Suggest me some kick drum mic's for versatility

[Loren Littlejohn]

So I have the Beta 52 (it's not the Beta 52a) but I can't get at it till a bit later, possible tomorrow at the latest.

But I'll go ahead and do one just inside the port, and one shoved inside near the beater. Should give a good indication of how they sound.

 

[onetruth]

So I have the Beta 52 (it's not the Beta 52a) but I can't get at it till a bit later, possible tomorrow at the latest.

But I'll go ahead and do one just inside the port, and one shoved inside near the beater. Should give a good indication of how they sound.

i would imagine they sound quite similar??

that would be fantastic....cheers mate!!

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

It's going to have to be tomorrow, I ended up talking with Sal quite a while today (it's actually his/Staind's Beta 52) as is normal when I swing by his place and ended up behind on a house project that I just got done with here at 10pm so no go on the kick till around noon-1pm tomorrow (or 6pm your time).

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Ok, so since my drum is stupid small it was hard to get the beater positions even remotely the same so it's not really a good comparison. Although they are all within 3" of the beater and at various off axis angles. The port positions were a lot easier to get more consistently similar.

Also: Beta 52 needed more gain that both mics
Also: D6 needed more gain than the D112

Right o here they is:

Beta 52 port.mp3
Beta 52 beater.mp3
D6 Port.mp3
D6 beater.mp3
D112 port.mp3
D112 beater.mp3

Pics of how they was (sorry for the darkness, my iphone wasn't liking the lack of light):

 

[Sloan]

Here's another example of the D6 on a kick resonant head with no hole for a 'non-metal' sound. This is a Gretsch Mini Mod kit, 20x20 kick.
There is no internal dampening in this kick so I used a blanket and the bottoms of mic stands to dampen the head. Also, it's a pretty small kick.

eq, comp etc on drums
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17514020/SloanZone/Audio/d6_noholedrums.mp3

no eq, comp, or anything else on drum tracks:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17514020/SloanZone/Audio/d6_noholedrums_noproccessing.mp3

 

[Charlie E.]

Nice. I had a similar dilemma and glad I went with the 52. In fact I kinda need a few more 57s anyway so went with that drum pack they offer.