How to Choose Drum Mics

What do you look for in a great drum mic? I'll walk you through my evaluation criteria for each drum and how to capture it the best.

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[jd_]

Thank you for all your great videos and usefull informations!
I like the D6 and Beta91. For a Snare Beta98 top and e904 bottom. At the toms e904. With the size and the clips its very nice to find a good position for the sound and that the drummer feels good to play. For the hihat AKG C451B. Overheads for low budget Rode NT5 or AKG C3000. Otherwise AKG C414 or Neumann KM184

[hilft]

I like to use one of my best Vocalmics on Snare, the Telefunken M80. I love the Sound.

[david_brnckr]

I usually use a D6 on Kick (often combined with an Kick In mic too), a 57 on Snare Top (looking forward to get an 441 soon, Beyerdynamic M201 is awesome too), a Condenser on Snare Bottom or sometimes an e906, MD421's on Toms (i like condensers too and the M201 or an 441), Overheads are AKG C214 most of the time (C414 works too).

I do want to try the SE V7x on Snare soon, if i don't manage to save up to the 441 or the M201... (i am really getting tired of the 57 on Snare. If i can, i tape a small Diaphrame Condenser to it)

[bighornaudioproductions]

I like the Sennheiser 900 series and lewitt mics they are amazing!!!

[jeremie_inspiration]

I have owned all the drums mics he mentioned but I stick with sennheiser and 57 only the sound is incredible but I have to try other mics for overhead. Sennheiser is my go to drum mic

[manydreamslife]

Lots of good results with sennheiser 602 and 604’s as well as 57 on snare

[Timetofly]

the Yamaha "Sound Reinforcement Handbook" ... Arguably the "Bible" of Live Sound of what anyone NEEDS to know as of the basics ...

[leckel]

Beta 91 inside kick, Telefunken M82 outside. Then Beyer M201 on top and 57 on bottom. e904 on toms and 414 XLII for OH

[hezekiahcharles]

52 on kick, 604s on toms, 57 on snare and 81s for overheads...

[christiancanalita]

Shure 91a sounds good inside the bass drum too.

[xbt]

Beta 52 kick, rode pencils for OH, and a random sterling sp 150 on floor tom (weird setup but sounds amazing shockingly)

[markwilliams-jghg]

Hi, much love from India. How about the Shure beta 91 for kick in.

[clintmiller]

That's a well worn Yamaha sound reinforcement book!

[jimpemberton]

Transients need Jesus too... ;)

Seriously, though, we have had a lot of time to get the drums at church well mic'ed and dialed in, and it was a team effort. My issue is the event I have where someone is bringing a small set of drums and I'll have an hour at best to dial them in. In that case, it's nothing fancy. I have a small army of ksm137s that I use for violins when we put together an orchestra, and they work great when you don't know what drums you'll be mic'ing until the last minute. They have a good low frequency response and tolerate a high SPL. For amplifying a natural sounding set and style, especially when you need it to sound decent quickly, they do the trick.

[alandelmonte]

How about electric Drums when the use of real drums is eliminated because of church size and space.

[metifu]

hahahahahahaha. I need some counseling.