Micing the hats

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Alright, so I'm building up my drum micing kit. I really need to push my hats up further. All I'm using is a kick, snare, and two OHs. So would another SDC mic at the hats, give me the sound I want (somewhat)? ALSO, what SDC would you all recommend, UP TO $80.00, that would do the job effeciently.


LOL Don't tell me to mic my toms either! :D
 
$80...?

Really depend what sound you're going for.

If you take some time with placement, a Behringer ECM8000 (or whatever that omni they make is called) can do wonders.

Actually, I've always found mic placement for hats a bit of a headache. I have had more luck with carefully placed dynamics on crappy hats, but I've used MXL 603s and AKGC1000s on nice hats and got good results.

If you really need the hats louder, and don't want to hurt the snare sound with phase problems, maybe use a Little Labs IBP or reverse the phase on the hat mic.

Sometimes a 57 underneath the hats can help them cut through in a mix, even though it sounds shite soloed. You get the stick-hit from the overheads and the body from the 57.

Or you just just tell the drummer to play the thing louder ?

Nathan
 
A nady CM 90 series mic will do you fine. That's my opinion.

They have the regular and one with a hipass and pad switch. I'd advise the latter.
 
First you must use dynamics to your advantage... If it needs to be louder then play it louder.
If you already have that down and you still want to mic that high hat you need to ask yourself , hhhhhmmmmm self what do I want that high hat to sound like?
A condenser will give you lots of fizzly high end. A good condenser will give you a much nicer sounding high end. A dynamic will make it sound meatier, especially if you use the proximity effect of the mic. (sm57) Or try pointing that one overhead right down at the high hat and snare.
 
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