Favorite Snare Drum Mic?
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If you have an i5 or a 57 or a 609 or any of the decent affordable options listed above and you're still not satisfied with your snare sound work on tuning or buy a new snare drum (Ludwig LM402) or find a better room to record in.
DKRecords
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If you have an i5 or a 57 or a 609 or any of the decent affordable options listed above and you're still not satisfied with your snare sound work on tuning or buy a new snare drum (Ludwig LM402
I completely agree with your comment! If you have a bad sounding drumset to start with, it doesn't matter how good the microphones are.... it will still sound horrible
If you have an i5 or a 57 or a 609 or any of the decent affordable options listed above and you're still not satisfied with your snare sound work on tuning or buy a new snare drum (Ludwig LM402
Yup, I agree, especially with the Supraphonic comment. I've got 4 snare drums, one of them being a Supraphonic, and three of them collect dust. Guess which one doesn't?
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
No one is "hitting drum mics with sticks"...but it can happen.
Like I said, I've used the MD441U on the snare in the past when I knew the drummer and his playing ability, and the drummer never hit it (I always position it so it's almost impossible to hit it without trying)....however, with the other inexpensive options I have (the Sennheiser 604 and the AKG D1000E or even a 57 or 609), I'm just not as eager to put up a $600 mic in that position, though the 441U really does sound good on snare, and if anyone has a 441U and willing to use it on snare, you won't be disappointed.
Track Rat
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I have a pair of SR-71's that see a LOT of use as overheads. The 441 as a snare mic ain't cheap.
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RAMI
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If you have an i5 or a 57 or a 609 or any of the decent affordable options listed above and you're still not satisfied with your snare sound work on tuning or buy a new snare drum (Ludwig LM402
This is 100% true.
Who the fuck is hitting their snare drum mic? Are there millions of cross-eyed drummers out there?
As far as using a bottom mic. It's one thing if you like the sound better. But if you CAN'T get a satisfactory snare sound with just a top mic, there's something wrong. Either the tuning, the actual drum or the room. But there's a problem.
Seafroggys
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I have tried bottom miking a snare, and I just did not like anything that came out of that mic. Added a lot of high end 'snap' that didn't really sound like what I wanted my rock snare to sound like.
ashcat_lt
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I haven't mic'd a snare in eighteen years. If I can't get what I need from a stereo pair and something in the kick, then somebody's doing something wrong.
That said, my favorite snare sound ever had a Shure Green Bullet (yes, harmonica mic) on top and some little EV thing underneath.
That said, my favorite snare sound ever had a Shure Green Bullet (yes, harmonica mic) on top and some little EV thing underneath.
This is my standard live sound support drum micing. Kick and overheads.
Very rarely do I say *Wish I had a microphone on the snare*.
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miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
Yeah, I get most of the snap from the OH mics...but since I mic my Kick mostly from the inside, I still put up a mic on the Snare which adds some body to the OH sound. That's about it with drum mics.
On the bottom Snare mic, it's not really needed....but it can be used to mix in some more flavor from the drum's snares on some songs, and of course, it also picks up the Kick too. I haven't messed with bottom Snare mics in years, but I've seen it done in the studio with success.