Drum It With Brummet

How to Mic Drums  * Written by Eli L Higginbotham: "I love mixing live sound, tracking in a recording studio, and I love to make happy music. ...What is happy music? ...Well in my opinion making music happy is making music sound great!" One of the most difficult things for inexperienced audio engineers and music producers to do is get a great drum sound. Drum kits can be very tough to deal with just simply due to how many mics are needed, how many moving parts they have, and how frustrating drummer personalities can be. Believe it or not, microphone placement is the single most important aspect of the getting a great drum sound regardless of the equipment you have at your disposal. Drums, microphones, preamps, eq's, compressors, and speakers can only sound as good as they are made. However the biggest variable in the entire chain is the placement of the microphone. Microphones are input transducers but they are also the first equalizer in the audio signal path. Don't ...