condensor tom micing
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Posted on Jan 30, 2005 04:25 pm
jsakic200
Member Since: Dec 18, 2004
when micing toms with a b1 and c1, does one run into issues with phasing? the b1 picked up everything when i tried to use it as a snare mic, with great detail too. is there a way to have it pick up more of one drum and less of all of them? is there a specific way i should be placing a mic like the b1 to get the most unidirectional character out of it?
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Jan 30, 2005 07:26 pm Phasing is possible anytime you have more than one mic picking up the same sounds.
I actually don't recommend using a condenser for close-micing a snare. I doubt that you'll ever be able to get any kind of isolation on it. Those condensers are so darn sensitive. I'd try a dynamic such as an SM57 on it instead.
So, did ya pick up those monitors?
Jan 31, 2005 09:53 am Mike, I picked up krk 5s instead, they sounded better and were only 50 bucks more, and i'm satisfied. ya i am using a 57 for the snare, but still want to know how to make the condensers pick up more tom and less everything else.
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Jan 31, 2005 11:04 am Condensors, other than when used for overheads, aren't very well suited for drum micing. Use dynamic mics instead and put a noise gate on them to keep them from picking up the rest of the drums.
People generally use condensors as overheads, one on the left and one on the right, distanced a ways from the kit to create a stereo image. These are used to pick up all of the brass pieces of your drum kit, as well as room acoustics.
condensors are simply too sensitive to only pick out one piece of a drum kit. It'd take one heck of a noise gate, very carefully calibrated to get it to do so.
Jan 31, 2005 11:05 am I tend to agree with Tadpui on that...
