MICROPHONES I WISH I BOUGHT when I started RECORDING DRUMS

What were the first mics you bought to record drums?

I looked at mikes for drums years ago and I think Sure at 2 levels with complete kits. I waited till I could afford
the bass drum mike and then used sm58s for a while until I could afford sm57.

sounds great! 🤘🥁

must wait and buy one DPA4055 Kick mic. once for all your life.

“A little pre roll here” too

Man, back then your drums sounded like real drums. Nowadays is all samples and quantized. Not the same...

I have a behringer version of the beta 91a and it's awesome!!! For $60 it's a great mic. Uses phantom power. Sleeper mic for kicks. Also akg c214 great room or mono overhead.

Excellent video Andrew. I've literally been watching your videos one after another. So interesting and knowledgeable. You've reignited my enthusiasm for recording music in my home studio. Thank you.

Great video man, guitar player who owns a drum set here. I'm curious what shell pack that is, they sound great. ??

Hey! Just to make sure, did you use the SM81's and two Sm57's for this kit?

SM81 is surprisingly good. Used one when the KM84 went bust and actually preferred the sound. Was shocked.

Now all I can do is just clue in on the hi hat lol SOLID. Picked up a presonus kit to get started on drum tracking!

That snare is absolutely killer! Is it just a Ludwig Brass Supraphonic?

DID you EQ on your way into Pro tools??

Drums sound amazing bro! Do you have any tuning videos?

My first mics for drums were the following:
Snare Top - Behringer C2 and SM57
Toms - Behringer C2's
Kick - Sennheiser e602 II
OH's - Rode M3 Pair

how do you get your drums to sound so fat off the start especially the snare?

after ~25 years of experimenting with super expensive mics like 87s, 67s, Coles, etc, as well as Audix kits, Shure Kits ,Oktavia, MXL, and everything in between, my favorite drums mics are:

Kick: EV RE-20 or Shure SM52
Snare: Beyerdynamic M201
Toms: CAD M179 - best tom mic and great on some voices and acoustic instruments - an all around workhorse mic.
OHs: Neumann TLM 102

All relatively affordable, all produce pro results. My mixes come together quickly, I get a full drum sounds without weird mic dependent EQ; the tracks take compression and EQ well, and it's easy to blend in samples if I need to due to less than ideal kits being recorded.

Covers a lot of ground for rock, pop, country, Americana, alt-country.

Hey Andrew, I really like your snare sound here. What snare, batter side head, and pitch did you use? Sounds like the resonant note might be a G#/Ab to me. Would you make a video going over your approach to drum tuning? Thanks man!

Do you leave the settings flat on the sm7 for hi hat? No bass roll off or presence boost?

You get a thwack sound on your snare I’m hearing a lot these days on you tube kits! I get the snare drums are all good but almost sounds tuned very low with no sustain? Also loose snares to? Is it video compression I’m hearing? It does sound like your kick and toms all have the thwack with no sustain? Does that make sense?

I know who Kurt is Andrew he is great and makes some great content

Is it an sm7b that you are using ? Thanks

This is the sound I started when I learn to mic-up and mixing drums. After a big round of all other mics like Audix, Sennheiser, AKG, and I still love the sound of these Shure microphones.... Thanks for sharing.

I used an SM7 on hats for years. What great mic for so many sources.

Great video bro! You should try the Neve 88RS in the unison slots lol

Good snare sound man .Can You share your snare processing ?

What is your drum kit? The shell pack

Beta 91 is my favorite live kick sound for anything where you want booty.

awesome video man, dig all of your content and I appreciate you! I do use some Shure mics on drums, but only for snare bottom and room mics, I use SM 57s, I use an Audix D6 and Warm Audio 47jr for kick, and depending on toms, either Audix D2's/D4's or ADX51s, and then sE Electronics VR1 ribbons for overheads. Again Andrew, you're studio tour videos and also your drum micing vids have helped me a lot, cheers man!

Good player + good kit + good mic’s + good preamps and you have a winner

This is a Shure promo video - right?

Audix D6 on Kick and FToms, Shure Beta 98AMP/C on toms and top snare, sm57 bot Snare

What is the fucking point of your background music? Sounds like a cat dying, and it's so low you can scarcely make it out as music. Can the fucking music. it's pointless.

Can you do a review of your WA273EQ? Would love to hear your thoughts on it!!

Man I want to hear more mics on your kit that's a super drum sound

Man. Those drums sound amazing. And my jaw dropped once again when I realized that inserts on the tracks are empty. You nailed it at the source!

I’ve been playing around with blumlien ribbon overheads and a single omni on the batter side of the kick drum equidistant between the snare resonate head and kick batter head. Gets a ton of kick drum depth

When I first started recording drums, I don't know over 20 years ago, I had a boundary microphone, it was actually a cheap one that I got from RadioShack. it did not even have phantom power. I had to put a battery in it, but it made some amazing recordings

I see your drum mics/inputs are bussed to a drum bus, which is then bussed to your output bus. inline you've got a neve, and api, aireq...etc etc etc....what are you settings on all those plugins? You VERY briefly touch on this, and I don't argue these mics are great as I've used a lot of them in my own career. But it would be helpful to know what/how much work you've done to colour the audio from input to output.

When you say 'SM7' are you referring to the SM7 or SM7b because you've linked the 7b but that might just be because you can't get the SM7 new anymore?

Great vídeo! Greetings from Brasil!

Great video! I'm a HUGE fan of the SM7. I'm an Audix guy ,myself, but this shows why Shure has been a main stay in so many studios.

awesome sound man. i would have used a different crash, but other than that the sound was amazing. the crash doesnt even have anything to do with the mics, thats just a sound preference lol

Nice video man! I am also a big fan of Shure mics. How did you set up your OH?is it space pair?thanks 😊👍🙌

F-ing cool bro...!!

What mic pre's are they running thru? And anything else. The Sm7 is a beast and so versatile, I agree.

Beta 91A inside the kick, Beta 52A in the hole, subkick...excellent combo live or on record

Great sounding kit! What sizes are those Slingerlands? 22, 13, 16? Champagne Sparkle? If so, I have the same set up (1965) with the matching 5x14 snare! Amazing drums and I will never part with them. The bearing edges on my kit are just a fat round over with thick, maple reinforcement hoops. Huge, warm sound.

Guess who's just got himself an endorsement with Shure ?!