can I mic a drumset completely with shure 57's?

[grn]

can I use one for bass, one for snare/high hat, and the other two for overhead left/right symbals and toms? also what could I do if I threw a studio projects b1 into the mix?

 

[Rev E]

You could. I've heard it done before, but it's not ideal. The biggest area that you will get improvement with another mic in my opinion is in the kick drum. I would put the B1 either at kick drum or as an overhead. The snare and toms with 57s are fine, in fact many folks mic toms with 57s (it's not uncommon).

The only way to find out which works best is to try it.

 

[Gidge]

id do the 57's on bass,snare, 2 on toms, and then the B1 as an overhead.......the only thing that might be iffy is the kick sound......if you can spare a 57, sell or trade for an AT ATM25PRO and use it on kick...........

 

[DJL]

Originally posted by grn.
"can I mic a drumset completely with shure 57's?"

Yes... but, it may not be the best way to do it.

 

[Killer B]

Well, interestingly enough, I did that just the other day because thats all that was left in the studio at the time. well, except for the kik. I used an Audix D3 for that.

I was surprised at how the 57s went on the overheads, seemed to get a nice tom sound without close miking them, but the cymbals lacked the transparancy of other mics ive used.

Anyhow, it ended up being alright for the slap together song we made up in half an hour. I certainly wouldnt recommend this for anything serious!

Give it a go!

 

[grn]

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so basically I can mic the entire drum kit with 57s and do an extra overhead with the studio projects b1, but ideally I would want something else for bass/kick drum... what is a good mic to do this with (that is also under 100$)

 

[Gidge]

if you can spare a 57, sell or trade for an AT ATM25PRO and use it on kick...........

 

[grn]

i have found no information on this microphone online, is it under 100$, where might i find one? is there any other mics you might recommend?

 

[grn]

anyone? any other kick drum mics?

 

[Killer B]

I like the PG52. It gives a good rock sound, suited to HM. Its my fav. Unfortunately, I am still waiting for the chance to use a good D112. PPL rave about them, but our one is woody. We suspect it is worn out. I compare the PG52 to a sennheiser E602 for its colouration, but with more of a punchy, tighter bottom end. Will be my mic of choice next month.

Has a deep, punchy tone, with a good bright tick to cut through loud mixes.

 

[Rev E]

anyone? any other kick drum mics?

I've never used one, but I've heard good things about the CAD KBM412. www.8thstreet.com has it for $49. http://www.8thstreet.com/product.asp?ProductCode=7739&Category=Microphones

 

[Dot]

Unless you just happen to have a bunch of 57's around from live gigs, I wouldn't invest in more than one for miking a drum kit - and the only place I would use a 57 is on snare.

For the same $79 as the 57, the SP B1 kills on toms. I mean rocks. We have 200 mics here and we use a B3 on the low tom all the time. The SP B1 also scored as one of the best OH mics. Also if you want to go omni, there's the Behringer ECM8000's at $39 for OH's.

I'd do kit with all B1's - no problem, but I'd never mic a kit in a recording studio with all 57's.

Dan Richards
Digital Pro Sound
The Listening Sessions

 

[Dethska]

www.hr-faq.org

All sorts of information about kick mics such as Shure Beta52, AKG D112, Sennheiser e602, etc., etc. Click on the link mentioning how to record a drumset.