AKG Micing - Manuals

This, in short, is a description of a typical modern drum set. Figure 1 shows what it looks like from the viewpoint of theaudience. In this White Paper we will discuss micing the drum set largely from the point of view of AKG’s highly regarded studio mics.We also want to introduce a new family of lo...

If you’re going straight to stereo you will also have to make some processing decisions for the drum tracks. Avoid any rever-beration; you probably won’t need it since there is enough overhand in the basic sound itself. A final point regarding recording levels: Mics that are close-in on a drum set w...

The setup, as we have described it, is shown inFigure 8A and B. Do we have to stop here?Obviously not; we can add as many mics as wehave remaining tracks. Another useful one toadd would be a cardioid looking down on thehead of the snare at a distance of about 8 to 10inches -- but far enough back so ...