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Jason Raboin

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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2014, 03:26:58 PM »

I have a PR48 and love it.  To me it's a nice balance between the pre-eq'd homogenizing B52, D6, or D112 and the classic choices like the RE20, M88, or 421, which sound like the drum but tend to require more eq. once you stick them in the hole.

For Jazz I might reach for the PR40 over the PR48, but for funk I would definitely choose the PR48. 

On my current tour we're using a Telefunken M82, which is also great, but I think it's over your budget.
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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2014, 03:40:24 PM »

On my current tour we're using a Telefunken M82, which is also great, but I think it's over your budget.
Jason,

That M82 did sound great, what do they go for?

By the way, for heavy kick drum mics (pretty much all the good ones), I always like to place the boom facing right so the clip can't unscrew, (and in this case, obscure the fabulous band's name).

Art
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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2014, 04:10:19 PM »

I think MAP on an M82 is $399.  We changed it around and the stand does now come from the other side.
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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2014, 04:21:02 PM »

I think MAP on an M82 is $399.  We changed it around and the stand does now come from the other side.
That's an good deal, one of the few mics I'd heard that compared favorably to my favorite, the  EV RE-27, which costs a lot more.
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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2014, 11:01:34 PM »


That thread is only 3 pages long


Nope. 15 pages, 149 posts from Jan 2011 til today.

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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2014, 11:15:29 PM »

An ATM 25 (not the dual element version) might meet your needs. There was a recent version, ATM 25 SE, that was released a couple years ago as part of AT's 40th anniversary. IIRC, the price was within your budget. Mark C.
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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2014, 12:22:44 AM »

I've been using the PR40 for a couple of years.  I like not having the mic make my decisions for me.  Very responsive to EQ (especially on the bottom), and it sounds good on lots o' stuff.
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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2014, 01:28:55 AM »

The discontinued Beyer TGX50MKII is a pretty awesome sounding kick drum mic.  Maybe you can find someone willing to sell theirs.
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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2014, 02:50:07 AM »

The discontinued Beyer TGX50MKII is a pretty awesome sounding kick drum mic.  Maybe you can find someone willing to sell theirs.

Or TGX50's daddy, the M-380.  I have both.  The day I got the M-380 I took it to a little festival we were already set up for.  I'd had a Senny MD421 in the kick drum and switched it with the Beyer.  WOW.

If I'd never used the M-380, I'd have probably said WOW about the TGX50, too.  They sound different and the largely figure-8 pattern of the 380 means it might not be a good choice in some situations, so the TGX is the next choice.

As for dual-element mics, I own an ATM250DE and I don't get to use it enough to have a strong opinion, but I get the most mileage out of it when I need 2 independent kick drum sounds available.
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Re: Recommend me a kick drum mic
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2014, 07:40:35 PM »

For Jazz, it's hard to go wrong with a RE-20. Forget $300. :(

For your budget, audition the RE-20's younger cousin the RE-320.  I've got two, and no you can't have one of 'em!  (But if you're near Pittsburgh, I'll loan you one for a test gig)
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