Musician's Friend | 5 years ago
Need help figuring out how to mic your drum kit? In this three-part series, we explore three different drum miking techniques with Dave Trumfio, Eric Gorman and Simon Horrocks of Gold-Diggers Sound in Los Angeles, California.
In this first video, we take a closer look at a mono drum miking technique, as used in the '50s into the early '60s, discussing the importance of microphone placement, relative to your drums and the recording space itself.
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Mono Microphone recording technique
1:26 Choosing a Mono Microphone for your Drums
2:02 Finding the Best Mic Placement
2:28 Listening in the room
3:35 Listening back through monitors & Dampening the kit
The microphone used to record this drum kit is a Neumann M 149:
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/neumann-m-149-tube-variable-dual-diaphragm-microphone?source=3GOA6AKB
Shop for microphones at Musician's Friend: https://www.musiciansfriend.com/microphones?source=3GOA6AKB
Watch "How To Mic a Drum Kit, Part 2: The '60s, Recording With 5 Microphones":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7sc4KH3Usc
Watch "How To Mic a Drum Kit, Part 3: A Modern Approach, Recording with 20+ Microphones":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFFf-cCEIKk
Head to The HUB for our article, "How To Mic a Drum Kit":
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/thehub/how-to-mic-drum-kit?source=3GOA6AKB
Looking for some great tips on how to record a full band? Check out our video, "How To Mic and Record a Band - Featuring Polyplastic at Gold-Diggers Sound":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km8Fjmr1Kdg
Head to The HUB for our article, "How To Mic Up and Record a Band":
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/thehub/how-to-mike-up-and-record-a-band?source=3GOA6AKB
Learn more about Gold-Diggers Sound at https://gold-diggers.com/.
