Drum Mic Packages...

[B2D]

For the price (working on a budget here) would you use this Audix kit: http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-AUI-FUS7.html

...or this Carvin kit?: http://www.carvin.com/products/single.php?ItemNumber=DMK7&CID=MIC

If you have a better suggestion, offer it up.

 

[seafoamer]

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I'd get this one: http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-SHU-DMK5752.html

I did.

 

[muttonchopsrule]

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i've heard nothing but good things about that audix kit, but then again my knowledge of microphones is very minimal.

 

[Willis]

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I've had great experience with 1 kick mic and 2 57s as overheads.

 

[CapoFirstFret]

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we use the fusion kit to mic our drums, only our kit doesn't have the f14..it only has 3 f10's, an f12 and two f15's...works very well...I use an SM57 on the snare though....it handles hte high pressure of the snare better than the f10's

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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I don't know if this would work out for you, but would you be against a couple overhead mics/others for cymbals, and triggering the kick, snare, and toms?

 

[theboatcandream]

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I've heard that Carvins are very good for the money.

 

[B2D]

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I've heard that Carvins are very good for the money.

So I heard... :laugh2:

 

[B2D]

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I don't know if this would work out for you, but would you be against a couple overhead mics/others for cymbals, and triggering the kick, snare, and toms?

I dont quite know what you mean by this... explain?

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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I dont quite know what you mean by this... explain?

Well, triggers are cheaper than mics, but you'd need some samples to actually trigger, as well as an interface and whatnot.


You know what? Nevermind. Triggering would be more expensive. :smack:

 

[AmirH]

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I have the fusion mics. They're not bad mics but to be perfectly honest I do kind of regret the purchase. The truth of the matter is that you would really just be better off getting one good mic at a time. Hell, for the price you could get two studio project b1's(89 bucks each) for overheads, a couple sm57's(or maybe an audix i5 which apparently is better in some regards), and a cheap kick mic-which is what comes with the pack anyway. ESPECIALLY if you shop used, which isn't a bad idea especially for the sm57s. Really the pack could work out quite well for playing live but for recording you the other route is probably a better bet. Just speaking from personal experience

 

[theboatcandream]

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Well, triggers are cheaper than mics, but you'd need some samples to actually trigger, as well as an interface and whatnot.


You know what? Nevermind. Triggering would be more expensive. :smack:

The problem with triggering is that it ends up sounding like a drum machine. I don't like them.

 

[proxy]

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My drummer bought this Samson set: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/8DrumMicKit/

It got really good reviews and did his research, basically they are wayy underpriced. They are also are a bit cheaper as well. They also come with the overheads which I think are pretty important for drum micing.

 

[slash857]

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idk... this is the guitar shop not the drum shop! :laugh2: just kidding. i have no opiinion i have no idea about drum mics, i just wanted to bust ur balls.

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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The problem with triggering is that it ends up sounding like a drum machine. I don't like them.

Depends on how you set up the velocities on your samples .

For kicks, it's great, because you want that machine gun sound. For toms, if you're going with triggers, you have to play with the velocity to make it sound realistic, but everything comes through a ton clearer, and you don't have to worry about messing up a cymbal hit after a tom roll, etc.

On a snare, however... Ideally, I'd mix a triggered signal with the mic'd signal, but that's a different story.

 

[theboatcandream]

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Depends on how you set up the velocities on your samples .

For kicks, it's great, because you want that machine gun sound. For toms, if you're going with triggers, you have to play with the velocity to make it sound realistic, but everything comes through a ton clearer, and you don't have to worry about messing up a cymbal hit after a tom roll, etc.

On a snare, however... Ideally, I'd mix a triggered signal with the mic'd signal, but that's a different story.

I can accept that...


For metal or pop.

 

[DeadSkinSlayer3]

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I can accept that...


For metal or pop.

Haha yeah...I was really talking about metal, I should have specified. Most metal drummers are doing so much technical crap on the toms and kick that it has to be triggered to fully pop out in the mix; or at least have some hits replaced by samples.

 

[B2D]

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The drummer I play with has a piccolo snare thats got some weight on it but its real bright sounding... 57's actually dont sound that good on it. They're great for the toms, though.

 

[B2D]

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I have the fusion mics. They're not bad mics but to be perfectly honest I do kind of regret the purchase. The truth of the matter is that you would really just be better off getting one good mic at a time. Hell, for the price you could get two studio project b1's(89 bucks each) for overheads, a couple sm57's(or maybe an audix i5 which apparently is better in some regards), and a cheap kick mic-which is what comes with the pack anyway. ESPECIALLY if you shop used, which isn't a bad idea especially for the sm57s. Really the pack could work out quite well for playing live but for recording you the other route is probably a better bet. Just speaking from personal experience

I'll take that into consideration. This is gonna be for both live and studio use.