Bassdrum Microphone Shootout - Part 1 (Beta52a, TG-D70, RE320, M88TG, M201TG)
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- -- Part 1: The Dynamic Mics - Reso Hole Position --
In this video you hear the dynamic mics in the reso hole position without any boundary mics.
This is the first part of a series of videos from my latest Bassdrum Mic Shootout. It covered five dynamic microphones and three boundary mics.
Shure Beta 52a
Beyerdynamic TG-D70
EV RE320 (Kick-EQ enabled)
Beyerdynamic M88TG
Beyerdynamic M201 TG
Behringer BA19a
Shure Beta 91a
Beyerdynamic TG-D71
The whole series will cover the mics in different positions and solo/combined with the boundary mics inside the bassdrum.
All audio of the bassdrum microphones is totally unprocessed - no EQ, no FX, no Compression. Only slight normalization was used in order to match levels between the group.
The drumset was recorded with a pair of Oktava MK012 cardioid Overheads, a SM57 on the snare and a AKG C414B-ULS in omni mode as a room mic.
The four bassdrum mics (3x boundary, 1x dynamic at a time) were preamplified with the Focusrite Clarett 4Pre USB preamps - the other mics were brought into the Clarett via ADAT lightpipe from a separate preamp.
All recordings were made with Fs 48 kHz and 24 bit. Processing was done in Samplitude Pro X3.
Stay tuned for the other parts of this series to come!
Sounds like the RE-320 is clipping a bit
Pretty impressed with the TG D70 though, and the M201TG
That is a beautiful blue finish on those Pearls ! What are they ? Seems like the Beta52A always does the job. The Beyerdynamic TG D70 is completely different, but also good. It seems like the back-to-back tones changed dramatically from 2:09 to 2:22. Thanks for sharing.
The Drums are Pearl MMP Masters Maple Premium in Marine Blue Fade! I got them on a Deal too good to pass. Thx for your comment!
52 is much louder on this demo though.. comparison is a bit unfair. I do like 52s quite a lot, don't get me wrong.
Sounds like the M88 and M201 can't cope with the gush of air in the port hole.
Tonight i´ll stick my M201 in my Bassdrum :-) ...that´s a nice tone coming from that mic! The M88 and the M201 are my favourites. The Shure and the RE320 also worked very well...the TGD-70 is kind of boring...i tested it also last week and send it back...the classics perform much better in my ears!