I take it back! (SM-91 and Kick)

[rory]

Ok, I have never been a fan of the SM-91 on much of anything. I tried it on everything you could think of, kick drum, under snare mic, guitar cabs, bass cabs, ambient room mic, even vocals, and never thought very highly of it on just about everything. Well, for S&G last night while tracking drums I had an extra 91 laying around and a nice sounding kit. So I thought, "What the hell" and stuck the 91 in the kick drum with an Evans EQ pad inside. I also had an Audix D6 miced up as well on the kik. I actually prefered the 91. It had more punch, more attack, and overall more definition. The D6 sounded like a basketball whereas the 91 sounded like a kick drum and you could "feel" the difference. What I'd like to try next is to place the D6 on the EQ pad inside the drum to see what that sounds like. I'm glad I held onto the 91 though, it will be getting much more use from now on.

Rory

 

[boingoman]

The right mic+the right source+the right music=the right sound.

I had the same thing happen with an AKG D112 recently, never had much use for that mic. 80's/90's cover band, that "poing" sound was perfect.