Mic drumkit set.

[boabyd23]

Hi

Can anyone recommend a decent sounding mic drum pack.

Preferably Reasonably priced lol

[greybeard]

How many mics are you wanting. A good starting point would be a 4 pc set with snare-kick & 2 overheads. Most of the 4 pc sets are for live performance and not set up for recording. So a good starting point would be a Shure Beta 52A for kick, a SM57 for the snare and a pr of pg81 OH. If you've got the money the Audix DP7 is really sweet. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DP7/

[boabyd23]

Thanks will check the site out.

Wat about tom micing. Isn't that just as importan.

[stoox]

Take a look at the Audix Fusion sets.

versatile mics. You can use some of them for guitar cabs as well and stuff.
Great sound.

http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com...ack?sku=270665


i would send you to sweetwater but they don't carry these sets anymore and they are super cheap on musicians friend.

[EGS]

Originally Posted by boabyd23

Reasonably priced

What's your for-real budget? Size of kit?

[boabyd23]

To be honest a couple hundred pounds. I've just spent money upgrading my setup and would like to record bands more.

6 mics ideal but I think I cn get by with 4, though I would like a decent sound. I have looked online and saw so many however only know certain ones like
shure pgdmk6 +4 akg packs .

I just saw the fusion packs and seem like good reviews, though I've saw the kick is pretty weak.

[EGS]

Size of kit? I. E. How many drums?

[paul_g]

what mic's do you currently have???? Let's start there.

Do you have 57's?

We can get a decent sound going very low budget.
57 on Snare and believe it or not - kick - you'll have to get it right in the kick aimed at the beater. Might take a bit of EQ'ing it... Low Pass filter's etc..

If you have a decent condenser, there's your "crazy room mic" which will get the whole kit.

Then just apply some good mixing skills, eq, panning, compression - maybe even parallel compress....

You can do this very effectively on a tight budget w/ what you have and w/ some mixing skills, you can make it sound great.

Hope this helps.

[albee1952]

I think your best bet is to build your own kit.
Audix D6-bass drum
SM57-snare
AT3031(discontinued but awesome)-hat
Sennheiser e604/e904-toms
MXL 2001, V6 or AT 3035, 4040-overheads