Hi all! I was wondering if anyone's used the AT2020 to mic a snare...specifically, side-Micing the shell. The mic has pretty high SPL rating, but is there a chance of damaging it this way? Its only $90 or so, but its still a good mic, so I'd hate to ruin one! Thanks for any advice! Andy

whats a good trick to getting a more "stereo" snare other than room mics?

I guess this is the place to put this?

Anyway, I was talking to some new friends Friday night at the local pub. They have a band, and said everything was going well EXCEPT their drummer's snare was always too loud in practice.

"Turn up your amps!". Naw, they are sane enough to know that a reasonable stage volume is easier to control.

My board only has 4 mic preamps. Any suggestions for a nice pre for kick drums and/or snares? I'm not really looking in the high-endrange of $4,000...Something reasonably priced around $300-400 that is crisp and punchy. I'd welcome any suggetstions even out of my price range; I could always make it part of my "wish list." This is for a live submix to our main mixer during gigs.

...in gog format for all you drumagog users. All hard hits from a new brass Mapex Black Panther 14X5.5. It's a medium tuning (med on top, low on bottom for a that nice little pitch bump that sits nice in the mix). This should fit in the mix with little to no EQ or compression. Let me know what you think.

I've been busy getting together some really BIG sounding snare samples and I'd like to share my efforts. These samples (gog file included for drumagog users) are of 3 of my current snares, each run thru various high quality pres and industry standard mics. (sm57/API 512c, 421/API 512c, GT44/Sebatron vmp-2000e) .

Everytime I record the drums, I always get this nasty ring coming out of the snare, and whenever I mix, it's always difficult to get the right EQ settings to remove this "ring." If someone could please help me with this issue, I'd greatly appreciate it!

PS. I used two SM57's on the snare and they're placed on the top and bottom.

Thank you!

I have been recording bands for about 2 years but I am having a hard time tuning in my snare sound. I always replace it with drumagog. How can I get a great snappy pop out of the snare with what I am using? I have some sm57s and 421s, an 1176, and tons of plugins in Pro Tools.

were do you guys place the mic on the snare? on top? below? or in the hole?

Well, I wish to rec the snare while playing it with brushes: since I am total new to the "Micing world", I will gladly accept any advice about the ways to get a good result :oops:
Actually, I tried it parallel to the ground, 3cm away from the snare: the result seem's decent to me, but I suppose the existence of some "old classic" way to this :)

thanks :)