its horrible, you should send it to me before i get a second bass drum!!!!
Starting to mic my drums. Found one of these on Craigslist reasonably priced. Reviews I've read say they are pretty good. Was just wondering if anyone here has had any experiance with them? Thanks in advance for any input.
sk
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its horrible, you should send it to me before i get a second bass drum!!!!
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It's a good kick drum mic. Quite a few venues I've played at use it as their kick drum mic and I believe it's the mic that the studio we recorded at preferred as well. It picks up the attack very well and has solid low end. If you get a good deal I say go for it.
The only two constants I have are DW and Zildjian.
I own it... awesome mic. This snippet from a old review pretty much explains why this mic is different.
" What sets this design apart is what’s on the inside. One look at
the response curve tells you there’s something interesting going on here. There’s a significant boost in the low end, but instead of it being centered in the usual 125 Hz region (which can add to the “boom” characteristic of a bass drum), it’s centered an octave below that. This contributes to the
“thud” characteristic instead. Then there is a reduction in the lower
mids that is both broad and deep, centered at 600-800 Hz, but
extending from perhaps 200 up to 1,500 Hz. This reduces the
dreaded “boxy” midrange ring that is death to a tight kick sound.
In the high frequencies, the expected boost at 4 kHz is there,
which accentuates the punch of the beater attack. But there’s
another (even stronger) peak up around 10-12 kHz. This gives you
the beater “click,” which adds pinpoint definition to the attack. It
would be almost meaningless to say “there’s an 8 dB cut at suchand-
such a frequency,” since nowhere along the response curve is
the graph flat. There’s no real baseline from which to measure.
Suffice it to say that this is the most non-linear mic’ I’ve seen in a
while: Both 60 Hz and 10 kHz are a good 12 dB (or more!) above
700 Hz.
The polar chart is very interesting. In brief, this mic’ is very good
at rejecting midrange (500 Hz) from the rear, but quite a bit more
“omni-ish” when it comes to the lower frequencies. This means
that when it’s placed inside a kick drum, it will theoretically reduce
more of the harsh shell ring coming from off-axis in proportion to
the warmer overtones it picks up.
In Use
Because I got one of the first models off the line, the D6 I tested
arrived without any literature. Therefore I started by simply placing it
in some typical locations and listening, making notes of my initial
impressions. Here are some excerpts from my first listening session:
“I’m especially enjoying the way the high end of the curve is
tuned to pick up the beater click. Other non-linear kick mic’s have
an upper-mid boost, but it sounds like the emphasis on the D6 is at
a higher frequency, resulting in less harshness and a better kick
attack. The major reduction in the lower mids makes for a very
smooth sound. And there’s lots of beef on the bottom….”
Shortly after that session, Audix emailed me some specs and
charts on the mic’, and I had to smile. First, it was nice to know
that my poor, abused ears still worked. But more importantly, it
was reassuring to note that everything I was hearing was intentionally
designed into the mic’. The way this thing responded to a kick
drum wasn’t even partially the result of serendipity."
The D6 is one of three mics I would use as a first choice. Obviously, the SHURE BETA 52 is another industry standard kick mic that will get the job done. Some guys don't like the "click" that is mentioned in the D6 review. Metal and hard rocks guys seem to gravitate toward that feature. My first choice though is still the HEIL PR 48.
If I found a great deal on any of these, I would not hesitate.
Great mic, highly recommended. I sold my Beta 52 to get one of these.
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Great mic! I use the D6. The mic is designed with internal EQ within the mic for both studio and stage applications.
Mine came with a 5pc. drum mic kit with two tom mics (D2) and one floor tom mic (D4) and a snare or hat mic (i5) and of course the D6 kick mic.
I've added two directional mics (Shure Beta 57) and one overhead small diaphram cardiod mic (AKG T-170) to give me 8 mics to wire up a 5pc kit (5 drum mics, two directional mics for HH and ride and one overhead).
My PA head (pictured in the background in 1st pic) has 8 channels so I'm maxed out until I can afford to buy a mixing board with more XLR inputs.
Thanks for the info guys. Calling the guy tomorrow and picking it up!
sk
"A man can NEVER have too many cymbals"
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Vater Sticks/Brushes
Remo Vintage Emperor, Emperor X, and Powerstroke Pro Heads
Paiste Twenty/2002/Signature Cymbals
Sonor/DW/Gibraltar Hardware
You'll be very happy with this mic sonorkid! I gotta commend you on your purchase. In my early stages of playing, I could only day-dream about owning drum mics. Now that I'm old enough to incur debt, I'm slowly in the process of building up my drum mic kit and hopefully expand to a larger mixer with more inputs to mic my entire DB kit.
"A man can NEVER have too many cymbals"
Proudly Playing
Sonor Force 3007 Stage One Piano Black 22X17.5 kick, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16" toms
Pork Pie Big Black Snare
Vater Sticks/Brushes
Remo Vintage Emperor, Emperor X, and Powerstroke Pro Heads
Paiste Twenty/2002/Signature Cymbals
Sonor/DW/Gibraltar Hardware
I always wondered about those Audix 5pce mics set. Now that I have read this thread I am more convinced that they are good and this helps for when I want to get mics. Thanks for the info guys.
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