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Drummer8923
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 Bass Drum Mic/ Overhead Mics
Whats the best bass drum mic for rock and jazz, and then what are the best overhead mics for anything
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:51 am |
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AmnestysLowEnd
session drummer
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Location: Miami, Fl
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shure beta 52 or Blue kickballs are great for bass drums Audix and AKG make great mics I just forgot the models. Overheads I prefer large diaphragm, studio vocal mics, as overheads.
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J-rod
drumming adept
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bass drum- Audix d6 or akg d-112
overheads- akg c1000's or sure sm-81's
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:53 am |
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SGarrett
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I use an Audix D6 for my kick, just picked up a Blue KickBall that I use on my floor tom, and I use Audio Technica AE5100 over-heads. Choirs seem to find them comparable in sound quality to $2k+ mic's. I know I like them.
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:42 pm |
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chocobebear
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would it be a preference to remove the reso head of the bass drum to achieve a full sound when recording?
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Thu May 08, 2008 8:38 am |
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SGarrett
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You won't get a full sound from removing your resonant head, you'll get a cardboard box sound.
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Thu May 08, 2008 12:26 pm |
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Alan_
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I use the old standard for kick: AKG D-112. We have Stapes small-diaphragm condenser mics for overheads, and I'll usually set up a couple of large-diaphragm condensers for "room" sound.
If I had unlimited money, I'd buy a matched pair of Earthworks small-diaphragm condensers and as many Neumann U-47's and U-87's as we could store.
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antiunderscores
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SGarrett wrote:You won't get a full sound from removing your resonant head, you'll get a cardboard box sound.
haha... i've got no reso and thats it in a nut shell still, playing what i got...
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Fri May 09, 2008 5:42 am |
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SGarrett
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It works for some genres and not for others. And you always have to work with what you've got. 
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