Musician's Friend | 5 years ago

Need help figuring out how to mic your drum kit? In this 3-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 the second video of our 3-part series, we take a look at a modified take on a drum recording technique popularized in the late '60s and early '70s by legendary recording engineer Glyn Johns. Utilizing 5 microphones, the Gold-Diggers team brings you a tighter, dryer, more powerful sound, and now in stereo.

The microphones used to record this drum kit are:

Snare: Shure SM57
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Overheads: AEA R84
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/aea-microphones-r84-bidirectional-big-ribbon-studio-microphone?source=3GOA6AKB

Kick Drum: Neumann U 47 FET
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Room Mic: Neumann M 149
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/neumann-m-149-tube-variable-dual-diaphragm-microphone?source=3GOA6AKB

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Watch "How To Mic A Drum Kit, Part 1: Mono, Recording With One Microphone":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGetNnIKipw

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/.