SM-58 for the Kick??

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bleyrad said:
i've never been able to get that good of a sound with either of the "real" kick mics i've tried (ATM 25 and D112). they both seem to lack that rock "click" quality.
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Plenty of people, including myself, DO get excellent results with a D112.......

If someone is not able to ever get a good kick drum sound out of a D112 - for any application - it speaks more to their signal chain or possibly even their recording skills as the culprit rather than the mic..........
 
perhaps i should've been more clear: i've gotten good results with a D112 before, particularily when i got to use it for a live jazz band in a local theatre, but i haven't had great results on my particular kick drum.

anyway, thanks for the meaningless insult.
 
bleyrad said:
anyway, thanks for the meaningless insult.
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It's not meaningless at all.... the meaning was crystal clear....... :D

Nor was it an insult.... the D112 is a very good mic for mic'ing a kick... there are many who can and do get excellent results with it.... so it is rational to assume that someone who cannot get it to work for them is either inexperienced, or otherwise has some problem with their signal chain....

Not too difficult to understand, eh???

;)
 
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well, sm 58's catches frequencies above ~60hz. for a fat kick you'll need something that's able to reproduce at least 40 hz. akg d112 will do a good job, i'm recording kicks with a cad e100, which works well and sounds airy as well as it's working very good with most other signals!
 
Ok. Here's the deal. I'm a live sound guy. I just went over today and recorded a double bass drum kit. Being the poor sound guy that I am I own only one D112. I miked one kick with the D112 and one with an SM57 wich is a SM58 minus the screw on wind screen. I was damned impressed how very close the two mics were with only minor EQ ing. And one other thing I've learned is to listen to everything in the mix as well as alone.

Beta 91 get's my vote for favorite kick mic. I don't own one but I've used them on many systems that I've been hired to run and I really like them. you can stick the mic in the drum and get the advanatge of the shell helping to isolate the mic and not lose that full big kick sound. And it's easy to get that clicky sound rockers like. oh yeah it's a condensor so you need phantom power and a 10dB pad most likely.

Now that said any one know how to fix a scratched mini disc?
 
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