Drum Mic Packs?

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the best drum mic package:

2-Marshall MXL603's overhead $150

1-Shure SM57 on snare $75

1 AT ATMPRO25 on kick $75

$300, but a slammin setup



if you wanna cut inital costs you can skip the 57 on snare or skip one of the overheads and go mono or you could even do one overhead and one kick.....
 
I agree with Gidge - spend an extra $100 ($300 total) and buy some mics you won't regret owning. If you could pull together $425, I'd exchange an AKG D-112 for the ATMPRO25, and you'd have a classic setup that you could use the rest of your life.
 
for the most part a good drum sound should come from good overheads. You gotta have em
 
forgive my ignorance here, but when you say overheads, you're referring to a couple mics placed above and in front of the set to pickup a bit of everything?
 
basically. They create the overall stereo sound of the drum set. Usually they are panned hard right and left.....but there are different methods. Some use the XY position above the drums. Some have them in front of the drums, some behind. You should experiment with them.
 
The idea on the good overheads idea could be completely irrelavent based on the style of music. When i do hardrock, punk, etc i usually try my hardest to get only the cymbals in the mix instead of the entire set. Infact generally i low cut up to 250 hz sometimes to get more of the whole set out. You need to consider this for people before telling them what they need. Let them choose how versatile they wonna be.

Of course this also varies on the engineers techniques on micing drums, so sometimes it is safer to say you will get a better sound if you get it with the overheads. But dont forget to mention all the factors in this.

at least thats my opinion.

danny
 
I'm just telling you what I have learned from people I have worked with or been taught by in New York. And for the most part....even for punk they will use overheads for the whole drum set. Depends on the engineer as you said. Just my 2 cents....adios
 
i'm thinkin bout gettin those marshall overheads....do u think there are any other condensors that would sound good with cymbals for around that price?
 
Thats true, ive heard it both way with punk. But if they do have overheads for the entire kit, its usually pretty close to eliminate more room sound.

My main point is this, doing this type of music alot has made me aware that its really hard to do that style of music with the overheads distant. Besides distant, it takes much more accurate placement to get it to fit well in the mix. Thats why i say, for someone who is new at it, might have an easier time not having to worry about it as much. Phasing and everything comes into play.

danny
 
Dumass,

Check out the Shure PG-81; it's a lower cost version of the SM-81.

The SM-81 is pretty much a defacto standard for overheads and cymbals in many studios. They're also great on acoustic piano and acoustic guitar. Shure mic build quality is excellent too, IMHO. The PG-81's go for around $130 each; the SM-81 goes for around $325 each.
 
thanks....but i jus found out about the real world series on musicians friend with 3 mic cables, a shure beta 52, 2 audix fusion f-15's, and a low profile mic stand....and also buying seperately a shure sm57....does that sound like a good setup????

thanks again
 
i don't consider 52's all that impressive for any application, though i haven't heard the betas. my suspicion is that they're just a little more 52 than 52-i'd have to see some real-world validation to sider them. have a link to info?
 
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