Snare and Drum Mics Miking Joey Jordison


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Kick and Snare drums with Overheads. The following audio samples demonstrate the myriad of sounds that can be achieved by combining the direct sounds of the kick and snare with that of the overhead mics. For even more listening pleasure, we’ve extended the mixing and matching so you can have a firm idea on the sonic possibilities for your drum kit recordings here at Sound Weavers. These samples are still from the same performance as the direct mic’d drums.

Shure SM57 on Snare and Beta 52 on Kick with different overheads (same preamp assignments). With the snare and kick mics constant, how do the overhead mics affect the overall sound? Give it a listen. .

  • Oktava Mk012 with SM57 on snare and Beta52 on Kick
  • Peluso R14 with SM57 on snare and Beta52 on Kick
  • Earthworks TC20 with SM57 on snare and Beta52 on Kick

Overhead microphones in stereo XY configuration

overhead microphones on the drum kit

Shure Beta 52 on Kick, Peluso R14 ribbons on overheads with different snare mics. With the kick mics and overhead mics constant, how do the snare mics affect the overall sound? Give it a listen. .

  • Shure SM57 on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Peluso R14 on overheads
  • Sennheiser MD421on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Peluso R14 on overheads
  • AKG C414 on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Peluso R14 on overheads
  • Beyerdynamic m160 on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Peluso R14 on overheads
  • Royer R121on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Peluso R14 on overheads

Shure Beta 52 on Kick, Oktava MK-012 on overheads with different snare mics. With the kick mics and overhead mics constant, how do the snare mics affect the overall sound? Give it a listen. .

  • Shure SM57 on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Oktava MK-012 on overheads
  • MD421 on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Oktava MK-012 on overheads
  • AKG C414 on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Oktava MK-012 on overheads
  • Beyerdynamic M160 on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Oktava MK-012 on overheads
  • Royer R121 on Snare with Beta52 on Kick and Oktava MK-012 on overheads

Shure SM57 on Snare, Oktava MK-012 on overheads with different KICK or BASS drum mics. With the snare mics and overhead mics constant, how do the KICK mics affect the overall sound? Give it a listen. .

  • AKG D112 on KICK with SM57 on Snare and Oktava MK-012 on overheads
  • Shure Beta52 on KICK with SM57 on Snare and Oktava MK-012 on overheads
  • Blue KickBall on on KICK with SM57 on Snare and Oktava MK-012 on overheads
  • Electro Voice RE20 on KICK with SM57 on Snare and Oktava MK-012 on overheads

Conclusion. We wish we could conclude but we’ve only just begun. We have a lot of drum recording samples to process and finalize the presentation thereof. In the next installments we will focus on the our snare drums such as GMS and Taken and how they blend with the kick and overhead mics. There will also be segments on room sounds and then drum sound processing. Lots to do!

Whew! There you have it, part 1 of our drum mics and drum miking presentation. We hope that you find the presentation useful to your drum recording needs. Feel free to post comments, questions, suggestions or reactions to this presentation right here on this page.

We hope that you will consider Sound Weavers for your drum recording needs. As we have demonstrated above, we can achieve a wide pallete of drum sounds due to our experience and high quality drum recording equipment.

Credits:

  • Drummer: Ivan Dave Cabigon
  • Recording engineer: Mon Reynera
  • Producer: Gerry Diwa

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