Samson drum mic's or Nady drum mic's

[dwdruman]

I have worked with both of these but am not sure which one to buy, or even buy one of these. Does anyone have an opion they'd like to share or give me any other mic ideas, names etc..
Thanks

 

[drinks11]

My bass drum has a fairly deep boom, and I used a nady in the latest recording session. I was not happy in the overall sound of it. The "boom" of the drum was not communicated well with the nady, I suggest something else.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

I have worked with both of these but am not sure which one to buy, or even buy one of these. Does anyone have an opion they'd like to share or give me any other mic ideas, names etc..
Thanks

IMO - neither one.......

If you're on a budget, BeyerDynamics has an inexpensive drum mic kit that will seriously outperform both Nady and Samson - neither of which have a good reputation for good-sounding products (again, my opinion!)

 

[noisedude]

The Bear is right ... although from the two I suggest that Samson would shade it from my uses of the two companies' products. But why buy a package? Get a pair of ADK SC-1s for £100, a Sennheiser E835 for £50 and an Audio Technica Pro 25 or 2nd-hand Beta52/D112/ATM25 for similar money. You could get a basic but quality 4-piece set for £200 ... instead of a box full of toys for the same money.

 

[MemoGtr]

i dont have any experience with samson but get away from nady.

what noisedude said is right: basic but quality =)
youll be much happier with the results

 

[noisedude]

My only exception would be the super-cheap Red5 Audio sets that Dot has been raving about, but they're only available in the UK still AFAIK.

 

[dwdruman]

ok then, well i have a poor poor drum pack from audio technica and mxl over heads, just trying to up grade, i also looked at cad, and audix, id like something that clips on, i guess i could buy clips but the pack i got is only a 4 mic kit,

 

[noisedude]

Sound on Sound reckoned the clip-on tom/snare mics were pretty good as long as they definitely fit your drums. Dunno much about Audix.

What are the exact mics you have? Samson or Nady mics would probably be a down-grade from AT or MXL.

 

[dwdruman]

well the over heads im using now are mxl 991's, and then the at digi refrance 4 pack

 

[HangDawg]

ok then, well i have a poor poor drum pack from audio technica and mxl over heads, just trying to up grade, i also looked at cad, and audix, id like something that clips on, i guess i could buy clips but the pack i got is only a 4 mic kit,

If these are for recording, DO NOT use clip on mics. I don't care how much they rave about the clips, they will induce nasty vibrations into the mic and shit up your recordings. Use mic stands, ALWAYS.