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Drum mic trick that saved our basement recordings
We spent months fighting with muddy kick drum sound, tried every placement you see on YouTube. Then our bass player just taped a cheap PZM mic to the inside of the kick shell and ran it through an old guitar amp preamp. That gave us this punchy attack without any EQ fighting. Has anyone else pulled off a weird hack like that with gear that costs under $30?
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the_amy16d ago
Who thinks to tape a mic inside the shell? That is wild but it makes sense, the PZM picks up the shell itself instead of just the air moving around. I got a similar thing once taping a $20 computer mic to the bottom of a snare stand. Ugly sound on its own but it cut right through the mix. Cheap gear forces you to get creative and that is half the fun.
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