Help on tom mic mounts
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i have a few mic stands that are for table tops and are only about 2 feet high. I place one of those on either a chair, or amp, or table... just about anything and then adjust it in order to reach the mounted tom(s). I found that the mounts that clip onto the toms got in the way of playing. For the floor tom(s) i use a regular mic stand and bend it over and place it right up to the floor tom.
this method works for me.
this method works for me.
jaykeMURD
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Most of the time I can get away with using a DM50 drum mic clip (from On-Stage Stands). Although, most clips won't work any better than a boom mic stand on the snare. Depending on the drummer, you may have to use a limiter to cut off the "vibrations" the clip will pick up and transfer to the mic from the resonating shell/rim.
Thunder33
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Thunder33
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Bdrum said:Hey, if they work It would be much of a relief.
I've used the AKG 418 series and cried like a baby when it got broke.
I like my friends Audix set but I would rather break a 57
Mine work great. And you can use any clip you need to. They adjust to any angle and configuration that you need and will clamp onto anything from the rim to a stand.
I posted a similar question here last month, and got basically the same advice--go with stands instead of clip-on mounts.
I tried some mounts and found this to be wise advice. Having the mic mounted on the drum introduces a lot of unwanted vibrations. Better to avoid recording them in the first place than to gate or EQ them later.
Here's what worked for me: I used one stand on two adjacent toms. Using the Latin Percussion Mic Claw, I was able to attach a mic to the shaft of the stand while using the boom for another mic. So your four toms can be mic'ed with just two stands.
One thing I didn't try, but might work: use a shock mount on something like the Claw. Hopefully that would reduce transmitted vibrations.
Note--you can get a cheap mic stand for about the same street price ($25) as the Mic Claw.
Alan
I tried some mounts and found this to be wise advice. Having the mic mounted on the drum introduces a lot of unwanted vibrations. Better to avoid recording them in the first place than to gate or EQ them later.
Here's what worked for me: I used one stand on two adjacent toms. Using the Latin Percussion Mic Claw, I was able to attach a mic to the shaft of the stand while using the boom for another mic. So your four toms can be mic'ed with just two stands.
One thing I didn't try, but might work: use a shock mount on something like the Claw. Hopefully that would reduce transmitted vibrations.
Note--you can get a cheap mic stand for about the same street price ($25) as the Mic Claw.
Alan
Tim Brown
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ckent said:
The Claw already has a Shockmount built into it. The thick, black, plastic and rubber part where you mount the microphone, is a shockmount.
There's really no need for mic'ing every single tom if you can mic them in pairs. It isn't as if you're going to hard pan every other drum to the other side of the stereo field. A 57 is really too heavy to be mounted to a small tom (6"-12") anyway.
Stands really are the best way to go for recording. The claws and mic clips really have no place in recording.
You're really not supposed to even use a drum rack for recording. (according to Tom Falicon - founder of Falicon Racks) Evidently there was some testing done, and drumracks make about 10 times the noise that individual stands do in the recording studio, so they aren't as good for recording.
Tim
"The Claw already has a Shockmount built into it. The thick, black, plastic and rubber part where you mount the microphone, is a shockmount..."
True, but I didn't find their shock absorption to be very effective. I was thinking of an A-T "rubber band" mount, the kind with the built-in butterfly mic clip. Of course, that presents the problem of fitting it into the space around the drums.
In the final analysis a mic stand is the best way to go.
Alan
True, but I didn't find their shock absorption to be very effective. I was thinking of an A-T "rubber band" mount, the kind with the built-in butterfly mic clip. Of course, that presents the problem of fitting it into the space around the drums.
In the final analysis a mic stand is the best way to go.
Alan