I have a chance to score the Beyer kick mic for $125, and the Cad for $30... anyone know if these are decent mics. I like Beyer stuff, I just want to know if this is one of the good ones or not.
Cant find a price for the TGX anywhere though so I dont know what its worth...
Thanks!

I know this has probably been beaten to death before, but I'd like some comments on my version...

Here's one I can share to start the ball rolling, it's how I get a separate 'normal drums' mix AND a 'compressed drum mix' - in Pro Tools, I imagine it would translate to any DAW software

Tip:

Use "duplicate track' on the drums and the aux bus they are routed too.

Post your favourite tool or method here plz.

G'day, y'all,
I've been becoming a bit of a fanatic about free-floating drums, (not like the inaccurately labeled Pearl ones) where the shell is in contact with nothing but the drum heads, no hardware touching the shell. This way the shell sings like a birdy, and the heads are not choked.

ok, i've started doing the fletcher-esque 3 mic drum kit thang, but i'm not entirely sure how to pan it.

specificaly, the snare always is [kinda obviously] louder in one channel.

as i'm also doing this with a Royer stereo ribbon, this is also an issue with this mic. where do you put a stereo mic over a kit? and how do you deal with lopsided volume [mainly snare]?

are there any?
what are they?
compression or no?

any ideal settings for compression?
kick snare toms hats cymbals...

some opinions please?

I've read that tool among others record their drums splitting the signal from the snare, kick and toms and sending it through a PA.
Does one need exceptional well sounding speakers to get a good result or will most do? I really like that sound so it'd be fun to try it sometime. :)

what does PA stand for?

McSnare,

Has any found that drums mixed all digital either directly in a DAW or through a digital console don't quite have the impact of going out the D/A's to an analog console. When mixing drums all digital I find then to have to much realness and not enough impact for rock and roll. Do you find the same thing?