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Keith_H
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Anyone ever heard of Nady drums mic's? I found a set of 4 snare/tom mic's and 1 kick for $180. This is about my price range but I don't want to waste my money if they suck.
jitteringjim
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I saw those as well awhile back in the AMS or MF catalogue... I seriously thought about buying a set but got cold feet when I couldn't get any info on them 'cept the price. Nady is dropping a lot of cheap mics on the market right now. I'd really like to hear some reviews on some of them.
bvaleria
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There's nothing worse (well maybe there are worse things, but not in this case!) than a good drum sound being recorded by crappy mics. Drums are one of the most difficult instruments to capture on tape well -- why make it more difficult by throwing cheap mics into the picture???
Here's what I'd do if I were you - buy 4 used SM57's (for snare and 3 toms), get a used Audio-Technica ATM25 or Sennheiser D112 (for kick), and a decent pair of small-diaphragm condensers (Audio-Technica AT4041s or even Rode NT3s) for the overheads.
Yeah, we're talking a bit over a grand here, but A) you'll get a great drum sound, and B) you can use those mics for other things as well!, and C) you'd never need to buy another mic unless you get into recording as a serious business....
As is the case much of the time in the audio industry - you really DO get what you pay for...
My 2 cents....
Bruce Valeriani
Blue Bear Sound
Here's what I'd do if I were you - buy 4 used SM57's (for snare and 3 toms), get a used Audio-Technica ATM25 or Sennheiser D112 (for kick), and a decent pair of small-diaphragm condensers (Audio-Technica AT4041s or even Rode NT3s) for the overheads.
Yeah, we're talking a bit over a grand here, but A) you'll get a great drum sound, and B) you can use those mics for other things as well!, and C) you'd never need to buy another mic unless you get into recording as a serious business....
As is the case much of the time in the audio industry - you really DO get what you pay for...
My 2 cents....
Bruce Valeriani
Blue Bear Sound
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BigKahuna
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listen to the man ...
Bruce is right on the money ...
I'd say Oktava MC012 for overheads, tho ... you could get a M1/M3 large diaphragm capsule later on which could be a pretty decent vocal mic too.
Bruce is right on the money ...
I'd say Oktava MC012 for overheads, tho ... you could get a M1/M3 large diaphragm capsule later on which could be a pretty decent vocal mic too.
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El Barto
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What about NT1s for overheads? Yea or Nay?
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Sabith
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I've found that the NT-1's for overheads make the cymbols sound really harsh/ear fatiging. They work... just not really well.
Sabith
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bvaleria
Sennheiser now makes a version of AKG's D112?
Oh, and BK? The M1/M3 doesn't just make an MC-012 a "pretty decent vocal mic", it makes it a Grrreat! vocal mic (IMHO)...
Oh, I think I'll mention The Sound Room http://www.oktava.com too just to get all the "You must work for The Sound Room." guys worked-up.
Sennheiser now makes a version of AKG's D112?
Oh, and BK? The M1/M3 doesn't just make an MC-012 a "pretty decent vocal mic", it makes it a Grrreat! vocal mic (IMHO)...
Oh, I think I'll mention The Sound Room http://www.oktava.com too just to get all the "You must work for The Sound Room." guys worked-up.
bvaleria
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DOH!!! I did mean AKG....
I was looking at sennheiser gear at the time and the name must've stuck as I was answering -- thanks for pointing that out!
Bruce
I was looking at sennheiser gear at the time and the name must've stuck as I was answering -- thanks for pointing that out!
Bruce
John Sayers
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With respect to the Nady question - why buy mikes you can't use on anything else?
cheers
John
cheers
John
Track Rat
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Just a little side note, I had a band in over the weekend to do a demo and the drummer insisted that I use his Audix drum mic kit he'd just purchased and they were REALLY bad. I screwed around with them for a while and couldn't get them to sound right so I ended up with 57s on the snare & toms and a D-112 in the kick. Audix bad, Shure good.
jmorris
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audix pooh pooh
I was playing at a festival this summer and the sound man who does this gig for us every year had a audix mic for kick. Crap!!! I sad "hey frankie" I said throw a 421 on it. He said "Jim""I've never tried that before" Yeah, I thought the same thing,but anyways it sounded grreat and the audix was BADDD!!!
I was playing at a festival this summer and the sound man who does this gig for us every year had a audix mic for kick. Crap!!! I sad "hey frankie" I said throw a 421 on it. He said "Jim""I've never tried that before" Yeah, I thought the same thing,but anyways it sounded grreat and the audix was BADDD!!!
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darnold
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actually today i got to try out that same mic set from nady. they kick drum is good (better than a sm-57) and really all the other things sounded just like an sm-57 (or better). i mic'd one tom with a sm-57 and the other with one of the nadys. couldnt tell any difference in sound.