Hey guys, I'm about to enter the studio to record drums for my record. The thing is that the studio doesn't have the kickdrum mics that I'm looking for, and I couldn't find anyone to rent me a Shure Beta52. But some guy offered me a mic of the brand I guess it's K&K. the model is B07. .is it a good option?.

Thanks in advance :D

Hey guys, a question for you, when i mic up our drummers kick drum we want it to sound more of a click/thud/punch sound instead of a thump sound or a beat sound, for example The Ataris have it in there songs, could any of you lot give me a clue on how to do this.

...besides an AKG D112, Shure 52, Audix D6 or a Sennheiser MD421. :)

I realize this is an industry standard, but this has to be genre specific, right? I am not experienced with recording by any means, but the thought of using an md421 for metalcore double bass craziness drives me bonkers... am I just plain way off or what?

Hello. This is my first post on this board but i have been reading it a lot for a while and it has been very helpful to me.

When I try to add compression and limiting like normal (not much), the BD starts to sound complete bunghole, like if it was overcompressed. If I add a hipassfilter at 30hZ, or use a mbc on the low-lows this doesn't occur. I used a shelving eq-boost on the kicks lows at the mixingstage. Why does this happen, and what is the best way to fight it?

Hi!

Hey I don't know if this was brought up in the "overhead phase" post but I have heard of people switching the kickdrum's phase since its being miced (in most cases) from inside the sound hole or on the resonant head. Its just something that I don't hear it enough to think that it is worth it or right. I have tried it my self and i didn't really hear a difference.

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bob

Anyone tried this? It handles 152 SPL, so it shouldn't break?

I've been toying around with notching an area in the kick for the bass to sit and here is my problem.