How To Mic Drums - Full Kit

Final Chapter in a series on how to mic up your drums. After learning how to best position your microphones on the individual parts of the drum kit, now Mike Snyder plays the full kit and we hear how it sounds all together.

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• Audix
• Mike Snyder
• trap set
• drum kit
• scx-one
• SCX25A
• adx51
• full drum kit
• microphone position
• drums
• drum mics
• D6
• drumming
• D2
• D4
• mic test
• Shure Sm57
• D112
• Audiotechnica

[BenjaminSchriener]

Hi, I have a question. Hopefully somebody here can help me.

I have the Audix DP7 package. The D2s, D4, D6, and i5 are all in place, and are working great on my it. However, I have a high hat and crash on the left and a ride over on the right. I have the two overhead mics left.

What would be the best way to go about mic-ing these?

If I set it up normal overhead style, will it be able to pick up the high hat sufficiently enough, or is there a different/better way to do this?

Thanks.

[AudixMics101]

Hi Benjamin. The best way is to get a dedicated mic for the high hat (ADX51 is good) .

The 2 overheads should pick up the cymbals as per the suggestion in the video.

[Freedome23]

what mics are the ones one the toms ?

[AudixMics101]

D2 on rack toms , D4 on floor tom.

[gordeee1]

What drum kit is this???

please answer I just love this kit =P

[AudixMics101]

@gordeee1 It's a custom DW kit!

[Gustavling]

Very informative video-series. Thanks so much for putting so much work into these videos. I realize that this was mostly an advertisement for Audix, but you still gave a lot of very helpful general tips on how to effectively mic a drumset.

[MrSmokey1962]

Great sound. Just wondering, I notice a little piece of duct tape on the heads. What is that for? Thanks for the tips.

[maidenfan10210]

@ric3606 The i5 is much more durable,to my understanding.

[ric3606]

The tom mics sound alot like sennheiser md421 II in my oppinion (good thing)! but which mic is more durable the sm57 or i5? trying to make a "sound" descision (pun intended).

[e4g1e1]

Didn't like the kick sound :/

[goldenhopper]

I just bought a set of these mics. These videos were very helpful. Thank you!