Ondrej Gratz wrote on Wed, 05 January 2005 04:15 |
The egg (112) is VERY uncomfortable for me when I want to place the mic inside the kick (should I ? I've seen people who don't. Where's the "sweet spot" when using D-112 ? Inside/Outside ?).
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IMHO, the sweet spot for the D112 is inside the drum, maybe 6" from the beater, in the middle. That's where you get the beater attack. Move it off-center, or aim it off-center, and you lessen the attack and maybe get a bit more thump. Proper tuning is a MUST (for ALL mics!).
Of course, this assumes that the hole in the drummer's head (ha ha ha ha ... we all love this joke) makes getting the mic in place possible. I'm convinced that most drummers have no idea how or why to cut a hole in the resonant head. It's either off to the side, too small, who knows what else.
I've gotten real good results with a well-tuned drum is to mic the kick drum as you would a tom. In other words, put the mic near the rim of the drum and aim it sorta to the middle. Experiment with angle to get the best trade-off between click and thump.
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The Audix seems to suffer the same problem as above for me. Doesn't it ? (I've seen it only on a picture.)
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Audix D6 is smaller than the D112 and since you can aim it like an SM57, it's a lot easier to position.
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It's hard to choose one, isn't it. A trade-off mic is waiting to be invented... Go for it manufacturers, I'm looking forward to it.
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Yeah, right. Every manufacturer markets their kick drum mic as the "Best sounding all-around no-trade-offs kick drum mic."
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