout to see which one(s) you like...

AKG D112
ATM25
Beyer M88
EV RE20
Sennheiser MD421
Sennheiser E602
Shure Beta52
Shure Beta91

Also checkout a Beyer M201 on your snare.
 
i recently got an audio technica atm25 used in fine shape for about $77 shipped just by doing a yahoo search. i've been more than impressed, beats the hell out of a 57 for low end thump.
 
Track Rat said:
Fletcher, what's your opinion on diaphram stretching on condensors when used on a kick?
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I guess it's an opinion... but if a microphone's capsule is well designed and well built, it shouldn't be a problem.
 
Sklathill said:
CAD Equitek E-100 is great on kick...
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I have one of these and interested in trying it. What have you found to be the best way to go about it?
 
i do the ebay buy and sell thing, but which mic should i start with? i do mostly rock and roll and indie rock and i want the drums to sound like a classic rock set.
 
Nobody mentioned the D12, so here I am. I always come back to the good old D12 inside and a 421 outside the kick.

Depends what sound you're after, but a Beyer M88 can sound great and a M201.... YES, a 201 !!! can give you a great, very tight kicksound too. Great snare mic as well, or hi hat.... or oh mic.

The Beyer M201 is a wonderful, very versatile mic, great off axis response.

The SM57 is a myth, I don't like it very much........I finally said it! :D
 
My usual susects:

Beyer M88 (close-miking)
Audio-Technica ATM-25 (close-miking)
RTT VM100 (2-4 ft. away)
Studio Projects C3 (6-8 ft. away)
 
willovercome said:
i do the ebay buy and sell thing, but which mic should i start with? i do mostly rock and roll and indie rock and i want the drums to sound like a classic rock set.
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Like Track Rat said... AKG D112.
 
I just did a session using a u195 for the kick. I was a little worried. Don't get me wrong that is an amazing mic. If you can ever afford a few they are AMAZING on toms. I can't stress that enough.

Anyway on the kick, I didn't like it so much at first....lots of leakage from the cymbals. A blanket over it and rolling off some of the higher freqencies helped that.

The sound has really started to grow on me. Great full TONE as opposed to most other KICK mics which I don't hear tone from...(just some dry punch and attack) Of course tuning helps that a lot. come to think of it, tuning is much more important than mic choice.

that said I've really liked the sennheiser e602. Anything over the dreaded akg. e602 is like $200 with a stand and cable on MF.

u195 is like $1200, but will sound great recording just about anything.

if anyone wants to hear a sample (im sure it's not in the orignal poster's budget) but for s & g's---

rough mix (yes that means this sample is probably completely worthless, but at rough mixes I'm already pretty happy with it)some scratch guitars. (can you say intonation problems) and a bass player playing wrong notes yet to be fixed (yeah) no vocals yet either.

pres: snare, kick and toms are though the vintech 4 channel 1073 copy, under snare and hat are though the vintech 1272 copy, and the ohs are through the rnp.

The bass drum might sound hot...I mixed it a little loud so you could hear the tone. BTW it's an ocdp custom set in a big open non-studio room.

it's at:


I may have something with the u195 on toms if anyone cares.
 
No-one ever seems to mention the AKG D550, which I find is a great little kick mic. just throw it in there nice and close and voila.
 
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