Your suggestions - which bass-drum mic?

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I've got a couple of bands booked in over the next couple of months, so I thought I'd bite the bullet and procure myself a really decent b/d mic.

My current one's a Pro25, which gives good "thump", but not much in the way of "thwack", if you get me (it's really nice on male baritone vocals for live use, though!). I'm allowing myself a max budget in the region of UK£300, so what d'you guys reckon?

I've noticed that Thomann in Germany are selling new RE-20's for roughly that amount, which seems to be a good price. Any other suggestions?

My current micing arrangements for kits comprise:

57 on snare
AT Pro31a on hats (sounds really nice. Great separation from it, too)
58's on toms (not the industry standard, I'll admit, but hard as nails and they sound fine. Don't often mic the toms, though - helps reduce phase and spill problems, and I think gating drums makes them sound sound sucky - the sound becomes really inconsistent as the gate opens and lets some extra ambience in. Nasty.)
ECM8000's or AT4033's for O/H, depending on my mood,
AT Pro25 on bass drum.
 
mix in a sm57 with the pro25 you already have...the 57 will "thwack".....i promise......
 
Thanks, Gidge, but will that not give me phase problems?
 
anytime you use more than one mic, you have potential for phase problems....just work with positioning......
 
I have the ATM25 (not the pro25) and I prefer it to the D112, if that helps. But many pro's seam to swear by the RE-20 for kick. I haven't tried it myself.

Cheers
/Henrik
 
I have an atm25, and I love it for the "thump."

If I need more "thwack" I just boost the hell out of 2.5 khz and cut a bunch of the mids with the EQ. Try it. If it doesn't do it for you, then the Gidgemeister has a viable alternative, although you might want to substitute the 57 with a condenser, and move it to the beater side. Either way . . .
 
...or use the 57 on the beater side, and put a condenser by the resonant head. In which case you don't need to make a hole in the resonant head.

Ah, so many micing options, so little time.

/Henrik
 
Cheers, guys.

Reckon I can pick up a Beta 52 (kick) and Beyer m201 (snare - as an alternative to my standard 57) for much less than the cost of an RE20. How's that sound to you lot?

Should cost me around UK£230. Seems a decent price.
 
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