Searching for Snare Bottom Mic

[HvO]

Hi,

I usually use a SM57 on the snare top and a cheaper copy on bottom.
Now I am searching for a better one for the bottom position.


A second SM57 or what do you think?
(price range: 100-180 Euro)

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I used to use a sm57 as a bottom mic, but I've just discovered how much I like the Heil PR-30 for that position

 

[DominikJW]

Get an i5, use it on top and your 57 on bottom

 

[crillemannen]

Oktava mk-012 is very good on the bottom. Audio technica ATM450 on top

 

[AHChris]

I really like the rode nt5 for bottom....

 

[HvO]

ok, I think I have to find it out by myself... everyone has a different taste here

What do you think about a Sennheiser E-906 or E-606? Maybe it makes sense to have a mic thats work on a Cab too. Or maybe a BEYERDYNAMIC M201? aaaaaaah, I have no idea....

 

[Lasse Lammert]

the m201 is the shit for top

 

[dcb]

ok, I think I have to find it out by myself... everyone has a different taste here

What do you think about a Sennheiser E-906 or E-606? Maybe it makes sense to have a mic thats work on a Cab too. Or maybe a BEYERDYNAMIC M201? aaaaaaah, I have no idea....

sennheiser e 906 and 606 are the worst drummics i have ever had...

 

[AKoppenheffer]

Always liked SM7 underneath.

 

[HvO]

the m201 is the shit for top

hm, a m201 (m201 - top / sm57 - bottom)... maybe.

how does it work in front of a guitar cab?

 

[avrinder]

Always liked SM7 underneath.

with, or without windscreen?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

hm, a m201 (m201 - top / sm57 - bottom)... maybe.

that's my main combination

how does it work in front of a guitar cab?

great, listen to the Audiohammer stuff

 

[raybrochill]

beta 57

 

[HvO]

@all; thanks a lot!!!


@lasse; i love your productions and expacially your guitar tones!

i will get the m201.

 

[Trevoire520]

sennheiser e 906 and 606 are the worst drummics i have ever had...

Seriously? I quite like the 606 on toms, and have good results with a 906 on snare too.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

@all; thanks a lot!!!


@lasse; i love your productions and expacially your guitar tones!

i will get the m201.

thanks for the compliments!
you won't regret that purchase, the m201 is a kickarse allround mic

 

[amarshism]

Had great results with the m201nc for snare top at a live show but don't own one. Yet. Used an i5 on top with a 57 on the bottom on Monday and got my best raw snare sound to date.

 

[colonel kurtz]

i always get a boner using an i5 on top, AT 4033 on bottom

 

[dcb]

Seriously? I quite like the 606 on toms, and have good results with a 906 on snare too.

yeah, i now actually use sm 58 without the windshield and they are much morepronounced and in your face sounding.... if anything id use the 906, the 606 is just too dull aand lifeless to my ears.

what i do love about the sennheiser though is there spill reduction,
if your gonna retrigger toms, these mics are actually pretty nice ;-)
but (in my experience) there are way better solutions (md 421, sm 57 etc.)
for toms.

 

[darthjujuu]

yeah, i now actually use sm 58 without the windshield and they are much morepronounced and in your face sounding.... if anything id use the 906, the 606 is just too dull aand lifeless to my ears.

what i do love about the sennheiser though is there spill reduction,
if your gonna retrigger toms, these mics are actually pretty nice ;-)
but (in my experience) there are way better solutions (md 421, sm 57 etc.)
for toms.

rejection on toms is delish. in my experience the tone of the drum can suffer so much from excessive gating/cymbal bleed that I think a shittier mic with better rejection would sound better at the end of the day anyway.

cool thread.