mic'ing congas

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audio snob
Member Since: Jan 02, 2005

This may be common knowledge, and I was the last to know, but I found a cool little trick today. I couldn't get the sound thick enough from the congas, so I put a kick drum mic in the hole underneath each conga. It worked beautifully. Anyone else try that, or does anyone else have any hand percussion mic tricks? It seems kind of silly to have six mics to record two bongos and two congas.

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...bringing sexy back
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Since: Jul 01, 2002

Mar 29, 2005 08:44 am

kick mics are the daddy for recoridng small drums. i do it exactly the same as you suggested

Hold 'Em Czar
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Since: Dec 30, 2004

Mar 29, 2005 11:37 am

wow, no way!! i have quite a few hand dums, but have never miced 'em up yet...i was under the impression to use SD condensors for them...i didn't think lows were good for hand drums....thanks for the tip!

wyd

audio snob
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Since: Jan 02, 2005

Mar 29, 2005 12:45 pm

I have two SM57's on the top of the congas, and two PG81s about 18 inches over the bongos. This sounded clear enough, but when I added two PG52's underneath the holes in the congas, it really brought the congas to life.

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