that gives you enough attack?

yep it gives me enough attack but i guess that i'm partial to a big and boomy bass drum sound. you should try it and see what you think. also try messing with the tuning of the heads it can make a huge difference.

-wiesner

I like big and boomy bass drum sounds too.

Tuning. Yes, that's one thing I'm having some difficulty with. The bass drum heads fairly tight with the resonant head a bit looser than the beater head seems to work okay. I'm still not quite happy with the sound though. It's a Sonor Delite 17X22

I think I'll be picking up an RE-20. I've been thinking about getting before I read this. I was thinking about using it for bass amp. It sounds like it could make a nice bass drum mic too.

yeah it is a nice bass drum mic. also a pretty respectable vocal mic.

bamse wrote:I tried micing the front with a D112 about 1 inch off the head at about 10 o'clock, maybe 5 inches from the rim. I then put up a 57 for the beater side angled towards the beater from the right side if you're sitting down on the thrown about a foot away. This made the snare sound terrible.

Any advice?

I bet you'd have more luck with the D112 further away from the beater (maybe out of the drum entirely) blended with the 57 as close to the point of contact between the beater and the head as you can get it. This way you will get the attack you need from the 57 (with relatively less snare) and the ambience from the D112.

Chas.

I always thought of condensers being further away from the resonant head for the front of kick mic. I'll give it a try with the D112 and then hopefully an RE-20 soon.

I'll try to get a better position with the beater side SM-57. That snare did not sound good at all through it, but I'm thinking now that it could work if I move it a little bit closer in. Otherwise maybe the D112 or RE-20 up front is enough.

Thanks Very Much,

bamse

I've had really good luck with putting a D-112 halfway over the hole (if there is one) about 2-4" away. It works really well for heavy hitters who want a bit boomier sound, but still gets you plenty of attack

For all purposes, I've always received great results with a RE20 about 6-8" from the batter head and a D112 right next to the floor about a foot away from the kick.

My friend that works in a music store got to try out the new Yamaha bass mic that's mounted in an actual wood drum shell. It uses an NS10 woofer and delivers some crazy-ass lowend. Mixed with another mic at the beater, it sounds pretty cool. I'll add that it's also quite visually pleasing!

woah!
if someone knows the model number or a where a webpage is about this, i'm really curious..
i've knew someone who made one of these himself and it sounded really cool.

Actually, Now that I think about it, I recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver and THEY used an auratone from what I remember... As for the Yamaha, I don't remember the stock number. Sorry, but the internet has GOT to have something on it.