I want to be able to get the best quality recording possible with two microphones. The biggest problem I have is not being able to hear the bass drum. It makes me seem like I don't use it at all.

I have a Shure SM57 and a Shure SM58.

This is my current drumset. I want to be able to get all of that with 2 microphones. Especially the bass drum.

In my signature, follow that link, and you can hear how my drums currently sound with one microphone over the on the left side, and one microphone over on the right side.

How should I position them?








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Not much to work with there. But, outside mic' the kick with the 57 and put the 58 over right side of your snare. Play around to find the best placement for each.








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SGarrett is right, that's not much to work with... Generally for capturing an entire drum set with only one or two mics, your best tool would be a condenser. The 57 is a fantastic snare or tom mic, and a passable kick mic (if you don't have an actual kick mic). I've used a 58's for toms and snares before. Not the ideal use for a 58, but it works. Neither of those would be stellar at reproducing cymbals, but with good positioning you could probably make it decent.

one on the bass one over head thats about as good as it will get.








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ethajn wrote:

SGarrett is right, that's not much to work with... Generally for capturing an entire drum set with only one or two mics, your best tool would be a condenser. The 57 is a fantastic snare or tom mic, and a passable kick mic (if you don't have an actual kick mic). I've used a 58's for toms and snares before. Not the ideal use for a 58, but it works. Neither of those would be stellar at reproducing cymbals, but with good positioning you could probably make it decent.

I wouldn't underestimate the powers of a 57 on the kick. I've used one on my kick at top notch studios where I had PLENTY of other options. Of course it works better in conjunction with another kick drum mic but, either way it gets a pretty cool sound. It mostly picks up the "punch" of a kick drum and not too much (if any) "boom".

I agree with the others though. You should invest in a condenser mic. I work with a pair of Studio Projects B3's . They're fairly inexpensive and do a great job.

Experiment with different placements. A half an inch can be the difference between a sweet spot and a garbage sound.
Best of luck.








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