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[MikeHarris]

I have a client looking for a directional headworn mic for a drummer...the Crown used to be best...and i know DPA & Countryman. Is there something i'm missing ?

[Tim McCulloch]

I have a client looking for a directional headworn mic for a drummer...the Crown used to be best...and i know DPA & Countryman. Is there something i'm missing ?

The Crown CM 311a is still the go-to mic.

[dick rees]

The Crown CM 311a is still the go-to mic.

As evidenced by the fact that it is the one which gets settled on every time the subject comes up.......which is about once every month or so.

Get the Crown

[Derrick McDonald]

As evidenced by the fact that it is the one which gets settled on every time the subject comes up.......which is about once every month or so.

Get the Crown

What about for really sweaty drummers?

[Tim McCulloch]

What about for really sweaty drummers?

To what mic are you referring, or do you have a thing for perspiring drummers?

I've worked with plenty of singing drummers over the last 20 years, all of whom sweat rather profusely.  The mic of choice remains to be the Crown CM311a.  Tried AKG... only works with the lightest-of-touch drummers.  The Countryman and similar mics might as well be overhead mics.  No workie...

While I understand that no mic will work if it doesn't stay in place, neither will a mic work if it stays in place but picks up more kit than singing.

[Derrick McDonald]

To what mic are you referring, or do you have a thing for perspiring drummers?

I've worked with plenty of singing drummers over the last 20 years, all of whom sweat rather profusely.  The mic of choice remains to be the Crown CM311a.  Tried AKG... only works with the lightest-of-touch drummers.  The Countryman and similar mics might as well be overhead mics.  No workie...

While I understand that no mic will work if it doesn't stay in place, neither will a mic work if it stays in place but picks up more kit than singing.

Sorry, I meant how does the crown hold up against sweat.  One artist I work with uses a shure model wh20 or wh30 I believe and the capsules are useless halfway thru the set.  Plus they need a huge cut around 800-1k to sound somewhat normal.

[Tim McCulloch]

Sorry, I meant how does the crown hold up against sweat.  One artist I work with uses a shure model wh20 or wh30 I believe and the capsules are useless halfway thru the set.  Plus they need a huge cut around 800-1k to sound somewhat normal.

One particularly "spitty" drummer needed a mic swap about mid-show.  I don't recall sweat being an issue with the mic itself.