Floor tom mic comparison (D4, D6, beta98, SM57, SM7B, e902, e904, MD421, 4099)
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2024
- 0:00 intro
0:59 Audio D4
1:19 Audix D6
1:40 Shure beta98
1:59 Shure SM57
2:19 Shure SM7B
2:39 Sennheiser e902
3:00 Sennheiser e904
3:21 Sennheiser MD421
3:40 DPA4099
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Audix D4
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Audix D6
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Shure beta98
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Shure SM57
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Shure SM7B
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Sennheiser e902
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Sennheiser e904
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Sennheiser MD421
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DPA4099
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I don’t understand a word this man is saying, but this is one of the best mic comparison vids for toms I have ever come across. Thank you for your contribution sir.
Thanks for your watching
D6 is an amazing bass drum mic, and sounds killer on the floor tom too. No surprise there tho
Exactly the mics I'm considering for the floor tom. Thank you for this video!
Thanks for your video, I prefer the D4, and the MD421. The D6 may sound more flattering, but I use it more on a bass drum and in well-defined styles of music. The sound rendering is more realistic with its two microphones.
Very surprised the D6 sounds so good. Overall, the DPA 4099 takes it for me.
I've never heard a 421 sound good on anything ever... the trend continues. My favs are the D6 and the 902. I'd have to hear them both in a mix to see if the 902 is a little too plastic-y or not. I currently use a D6 on all my toms and they crush. Thank you for showing us the Beta 98. I was considering trying them out. They sound horrible.
Good video. Balanced test. Would be good if you would upload a video with the same mics on a 10 or 12 tom. Looking forward to it.
Its amazing how many things sound absolutely fantastic with a 57. I own too many to shake a stick at and honestly if i cant think of anything that sounds good and dont feel like tweaking much, i just throw a 57 on it and bam done. I do really like the sound of the D6 and the 421. I always put 421s top and bottom on my low toms and rack toms if i have them available, but one trick i love for rack toms if i don't have 421s is to put Audio Technica Pro 37s on them. They honestly dont sound too good on much else, but sound fantastic on rack toms!
Thank you for a great video, very well balanced. The 904 continues to surprise, and amazing bang-for-the-buck.
but I think 904 is a bit lack on low end for floor tom, but they are great on racks
@@jonathanlam9825 last year we used basically 904 for more low-budget jazz recordings and 421 on bigger budget and bigger sound. Both worked nicely for its purposes.
D4 - 421 - 57
D4 all the way.
421 is my runner up.
Wow, I did not think I would love a 57 on a floor tom, But I sure do now.
I like D4 and 421 too, but I like D4 more for floor tom, as it has a deeper low end and enough attack
I agree…I thought those were the best. Listening on an iPad Pro. I didn’t like the D6.
Man that audix D6 was something else! was surprised at how much better it was than all the others for floor tom!
Yeah! I own the D6 and just it on the floor tom. It really does sound amazing and captures ridiculous amount of low end.
It's fequency response looks similar to the eq that a lot of sound engineers would apply to a typical floor tom, so it sounds almost "processed" .. a bit to much scooping for my taste, but it sure makes an easy good tone straight out of the box! Fantastic sound, but i would prefere the D4 as i like to keep a lot of options after recording ;)
Too scooped, it is more suited to metal kick drum
I always use a bass drum mic on the floor tom. Since the early 90's. I will use it on a 14 or 15 rack tom too. 13 on up a basic mic will work fine.
Audix D6 and Sennheiser 902. The 902 had both the TONE and the LOW end. It was musical. (either the D6 or the 902)
No one gonna comment on the Sennheiser e902? That tom transient attack is on fire.
I think it sounds excellent also.
This is a great video. Thank you! Really liked the D4 and the 421. I was debating using the D6 on my floor tom, but thanks to your video, I can tell it will sound too scooped for my taste. I am curious to try the Audix f6, though.
Yes, I feel the same, I prefer D4 on floor Tom, not D6
Yes I thought the same D4 - 421…… before I seen this video….. I ordered the D4….. I must say it will work as hoped….. thanks for the shoot outs….👍
Even the iPhone can tell the difference.
Try a Sennhieser 441 if you can afford it, it will give you the deeps lows of the Audix D6 with more mids and highs to help define the total character of the Floor tom.
I liked the 57 and 421. Another great option is atm25
DPA sounds super clean and looks prepared for postproduction in any way. Beside that I prefer both Audix mics, even though they are completely different. Sound engineer just has to know what he wants to pick the right one.
Shure sm7b sound amazing! the best
D4, 902, were my 2 favorites.
I use the Audix D6 for my floor tom. Planning on getting D2's for my racks
Yes, go for it, D2 is good for racks
Great video. From America!!
I was pleasantly surprised by the Audix D4. Was saving up for a Sennheiser MD421-II, for dual use on bass/floor tom, but I think that can wait until later. I think I slightly preferred the D4 and it's less than half the price, and more practical (not so large, hypercardiod I think - plus I hear MD421 has not very reliable mount hardware). So ... I just bought an Audix D4. I think they are decent as bass cab close mics too. Trying to find some demoes of it on bass ...
Great comparison, thank you. My question is, if you take the frequency response from a mic like the SM-57 (which seems to reproduce the same low tone, just more subdued in comparison to the D6, for example) and EQ it, can you get a sound comparable to those mics specialized for bass response?
I would bet you can
Sennheiser e902 has bonkers amounts of low end. It blows away the rest in low end by a mile. Listening on high end headphones through a top end sound card.
I hope you do one that focuses on snares. Good paradigm for example video.
I did sample video on floor tom, coz I saw many videos talked about kick and snare, then I try to make one focus on floor tom
For live use, Audix d6 and Sennheiser e902. e602ii is also good, depending on the use of it.
Beta 98 for the win!
MD421! thanks!
I think the Audix D4 was my favorite.
Audix d6 and Sennheiser e902 did the most for me
Awesome video! Couldn't understand the language, but that's totally fine!! 🤘🤘
yes, music and sound are the language
@@jonathanlam9825 1000% 😁 thanks for the great comparison video!!
I didn't understand a word you said, but the video was great. I'm surprised that I like the SM7b the most.
Thanks for your comment
Which one did you go with?
I prefer the D6 on floor tom for micing a kit (unless you're doing jazz or old school country). The D6 gives me the great low end that I'm after and the Overhead mics add back in any lacking snap.
I personally like D4 and 4099, it gives a natural response, but of coz, D6 is a good choice for heavy stuffs
answer
sample 1 - AUDIX D4
sample 2 - DPA 4099
I do not speak your language, but this was great. Thank you.
D4 and sm7 are my faves- dpa sounds nice too.
I like D4 for rock, DPA for jazz
D6 I liked the best!
What type of Heads were used the Foundation on which sound is built ,What type of Batter and Reso heads were used
Evan's 2 play coated are great for lows, then down to Other brands would have been a great video, much longer video
But was a good choice of mics thanks for video,
Good job .
I was using REMO Pinstripe on better side, REMO Ambassado on reso
Helf of them are not capturing any of the low frequencies. Beyer dynamics TG58c is my favorite but not shown here.
I liked the D4 better than the D6. I think the difference could be made up, in either direction, by EQ, though.
D6 is way too colored and sounds muddy. I liked the Sennheiser md421 the most and would use a API550b as a EQ on it to get some bass and to scoop some mids.
D6 and Md421. Dpa nice too.
sm57 -- e904 -- 421 -- d4 sounds natural
D6 blew all the other mics out of the water.
D4 - D4 - D4
The E902 kind of achieves the sound out of the box that some of us end up with after scooping out all the mids from an E602 or a 57 - problem with that is you don't really have the option of adding some of those missing frequencies. So... would it be better using a 57 or similar and then eq'ing to taste?
I mean it is a heavily stylized microphone. Seems like something that would be very niche to genres like metal, etc. I could see it not working for most types of recordings and you needing to compensate with heavy EQing where as in that case, I believe that is a bad thing.
@@TheRealCowlick Yes, that particular "scooped" sound would only suit certain styles of music
Sennheiser MD 421
That tom sounds HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE!
Audix D4
I can't imagine that any drummer would choose anything different then the D6 and the e902. Both great mics for bass drums as well!! And if I want to get anything out of my floor toms it's that growling low ends which these supply (unless you're a jazzdrummer with high tunings). Only thing I notice for the e902 now on floor tom is that it seems to have a "slapping" sound on the attack of the stick hitting the head. With the D6 that seems what more muted or filtered so on floor this would be my choice...!!! And actually....I have a D6 inside my bass with a Kelly shu but noticed that it performs perfectly just entering the porthole for giving that extra boomy low end. However...It looses a lot of it when placed more to the beater (with the Kelly Shu) so I was thinking of placing a e902 on the Kelly Shu and use the D6 for my (Star Walnut) 16". After seeing this video I'm sure of it. Thanks for the test!!!!
Thanks for your detail comment
我自己鍾意
D6
421
我覺得D6太多low，d6比kick drum用好啲
D6同埋E902超得
D6同e902比較多低音
You just can't beat a 421 in my opinion, but that 902 sounded sweet!
Audix D6, Sennheiser E902
audix d6 and sennheiserE902........it took out the boxiness and gave that fat and full floor tom feel
D4 for me
I liked the DPA 4099 and Shure SM7B, I think they sounded similar and the most natural. For the price though, I think the D4 and SM57 are excellent and it's probably what I would go for.
I like the d4 most out of this collection, sm57 maybe a bit not enough low end
SHURE BETA 98 , DPA 4099 ,
i love how ridiculous the bass drum mics sound on the floor tom
In a positive or negative way? Lol
@@manuellujan5625 good.
D6 and e902 are the beast!
E902 for the win !
D4 then MD421.
Shure Beta98
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That 902 sounds like Dimebag Darrell
Audix D6 and Sennheiser E 902
Jim Saj Im getting the Audix DP7 kit and a Sennheiser e902 for the kick.
Yeah dude those are the CLEAR winners! just wrote em down in my notes:) boutta buy em
@@mattddrums1 Use the D6 on a 16" or 18" floor tom. Grab another D4 if you need more tom mics. Sennheiser e902 is A KILLER bass drum mic! A few extra SM57 are nice to have also to beef up the snare or even for attack on the bass drum head.
@@Assimilator702 going through RUclips, I was loving what I was hearing from the e602-II on kick drums. I’ll check out the e902 also
@@mattddrums1 The e602 II is more similar to the D6 where they have a boost higher up. The e902 is more natural sounding with its peak a bit lower. You can always EQ the e902 to sound closer to the e602 II. I prefer to start with a kick mic that can reach lower with no processing. I either had to purchase another D4 for a fourth tom or buy a bass drum mic and for almost the same amount of $$$ as a D4 I grabbed the e902 and I'm very happy with it. I can always use a second mic near the beater like an SM57 if I need some extra attack.
wow so many people watched and liked even the video is in cantonese!
Thanks for all supports
The drums were in every language! Lol
904 and 4099 win easely. shures are not bad, 421 and 902 are probably demaged.
pra mim d4 e dpa
dude, you do not have placement correct on the mics, for instance, the beta 9
8 needs to be closer and faced flat in relation to the head.
What size floor tom?
I’m not 100% remember, it should be 18”
MD421 is the best then dpa The best value for money is the sm 57.
D6, by a long shot.
I don't think mics can can good or bad or describe via high, mid, low in modern times when everyone have access to unlimited bands of parametric EQ. I am now facing the facts about music production. Recording the drum now a days is about which mic lends on the modern side and which on the vintage side. E904 is the most 'modern' and SM 57 sound right in middle. That's because people are still using it today to get fresh sounds.
Sound is a fashion much like clothing. In the old day, musicians are models (muscians) going to a clothing store (recording studio) and get themselves a dress that speaks. Now, digital work station occured and everyone make their own dress.
o posicionamento do MD 421 não está bom
Audix d6 jos...
Add more low EQ to the SM57 and will blow the others away for the price ! These are all just the 'pre EQ' tones ..... kind of pointless.
No mix, no point.
Need to hear all "shootouts" in the context of a full set.
why do you all prefer the Audixies? ... this is just stupid guys.. sorry. They are so scooped, so when someone hits the cymbal (ride or crash) it will blow your speakers with epicall harshness!!! Choose a opensounded, decent bassy mic, and you can scoop out the mids any time. But not these mics, which totally destroys your mix. Yep, you can use audix, sennheiser on kick, where is minimum bleed of cymbals, snare etc, but not on toms. So the sm57 or beta 56 or beta 98 all the way!!! (and I am not working for shure ;) !! )
Audix D4