I dug out my old ( 1973/74) Electro-Voice RE20 this past weekend to record a drum kit with; in particular, using the RE on the kick; I guess I'd forgotten how great those old EV's sound on kick drum. It was pretty much "instant tone".

I have a cocktail drum kit, with a tall, 15" barrel drum that stands upright and serves both as the kick and the floor tom. It has small air holes, but no mic port. The kit sounds great, and I can get a solid one-mic recording from it without problems. But I need to do some multi-mic setups, and wanted some informed opinions about recording the kick.

I'm thinking to myself how much i hate the snare sound on most recordings. too bright, too snappy, sounds like a tin can.. etc.

so pensados fb page asked about snare mics and one or two people like using kick/bass mics. I'm gonna try it regardless but I'm wondering:

what are your thoughts?
ever done it? over or under?
what were the results?

I would like for you guys to check this video out. I'm curious to hear what peoples favorite kick drum mic choices are!

nate

Hi, I am going to be buying a new Kick mic for drum tracking at home soon and would like some recommendations on Kick Mics.
I would go for the AKG D112 but have never been a big fan of the sound it produces

I have the AKG D122, BETA 52, & the AUDIX D6, if you had to let one go for other gear investment, which one would be the easiest to let go?, thanks

Hi,

I am from Hong Kong. I will record drums for a hip hop /rock/funky band next week. I have to decide which mic to buy very soon. I used to record drum with 10mics and I hope to stick with it (kick x2, snare x2, toms x3, OH x2, plus a room mic). Below are the mics that I hope to decide with the tight budget I have got:

Ok. Sounds a daft question but I need to do an overhaul. Im after a really good sounding kick drum mic on a budget. I have had to sell a load of my gear to pay the deposit on my new house. Now I'm back on track so need to re-stock but have much less money.

Hi all,