Good types of microphones for drum recording?

[nixnax123]

What styles/brands are good and inexpensive?

[killerteacup]

Shure Sm57 is best place to start

not for kick drum but for snare its great also you can try a condenser for hi hats but you dont need one

I would recommend a pair of sm57s to start

[Sesshomaru_]

CAD has a sell for a four piece mic kit.

[nixnax123]

i'm kind of looking for just one microphone

[Zillamatic]

better be recording just one drum then :v:
Seriously though, you'll need more than one mic to cover the whole kit, if you want a half decent recording.

[nixnax123]

well i just want to cover songs and post them, i'm not recording with a band or anything

[Zillamatic]

Still though. If you want a good recording a setup like this would be good:
[t]http://www.mediaspec.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/thebluedrumkitkit_setup.jpg[/t]
Or even without the kick, just the two overheads to start.

[killerteacup]

if you want one just get an sm58 but I can guarantee you will be disappointed

drums don't do with one mic

[Skeeter]

[QUOTE=killerteacup;41175010]Shure Sm57 is best place to start

not for kick drum but for snare its great also you can try a condenser for hi hats but you dont need one

I would recommend a pair of sm57s to start[/QUOTE]

Sm57 works awesome for kick drum if you place it far from the kick drum, I'd also recommend placing an sm57 behind the drummer (right shoulder, against either the snare or kick) for a really fat sound that captures everything.

SM57 really is the ultimate microphone, it works for essentially everything and is really cheap :smile:

[editline]28th June 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=Zillamatic;41186668]better be recording just one drum then :v:
Seriously though, you'll need more than one mic to cover the whole kit, if you want a half decent recording.[/QUOTE]

One good condensator microphone behind the drummer works really well if you want to capture a kit the way it sounds :smile:

[deggemannen]

2 SE Electronics condensator microphones is pretty nifty, and SM57s for snare and toms. Can't recommend one for kick, don't know the brand we're using.

[editline]28th June 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=NixNax123;41185647]i'm kind of looking for just one microphone[/QUOTE]

If you're gonna do recordings it won't work with only one microphone. Drum covers on youtube - buy 2 condensator mics, I guess it'll do.

[Healthpoint]

I recently used this setup to record drums at a friends place:

[U]Kick:[/U] AKG d112
[U]Snare:[/U] AKG D3700
[U]Overheads:[/U] 2 DPA's
[U]Room:[/U] Sony ECM-999PR (stereo mic)
[U]Floortom:[/U]​ Rode M3

Worked pretty well. I processed the shit out of it though, since we recorded mostly breaks to chop up for sampling :v