Drum Mic Setup - how does it sound?
Channel: David Lee King
Date: 2018-09-08

Recording my drums and trying out a new microphone technique that I saw on the Reverb Youtube channel (this video - https://youtu.be/DXjm4jSq8A0) by Patrick Carney.

Here's what I did: 6 microphones, set up like this:
1. Kick drum (Audix D6) - https://amzn.to/2MR5YBm
2. Snare drum (Shure SM57) - https://amzn.to/2MTzer9
3. Left side mic, down low, about 2 feet away from kit (MXR 990) - https://amzn.to/2MTzer9
4. Right side mic - same thing as #3 above - https://amzn.to/2MTzer9
5. Single overhead mic (Audio-Technica AT2020) - https://amzn.to/2tcGPYF
6. single mic, about 6-8 feet in front of the kit (Audio-Technica ATM25)

All mics have a little eq and compression - using stock plugins from Logic Pro for that. Mics go into a Focusrite Clarett 8Pre (https://amzn.to/2HX9BXx), then into the Mac from there.

Results? I think it sounds pretty nice! Not sure I need that 6th mic - it added a little, but I could do without it. The overhead mic really captured the explosiveness of my toms, which was pretty cool. Close-micing individual toms doesn't always capture that well (for me, anyway).

So there you go. Let me know what you think!

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