Prelude to a Blog

Man am i working on a barn burner of a blog. So i spent many hours today micing drums, trying a ton of different mics on kick, snare, toms, hats, and cymbals. I recorded all of the results so i could compare the differences in mics on each instrument, and I've got to say that even i was very surprised at the results. It was quite eye opening to hear 12 different mics record a kick drum from the same position, thru the same mic pre, no EQ or Compression, and all level matched so the ear perceives equal volumes. The range of sounds was incredible, much more drastic than i thought it would be.

I wish i could have done a video blog on this, but as of right now, my new camera isnt working too well with my Mac, but i'm almost there. Anyway, in the next several days I'm going to put together an audio blog so you can hear the results. I think maybe the two most surprising things were how amazing some of the least expensive mics sounded, and second, how certain mics sounded great on certain drums but terrible on others. You'll hear it soon enough, its gonna take me a moment to assemble it. Stay tuned for the ultimate microphone shootout!

-Ken Lewis


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